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Station Yard during 1910 as I at first estimated.
rails necessary for the extension of the passenger
station can be taken from those originally booked
against the sidings.
The
STATION BUILDINGS: When it was decided to
have only a temporary Station costing $55,000 instead
of a permanent one costing $226,000 it was agreed to
leave the balance of $171,000 in the Estimate to
cover the increased land purchase.
STATION MACHINERY: Messrs. Leigh & Orange's
Contract being extended till the end of 1910 makes
it necessary to give them a great deal of the work
under this heading at the current rates of their
contract which are higher than ordinary departmental
rates elsewhere on the Railway. The addition is
only a rough estimate.
STATION FURNITURE: No provision was made
in the Estimate of June 1907 for Kowloon Station
Building furniture.
PLANT: The erection of the plant for the
tunnel is estimated for in page 24 of the June 1907
Estimate.
The price of plant under Main Head "Plant"
is the catalogued value in England plus an allowance
for delivery in Hongkong.
This is the usual way of dealing with the
cost of plant on other Railways on which I have been
working. The debit schedules will show this.
The
cost charged to "plant" is the actual cost landed
in the Colony while the cost of carriage to site
of works from the Store Yard is charged to the works.
ROLLING STOCK.