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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1915. 43
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated. Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally Votel,
*
Brought forward,
$ 7,808,326 7,817,922,67 898,649.83 889,023.16
*
$
PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT.
HONGKONG.
Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings,
Improvements to Buildings,
Maintenance of Lighthouses,
Communications.
66,000 9,000 4,500
68.956,82 2,956.82
2,500.00
Under-estimated.
8,910.95 4,397.47
89.05
102.58
Explanatory Remarks.
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City,
76,000
77,215.25
1,215.52
500.00
Do.
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City,.
25,000
24,991.02
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City,
30,000
29,910.48
8.98 89.52
Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City....
5,000
4,700.45
299.53
Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables,
6,500
5,680.69
819,31
Over-estimated.
Do.
Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c............
16,000
15,371.97
628.03
Do.
Lighting.
Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District, Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan......
49,000 24,500
50,244.22 24,089.05
1,244.22
1,400.00
410.95
Extra lanops and thefts of lamp fittings. Lighting of New Public Latrines. Over-estimated.
MiscellaneouS.
Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers,
6,000
5,324,37
675.63
Do.
Public Cemetery,
2,500
2,868.92
Do.
Chinose Cemeteries,
4,500
849.35
131.08 3,650.65
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Public Recreation Grounds,
3,000
3,361.55
361.55
380,00
Dredging Foreshores,
12,000
6,346.18
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
24,000
3,307.10
Stores Depreciation,
4,800
Cr. 4,6-12.54
5,653,82 20,692.90 9,442.5+
Upkeep of Plant,
5,000
29,277.73
24,277.73
24,300.00
Work at West End Park not hitherto included.
Dredger hired out for a considerable portion of the year.
No serious storm.
Stores issued prior to 1915 returned to credit of vote.
Compensation for damages caused to Junk by Dredger "St. Enocb". Repairing Dreger St. Enoch”,
Waterworks.
Maintenance of City and Hill District,
75,000
70,935.17
4,064.83
Do.
Shankiwan,
1,000
Du.
Aberdeen,..
500
Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
7,500
997.27 255.58 11,923.51
2.73
244.42
Over-estimated,
Do.
4,423.51
4,500.00
Additional meters fixed.
KOWLOON.
Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings,....
Improvements to Buildings,
Communications.
18,000 1,000
12,851.80 994.96
148.20 5.04
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,.
Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
Maintenance of Telephones,
28,000 4,000 2,500
27,921.89
3,999,19
1,730,39
78.11 .81 769.61
Carried forward,
$
505,800
492,270.79 34,479.08 48,008,29
33,580.00
Curried forward,
.$
7,808,326 7,817,922.67 898,649.88 889,059.16
Over-estimated,
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