COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
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Heads and Sub-Heads.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1915.
Provisionally
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Voted.
$
Brought forward,
*,388,626 İ8,376,370.70
PUBLIC WORKS,--Continued.
C. PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY.
HONGKONG.
$
$
935,728.40
947,983.70
Buildings.
New Magistracy,
Old Western Market...
12,000 H,000
19,690.61
7,690.61
7,750.00
Public Works Department,-New Stores,
18,000
17,984.37
8,000.00 15.63
Quarters for Subordinate Officers.-Mount Parish,.
5.000
2,586,78
Wireless Telegraphy Station,
80,000
50,505.93
2,413.22 24,404.07
Married Quarters for Police, »
41,500
51,140,80
9,640.80
9,600.00
Gaol Extension, New Block,
27,500
28,422.04
922.04
Queen's College Improvements,
10,000
182.44
Hill District Sebool,
22,000
Public Latrine-D'Aguilar Street,
2,000
29,650.14 1,541.09
7,650.14
Government Villa, Penk,-Additions to,
13,000
9,817.56
458.91 13,000.00
8,800.00
Government Civil Hospital,-New Stores,.
12,000
12,000,00
Government Schools-Addition to Victoria British
School,...
6,500
6,500.00
Public Bathhouse below Belilios Public School,........ Rented Quarters for European Subordinates, Leighton
3,000
3,000.00
Hill,.
60,000
60,000.00
11ousing of European Subordinate Officers,.. Extension of Central Police Station,
50,000
50,000
6,682.85 241,362.60
43,317,15
194,362.60
245,000.00
Roads :-
Communications,
(4.) Victoria Gap to High West-Lugard Road
Extension,
10,000
(4.) Aberdeen to Deep Water Bay,
36,000
28,957.13
10,000,00 7,042.87
e) Deep Water Bay to Stanley and Stanley to
Shaukiwan, Improvements,
5,000
5,000,00
td.) General Works,
5,000
11,566.90
6,566.90
6,620.00
Paving of Main Roads,
60,000
10,175,35
Booba Strand West, Paving,.
6,000
5,837.30
49,824.65 162.70
New Road on east side of Leighton Hill to 1. L. 1947, Improvements to Wongneichong Road,
4,000
4,000.00
3,000
3,000.00
Pathway from Kennedy Road to Macdonnell Road on
west side of Peak Tram,
2,100
2,100,00
Improvements to Quecu's and Garden Roads corner,... Path from Queen's Road East to Kennedy Road adjoin-
ing 1. L.'s 2072 and 2079,.........
1,800
1,900.00
1,800
214.02
1,585,9%
Drainage.
Training Nullahs :-
(a.) South-West of Marine Lot 239 and Inland
Lot 1355.
4,000
1,269.62
2,730.38
(6.) Mount Kellett,
5,000
5,000,00
(c.) Aberdeen,
7,000
1,012.85
5,987.15
(d.) Magazine Gap District,..
7,000
3,708.24
8,291.76
(e.) Wougneichong Village-Extension of two
nullahs cast and west of I, L. 1926,
9,700
5,231.46
4,468.54
(A) General Works,
5,000
1,065.16
3,934.84
Flushing Tank and Iron Pipes,
1,500
1,500.00
Miscellaneous Drainage Works,
30.000
10,771.28
19,228.77
Curried forward.........................
624,400 587,558,91 226,883.09 313,674.18
277,770.00
Carried forward.....................................................* 8,388,626 8,376,570.70 985,728.40 947,943.70
Explanatory Remarks.
Under-estimated. Various additions and alterations required.
Deferred on account of the war.
Over-estimated.
Expenditure in 1914 greater by $15,680 than was estimated and balance of $7,500 due on Under-estimated. Various additions required.
Expenditure in 1914 less than was estimated causing excess in 1915. Deferred on account of the war.
Under-estimated. Various alterations required.
Over-estimated.
[apparatus retained notil 1916.
Deferred on account of the war.
Portion of scheme deferrel and expenditure otherwise curtailed.
Resumption of property for extension of Station: no expenditure on building.
Deferred on account of the war. Over-estimated.
Deferred ou account of the war. Duder-estimated.
Proposals reduced ou secount of the war and plant ordered from England not received before close Over-estimated.
of year,
Deferred on account of the war.
Delayed pending formation of sites adjoining path,
Delayed pending construction of retaining walls. Deferred on account of the war.
Progress not so great,
Over-estimated.
Progress not so great.
Over-estimated.
Programme of work completed. Over-estimated.
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