80
HONGKONG ESTIMATĖS
PUBLIC WORKS.
2. PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT.
Brought foward,..........
KOWLOON.
BUILDINGS.
27 Maintenance of Buidings,
Approved. Estimate, 1924.
835,800
Estimate, 1925.
$
967,500
25,000
40.000
28 Improvements to Buildings,
COMMUNICATIONS.
5,000
20,000
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29 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
60,000
70,000 (2)
30 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
5,000
5,000
31 Maintenance of Telephones,
2,500
2,500
DRAINAGE.
32 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
9,000
9.000
LIGHTING.
33 Gas Lighting,
29.500
30,500
34 Electric Lighting,
15,000
15,600
(3)
35 Extensions of Lighting,
1,500
1,500
MISCELLANEOUS.
36 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,
5,000
5,000
37 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,..
1,000
1,000
38 Maintenance of Recreation Grounds, 39 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
WATER WORKS.
1.000
1,000
4,000
4,000
40 Maintenance of Water Works, 41 Water Account, (Meters, &c.)
20,000
22,000
12,000
11,000
(4)
Total Kowloon,
195,800
241,100
NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS.
42 Maintenance of Buildings,
43 Improvements to Buildings,
COMMUNICATIONS,
20,000 3,000
20,000 8,000
(1)
44 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
45,000
55,000 (2)
45 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
3,000
8,000
46 Maintenance of Telephones,
5,000
5,000
DRAINAGE.
47 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
600
600
LIGHTING.
48 Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo,
6,000
6,650
(3)
MISCELLANEOUS.
49 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 50 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
51 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok,
52 Maintenance of Fanling Waterworks, 53 Maintenance of Taipo Waterworks,
54 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
100
15,000
100 15,000
WATER WORKS.
!
1,000
5,000
500
1,000
(4).
500
1,000
1,500
1,000
Total New Territories................
Total Public Works, Recurrent,
104,200
1,135,500
121,850
|1,330,450
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(1) Increased number of buildings and increase in cost of
material and labour,
(2) Increased mileage and increase in cost of material and
labour.
(3) Increase in number of lights.
(4) Increase in services to be maintained.