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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE
YEAR 1925.
41
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
!
Provisionally Voted.
Decrease.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
Brought forward...
16,643.525
16,329,865.01
1,277.780.20 1,591,489,29
Public Works,—Continued,
C-PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY,——
Continued.
Brought forward
29,000.00
1,262,000
1,023,098 51
16.461.92.
255,362.81
Hongkong-Continued,
Buildings. Continued.
New Queen's College
30,000
84,502.34
4.502.84
**
Extension of Lairage, and Coolie Quarters.
Kennedy Town ..... Iteinstatement of Kennedy Town Police
5,000
6,000,00
5,000.00
This extra cost was brought about by laying of S. W. Drains to side to obriate breaking up road surface
at a later date. No money was available under Drainage votes. Not begun.
Station
1,000 ·
Sayingpun Market, Reconstruction
3,000
1,000.00
3,000,00
Do.
Da.
A
500.00
Government Store, Extension ........
7,000
3,129,00
8,870,10
New Infectious Diseases Hospital
80,000
30,000.00
New Government Offices, Alterations...
110,000
16,279.10
98,720.90
Garage near P.W.U. Offices (7 cars)
3,000
1.182.62
8,817.38
Police Stations, Rebuilding of No. 8 ......
120,000
38,474.80
81,525.11
Quarry Bay School
99,540
02,887.10
36,612.00
Central Police Station, New Store and
Canteen
25,000
25,002.41
2.41
Magistracy new cells
14,000
14,000,00
38,000.00
New Architectural Offico.....
10,000
41.619.85
31,619.85
Less work done than anticipated,
Not begun.
Scheme amended and certain proposed work abandoned.
More work done in 1924 with corresponding saving during the year. Scheme suspended.
Less work done than anticipated.
Xot begun.
More work done than anticipated payment of retention money.
Government Civil Hospital, Extension
to Sisters' Quarters
5,000.00
Temporary Barracks for Police, Harbour
View
90,000
85,000
83,387.93
82.221.77
6,612.07
2,778.23
Less work done than anticipated due to prevailing conditions. Work completed.
Sanitary Depot and luspoetor's Quarters.
Not begun.
Shankiwon
30,000
30,000.00
Scavenging Coolies' Quarters, Wanchai...
54,000
33,287.07
Do.
Shaukiwan
50,000
712.93 50,000.00
Do.
Conservancy Coolies' Quarters, Rutter
H
Street.
30,000
30,000.00)
16,000,00
Latrines and Crinals and Bath houses
Do.
Additional work undertaken.
25,000
40.983.80
15.983.80
Communications.
Eloade:-
(a) Improving and widening road
through Quarry Bay Village
50,000
49,777.88
222.32
(6.) Road contouring billside in Wong- neichong and Tai Hang Valleys, Extension: 2ml section-Bowen How to connect with Tai Hang proposed Rond
3,000
11.812.65
6,812.65
(c) Wanchai Road,—Wilening to 42
7,000.00
600.00
feet.
25,000
(d) Road from Causeway Bay to
North Point ....
50,000
25,000,00
50,000.00
More work done thun anticipated in walling and training back of slope allowed
[for by Mr. Xavier Not begun.
Do.
(e) Shaukiwan Road,-Improvements
in Shankiwan Village
Do.
EPAPALITEITE
15,00
(A) Victoria Road Improvement... (.) Road from Western end of Robin-
son Rond to Conduit Road (4.) Roud and Path from Wanchai Giap
to Middle Gap
50,000
49,037.62
14,999,62 42.38
20,000,00
25,000
44.854.81
19.954.31
10,000
68.28
9,086.72
(i) Road contouring hillside above ¦
Conduit Road, 1st and 2wi Sections....
10,000
(1) Tai Hang Development, Rond
Construction
60,000
7,651.07
26.512.60
2,848.2
33.487,40
Better progress made than anticipated.
Only the survey work was undertaken
Over-estimated.
Slow progress due to the negotiations for resumption being delayed
farried forward
110,100.00
..........
2,887,500 1.848.787.48.
95.336.68
Carried forward
16,643,523 16,920,865.91 1,277,780.20
786,049.20
1,501,430.20
Hartow
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