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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
Hends and Sub-Heads.
Brought forwardł
PUBLIC WORKS, -Continned,
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925,
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Estimated.
Actual,
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally
Voted.
Explanatory Remarks,
$
*
16,643,525 16,329,865.91
1,277,780.20 1,591,439.29
-93
PUBLIC WORKs, ExtraORDINARY,- -Conti,
2,837,500 1,646,787.49
95,336.68
786,049,20
116,300,00
Brought forward........
Hongkong,—Continued.
COMMUNICATIONS.—C'ontinued,
Continued.
Ronds.
(7.) West Bay Development, Road
Construction
25,000.00
25,000
50.00
(1) Wongneichong Development, Road]
Construction
25,000
25,000.00
(2.) Queen's Rosul East,—Widening ta
60 feet
20,000
15,861.04
4,138.96
(.) Kennedy Road,—Impravements
30,000
20,856.17
143.83
(0) Bonham Road, Road Improvements
and Widening
20,000
15,000,00
5,000.00
(p.) Surfacing Main Rouds.......... (9.) Stubbs Rand, surfacing for heavy
traffic
150,000
149,690.72
25,000
17,800.47
360.28
7,100.58
(2) Caine Rond Widening and raising
I
Less work done than anticipated.
Xot beguu.
Do.
Less work done than was anticipated.
The expenditure represents the cost of resuming land at I. L. 6094 for widening purpose.
to new levels between Arbuthnot Road and Aberleen Street (*) Road from Shek O Gap to
D'Aguilar
20,000
20,000.00
Not begun.
30,000
30,000.00
(7.) Access road to War Memorial
Do.
Nursing Home, Stubbs Roml
30,000
44,812.08
14,812.08
(8.) Access road to Q.B.I.L. 14
10,000
10,000.00
15,000.00
(P.) Shaukiwan Rood, Widening near
Taikoo Dork......
20,000
(1) Conduit Road, Wilaning.......
6,000
34,962.52 29,471.15
14,962.52 22.471.15
(2.) Raising Shankiwau Roud between Yee Woo Street and the Electrie Light Works........
15,000.00 22,500.00
Much extra walling was necessitated to prevent washing down into Happy Not begun.
[Valley. [Taikoo Dockyard. Additional work undertaken to improve the bend near eastern entrance to the Heavy amount of underpinning was necessary to buildings and retaining walls.
2:5,000
(9.) Surfacing Wonguelchong Round
East of ILs. 23 10 and 29 1 (*) Service path: from Magazine Gap :
Road to serve new sites south of Turope Maor
10,000
25,000.00
10,000.00
Not begun.
****
Do.
3,000
tre) Hongkong Tramway diversions
and necessary rosul improvement....... (24) Garden Road abore Kennedy
Road, Improvement and Widening.. (re.) Improvement of the junction of Stubbs Road with Morrison Gap Road
25,000
9,994.75
22.922.64
6,994.75
10,000
2,077.30
10,000.00
JIHAL
20,000
20,000,00
(dd) General Works
50,000
119,151.54
69,151.54
125,000.00
Drainage.
7,000.00
6,000.00
Work completed.
Less work done than anticipated.
Not begun.
Do.
Expenditure greater than anticipated due to the development of the Colony.
Training Nollabs:-
(4.) Conduit and Hatton Ronds De-
velopment Scheme
8,000
(8.) Wongneiekong Nulial
50,000
(r.) General Works
30,000
434.28 19,442.94 50,025.24
7,585.72 30,557,06
Practically no development took place.
20,025.24
Miscellaneous Drainaga Works : —
34,400,00
(a) Laying sewer in connection with ›
Confluit and Hatton Ronals De-
velopment Scheme
8,000
912.75
7,087 25
(6) Shaukiwan Road, Laying drain in
connection with North Point
Work commenced late in the year.
Expenditure greater than anticipated due to the development of the Colony.
Practically no development took place.
Foreshore Development
10,000
(e) General Works
40,000
0,371,30 49,782.29
629.70
Carried forward
3,087,500 2,265.178.86
9,782.29
253,486,25
1,025,807,89
13,400.00
354,450.00
Expenditure greater than anticipated due to the development of the Colony.
Carried forward .....
16,648,525 16.329,865.91 1,277,780.20 1,591,489.29
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