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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDTURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925,
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Hends and Sub-Beads,
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally
Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
$
Brought forward
16,643,525
$
16,320,865,91 1,277,780.20
$
1,591,480.29
PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued,
Brought forward.
5,819,200
4,348,582.28
1,019,580.82 2,490,207.58
1,200,620.00
PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY,—Contel.
Kowloon.-Continued.
Drainage.
Training Nullahs :--
(a) Mongkaktsui Nullah East, exten- sion through Railway Bridge
10.000
(6.) Mutaschung, training and diverting
main stream course
40,000
29,000.00
29.488.76
19,609.09 |
21,500.00
Better progress made than anticipated.
10,511.24
10,000.00
Work begun Jate in the year.
(c.) Homuntin District, Training stream
course in new Cemeteries Aren
1,000
1,000,00
THINDE
(d) General Works
10,000
1,978.15 |
8,028.85
Not begun.
Work kept down to the minimum.
Miscellaneous Drainage Works:-
(a.) Malanchung District, stormwater
drainage.....
30,000
20.624.22
9,875.78
Do.
(b.) Main sewer from Fuk-tun-heong
to Kowloon Tong, Enst of Railway (e) Kowloon Tong Old Village are.
90,000
61,908.74
31,988.74
40,000.00
Main storm water drain to Mong
Kok Tsui Nullah
25,000
5,549.25 |
(d) Waterloo Road Extension, Storm
Water Drainage..
15,000
19,450,75
15,000.00
Not begun.
(c) General Works
50,000
145,770.18
95,770.18
114,000.00
Miscellaneous,
Kowloon Bay West Reclamation, 1st
beetion
50,000
Chinese Cemeteries, — Laying out new
Arens
8,000
King's Park, Laying-out Ground for
Recreation purposes
70,000
79,984.40
4,799,81
117.023.49
29,984.40
80,000.00
3,200.19
47,925.49
48,000.00
Kai Tack Reclamation.
10,000
10,000.00
Providing Plant and opening one quarry
at Taikoktsui.....
67,000
Black Heads Point Pier
5.000
Clouring and forming sites to the Werl
of Kowloon City Road .............
50,000
Government Underground
Cable
Scheme 2nd Section
50,000
Forming and levelling areas in Tai Shok
Ku Valley
10,000
Compensation and Reaumptions
30,000
63,851.09 5,000.00
54,797.40
29,484,39
25.00 180,-108,09
3,148.91
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4.707.40
7,263,00
20,515.67
9,975.00
100,468,00
110,000.00
Hater Horts.
Distrilating Mains, Improvements and
extensions
10,000.
Kowloon Fillers Beds Extensions, Four
now bells
90,000
Miscellaneous Water Works
8,000
53,758.12
88,959.74 0,976.40
48,758.12
45,000,00
1,040.28 1,028.60
ATELI
2,000.00
Additional work carried out to cope with Kowloon Tong Development.
Work begun late in the year.
Necessary to keep pace with the development of the district.
More work done than anticipated.
Kept down to the minimum.
More work done than anticipated. Not begun.
Work suspended.
Better progress made than anticipated.
Cost of cable only.
Not begun. Expenditure was for mosquito prevention.
Many owners refused to accept exchanges and Cash Compensation had to be paid.
Pipes from England for use in 1926 delivered to works instead of to Wanchai
Store thereby saving transportation charges at a later date.
Less work done than anticipated.
New Territories.
Buildings.
Gaul and Police Training School, Ngan
Shi Wan.......
Quarters for Indian Married Police
More work done than anticipated.
8,000,00 Less work done than anticipated due to prevailing Condition.
!
200,000
25,000
254,438.38 15,768.74
54.458.86
60,000.00
9,291.26
Carried forward
Carried forward.........
6.718,200 5.549,887.62 1,448,344.69 2,611,707.07
16,643,525 16,329,865.91 1,277,780.20 1,501,489.20
1,702,888.00
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