173

76

94

Head 32.-PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Approved Estimate, 1936.

Estimate, 1937.

Head 32.-PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Sub-heads :-

1 Personal Emoluments

1,832,672

2,272,491

Other Charges.

2 City Hall Library.

2,300

2,300

3 Conveyance Allowances

38.000

40,000

(1)

4 Drawing Materials and Mounting Plans

9,000

9,000

5 Electric Fans and Light

30,000

11,000

6 Incidental Expenses.....

6,500

6,800

7 Lifts Maintenance, Government Buildings

5,500

6,000

8 Maintenance and Supply of Furniture

35,000

30,000

9 Rent of Public Telephones.

1,122

(6)

10 Surveying Instruments and Contingencies

11 Technical Library

12 Transport and Travelling Expenses

13 Uniforms

3,000

2,500

300

200

11,000

3,600

14 Upkeep of Government Garage Plant

800

10,000

3,500 800

15 Upkeep of Harbour Surveying Plant

4,000

3,000

16 Upkeep and running expenses of Motor Lorries and Cars

28,000

23,000

(5)

17 Upkeep of Motor and Steam Rollers.......

12,500

6,000

(5)

18 Upkeep of Quarry Plants

19 Upkeep of Triangulation Monuments

19,000

16,000

200

200

29 One W/T Receiver

Radio Telegraph Branch.

20 Incidental Expenses

1,000

21 Repairs, Stores and Current

68,000

22 Transport

3,500

Total Other Charges

281,200

Special Expenditure.

23 Electrical Motors...

25 Spindle Moulding Machine.

24 Two Cars

26 Diesel Electric Generating Set

27 Diesel Engine for Lighting Set: Tytam Tuk

28 Two Megger Insulation Testing Machines

30 Radio Diffusion Instrument

1.000 60,000 (5)

3.000

(5)

235,422

700

900

(7)

8,000

(8)

1,700

(9)

36,000

(10)

1,800 (11)

2,000 (12)

1,920 (13)

5,000 (14)

31 Diver's Motor Boat..........

5,000

(15)

32 W T Press Reception Apparatus

12,500 (14)

33 Two Microphones

2,000

(14)

One Compressor for spraying plants

700

(16)

Light Diesel Roller, 21⁄2 tons

5,000

Two 2 ton Lorries...........

6,000

Three Morse Instruments

1,224

(17)

Office equipment

1,200

Short wave Telephone transmitter

72.000

Combined planing Machine

2,500

99,321

76,820

2,584,733

Total Special Expenditure

Total Public Works Department.

(1) Allowances revised.

(2) Vote split up departmentally.

(3) Includes maintenance of typewriters previously

provided under Miscellaneous Services.

(4) Extra lifts (Queen Mary Hospital).

(5) Considered sufficient.

(6) Previously provided under Miscellaneous Services.

(7) 1936 Estimate insufficient owing to lower rate of exchange. Further sum required for the balance. (8) For replacement of old cars. (9) For Furniture Workshop.

| 2,203,196

(10) Required in the event of failure of supply at Cape

D'Aguilar W/T Station.

(11) Replacement.

(12) One for Air Service and one for broadcasting

services.

(13) Replacement of one local made receiver at Water

Police Station by a Marconi receiver.

(14) Considered necessary.

(15) To replace existing diver's barge considered

unsuitable.

(16) Not required. (17) Non-recurrent

Share This Page