Head 14. KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,—Continued.
Brought forward
Special Expenditure.
Approved Estimate, 1939.
Estimate, 1940-41.
$98.555
$
818,616
Sub-heads:-
34 Double Wire Signalling for Taipo Market Station
8,500
35 One set Neale Token Instruments as replacements 36 Rail Bender for dipped joints
2,800
2,800
(1)
950
37 Reconstruction of lean-to roofs and guntries of Goods Shed at
Kowloon Station
3,500
2,100
(2)
38 Re-railing of 0.4 miles of Main Line
13,900
39 Two Saloon Cars
6,000
(3)
Detached kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts Electrical Equipments for Carriages
1,200
4,068
Four 40-ton Hydraulic Lifting and Traversing Jacks Goods Wagons heavy repairs
2,034
5,000
Installation of Telephones at Level Crossings
3,000
Locomotive heavy repairs................
15,000
New Locomotive Staff Quarters at Hung Hom..
1.500
New Signal Post for Kowloon Station Yard
1,650
· (4)
One all gear High Speed Column Drilling Machine
1,595
Rebuilding of Typewriters
200
Re-railing part of Kowloon Station Yard
10,000
Sidewalk for Bridge No. 47
1,000
Tarpaulins
2,000
Two Calculating and Adding Machines
1,000
Total Special Expenditure
55,547
34,250
Total Kowloon-Canton Railway
952,103
852,896
Personal Emoluments.
Details of the foregoing.
E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.
NUMBERS.
E-1-3 GENERAL Manager.
E-1-3-1 Salaries.
1939
1940-41
1
1
| Manager and Chief Engineer,† (£1,400 to £1,600 by
£50 annually)
25,600
32,000
Junior Clerical Service:-
| Class I, ($3,500 to $4.500 by $200 annually).
3,700
4,925
(5)
Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)
1,800
2,250
2
2
Office Attendants, (1 at $252 to $300 and I at $192
to $240 by $12 triennially)
487
615
1
1
Messenger ($156 to $204 by $12 triennially)
196
255
GO
(5)
E-1-3-2 Allowances.
1Office Attendant, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances
at $48 each
144
120
(6)
Carried forward
31.927
40,165
(1) 2nd Set of a 7 year programme.
(2) Final Part of a 2 year programme. (3) Replacements.
(4) Non-recurrent.
(5) Stipulated increments.
(6) Que Office Attendant provided with Quarters.
57
330