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The average number of Masons employed daily on the site was
1909. Estimates, $180,000.00 Total Estimates, $930,000.00 1909. Expenditure, 153,454.63 | Expenditure to 31.12.09, 673,751.04.
68. Public Latrines and Urinals.-The following latrines were completed during the year:--
(i.) One containing 20 seats and 2 urinal stalls at Taikoktsui Village.
(ii.) One containing 16 seats and 2 urinal stalls in Chun Hing Lane.
(iii.) One containing 24 seats and 2 urinal stalls at Wongneichong Village.
(iv.) One containing 3 seats in Kennedy Road, West of the Peak Tramway.
The following structures were begun :
(v.) One latrine containing 30 seats for men and 10 for women, in addition to 2 urinal stalls, in Nelson Street, Mongkoktsui.
(vi.) One urinal containing 8 stalls adjoining No. 1, Queen's Road East.
All the above were constructed of brickwork pointed in cement mortar.
1909. Estimates, $12,000.00 1909. Expenditure, $9,093.00.
69. Extension of old Stables to provide additional office accommodation required for the Public Works Department.-This work, begun in 1908, was completed during the year.
The extension consisted of an addition of 38 feet to the length of the building at its Western end and the raising of its walls so as to provide an additional storey, thus making it 2 stories high throughout. By these additions, six rooms, ranging in size from 28′ 0″ × 15′ 6″ to 21′ 0″ × 15′ 6″ were rendered available for the Public Works Department, four being used to accommodate the Engineering Staff, one for an Overseers' Office and one for a Telephone Workshop and Store. Three rooms, one measuring 31′ 0″ × 15′ 7″ and the remaining two 14′ 10″ × 15′ 1″, were devoted to messengers' quarters and a small cement-testing room was also procured. A covered way was erected across Lower Albert Road to connect the new offices with the main block. Lavatory accommodation was provided in a small outbuilding and a trough closet, supplied with water from Albany Nullah, was installed in part of the old outhouses for the use of the messenger staff.
The above extensions enabled the old Praya Reclamation Office and a matshed adjoining the Government Offices, which had been occupied as an overseers' office for a number of years, to be dispensed