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In Gascoigne Road, the central width of the roadway was macadamized for a length of about 500 yards.
46. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in New Territories. Various improvements were made in the arrangements for carrying off stormwater from the new road from Kowloon City to Shatin Gap. The inverts of some of the bridges on the Tai Po Road near Lok Lo Ha were paved with granite.
47. Maintenance of Telegraphs.-The lines and instruments were kept in good repair. Communication with the Government Telephone System was established with the Assistant Harbour Master's residence by a line from Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station.
48. Maintenance of Telegraphs in New Territories.-The lines and instruments were maintained in working order. Telephonic communication with the Government Rest House at Tai Po (a bungalow taken over from the Railway) was established by running a line to the switchboard at Tai Po Police Station.
49. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc.-The sewers, storm-water drains and trained nullahs were regularly cleansed and maintained in good condition and the flushing tanks were periodically worked.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $16,070.30 Repairs, 3,995.95 Tools for cleansing operations, 852.94 General incidental expenditure, 60.00 Total, $20,979.19as against $19,216.56 in the previous year.
50. Gas Lighting, City of Victoria and precincts and Hill District. The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,022, an increase of 32 over the previous year and in the Hill District 116, an increase of 2. One lamp in Spring Gardens Lane, formerly included with the Military Cantonment lamps, was taken over as a public lamp, the number of those in the Cantonment being reduced to 14. The positions of the various additional lamps will be found in paragraph 91 of this report, from which it will be seen that the street lighting now extends eastwards fully a mile beyond the City boundary.
51. Electric Lighting, City.--The number of arc lamps (75) remains unaltered but, by arrangement with the Military Authorities, 10 incandescent lamps were erected on Bowen Road, between the Peak Tramway and the Military Hospital. The lighting of these is defrayed in equal shares by the War Department and the Colonial Government.
52. Gas Lighting, Kowloon.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year was 255, an increase of 14 over the previous year.