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54. Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District.--The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,086, an increase of 27 over the previous year and in the Hill District 125, a decrease of 3. The positions of the various additional lamps and a note of any lamps removed will be found in paragraph 109 of this Report.
55. Electric Lighting, City and Hill District.—The number of arc lamps in the principal roads remains unaltered, namely, 75. The number of incandescent lamps has been increased to 21 by installing 5 new lamps on Lugard Road in the Hill District. Electric current was not available in the Hill District until 1912, when the Hongkong Electric Company extended their service of cables to that district.
56. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.----The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this vote:
Kennedy Town Pier-Continuing rubble mound underneath pier and executing general repairs, $3,121 Murray Pier-Repairing hardwood pier-head and bamboo portion of pier, 727 Aberdeen Village Seawall-Forming concrete curb and executing general repairs to wall and slipway, Statue Square Pier--Renewing defective piles and general repairs, 409337 Arsenal Street Pier-Renewing defective handrailing, etc., 242 Ship Street Refuse Pier-Renewing iron plates and coating with patent anticorrosive paint, 180
57. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The construction of the two new terraces, with the necessary retaining walls and steps, mentioned in last year's Report, was completed. Extensive cement concrete channelling was laid to carry away the water from the hillside above the terraces,
58. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 43 of this Report.
59. Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds.—The various grounds were maintained in good order. Departmental labour was introduced during the year for the purpose of mowing the grass, cleansing ditches, etc. The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure:
Queen's-Fencing in areas, $ 501 New turf, 267 $768 New turf, 496 Labour in trimming, 913 1,090 2,499 Wongneichong-Fencing,