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110. Survey of Colony.--Particulars of the work carried out under this heading will be found in paragraph 19 of this Report.
111. Mount Caroline Cemetery,---Quarters for Sextons. As mentioned in last year's Report, this building was completed in 1913. The expenditure in 1914 consisted merely of a small balance payable under the Contract for the work.
1914 Estimates, $ 500.00 1914 Expenditure, $ 421.82 Total Estimates, Expenditure to 31/12/14, $ 3,600.00 $ 2,854.12112. Kailungwan Cemetery, —Quarters for Sextons. — This building was also completed in 1913, the expenditure in 1914 consisting merely of a small balance payable under the Contract.
1914 Estimates, $ 700.00 1914 Expenditure, $ 302.27 Total Estimates, $ 2,200.00 Expenditure to 31/12/14, $ 2,015.14113. Government Schools,— Installing electric fans and telephones.—Electric fans and telephones connected with the Government telephone system were installed in the under-mentioned schools:-
Fans Telephones Belilios, 5 1 Wanchai, 5 1 Saiyingpun, 6 1 Yaumati, 6 1114. Imports and Exports Department.—Fittings and Strong Room.—The necessity for these works arose in consequence of the Government undertaking direct control of the opium trade and abolishing the system of farming hitherto in operation. The old timber shed in Des Voeux Road, originally erected as a temporary market and subsequently occupied as stables by the Sanitary Department, was altered and adapted for offices and store-rooms, etc., in connection with the sale of opium. Several partitions, constructed either of brick or of concrete slab panels in wood framing, were erected in order to sub-divide the shed into compartments in which the various operations involved in selling and packing the opium, etc., could be carried on.
Electric light was also installed in the building. The Opium Factory in Wanchai also underwent considerable repairs, special fittings being provided for the laboratory and the old store-room being converted into a strong-room. Bostwick gates and iron
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