P.W.E. Kowloon.
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(v.) Canton Road-kerbing, channelling, making up carriageway and laying granolithic footway around K.M.L. 48, (completed),
(vi.) Hankow Road--laying granolithic paving in front of new houses on portion of K.I.L. 410, (completed),
(vii.) Cox's Path--kerbing, channelling and surfacing footway with decomposed granite in front of Subordinate Officers' Quarters, (completed),
(viii.) Reclamation Street -taking up and resetting kerbing and laying new channelling opposite K.I.L.s 553 to 555 and 1285, (completed),
1914 Estimates, $5,000.00
1914 Expenditure, $4,676.25
$378
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223
196
126. Training Nullahs :-
(a.) King's Park Area.-A contract for this work was let to Mr. Un Lau On in June and, at the close of the year, the nullah in the west valley, 1,105 feet in length, was completed. The invert of this nullah is of cement concrete, 3′ 6′′ wide, and the side walls are of rubble masonry, high. Field drains, 4" diameter, were being laid to drain a swampy area of ground and a path was in course of construction alongside the nullah. The nullah in the east valley, 710′ in length, was about half completed at the end of the year.
1914 Estimates, $9,000.00 Total Estimates,
1914 Expenditure... $5,974.65
Expenditure to 31/12/14, $13,000.00 $5,974.65
(b.) General Works.--The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure incurred under this heading, the only item of work worth recording being the uncovering of a storm-water culvert in the Hok Un district, thus converting it into an open nullah:--
(i.) Reconstruction and extension of nullah in Railway Yard, Hunghom, (completed in 1913-balance payable in 1914),
(ii.) Uncovering culvert west of K.M.L. 53, Hok Un, raising side walls and erecting railings on same,
1914 Estimates, $4,000.00
1914 Expenditure, $2,764.87
$145.12
2,569.55*
127. Miscellaneous Drainage Works.-The following is a statement of the principal items carried out under this heading, the amounts stated representing in some cases only a portion of the cost owing to the works extending into more than one year:--
(i.) Extension of 18′′, 15", 12" and 9′′ storm-water drains in Salisbury Road, between Nathan and Chatham Roads, including gullies and connections, (completed),- completion of item (vi), paragraph 131 of last year's Report,
$1,007.66
* The cost of this item was $2,260.43, but, owing to a wrong book-entry, it appears as $2,569.55.