-Q 45
Public Mortuary-General repairs and painting throughout,
Signal Hill Signal Station:- General repairs and painting throughout, Renewing platform to light with reinforced concrete,
Subordinate Officers' Quarters. King's Park, Various minor repairs,
Houses in Chatham Road resumed for future extension of road but at present occupied-Various minor repairs, ...
Time Ball Tower:- General repairs and painting throughout,
P.W.R. Kowloon.
$316.60
$268.45
37.51
305.96
191.86
168.83
106.44
Repairing time ball,
50.00
156.44
Tsim Sha Tsui Market :-- General repairs and limewhiting and tarring internally,
99.76
Minor repairs,
51.60
151.36
69. Improvements to Buildings. As already mentioned in paragraph 48, this is a new vote to cover the cost of effecting improvements in buildings. The following is a statement of the principal works executed under this heading:-
Water Police Station:- Alterations to drain,
$350.00
A. S. P.'s Quarters-Alterations to electric lighting,
247.19
Constructing W. C. and partition.
205.69
$802.88
70. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges Improvements to Roads and Bridges. Approximate Mileage 28. The introductory remarks appearing in paragraph 50 of this Report apply here also. The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The eastern side of the Hunghom-Kowloon City Road was kerbed and channelled for the full length of K.M.L. 40, a distance of 930 feet. The roadway being brought up to new levels and the footway surfaced with decomposed granite. The northern side of Mody Road, between Nathan Road and Cornwall Avenue, was kerbed and channelled and the footway surfaced with decomposed granite.
Experimental pieces of asphaltum sand carpet, 1" thick upon 4" of ordinary macadam, were laid in Shanghai Street, between Jordan Road and Nanking Street, and in Canton Road near Navy Street. In both cases the surfacing is wearing well.