P.W.R. Kowloon.
Q 46
The details of the expenditure under this head are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $1,471.43
Repairs, 944.11
Tools for cleansing operations, 208.78
General incidental expenditure, 181.25
Total, $2,805.57
as against $5,412.80 in the previous year.
73. Gas Lighting.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year was 304, an increase of 11 as compared with the previous year. The positions of the various additional lamps will be found in paragraph 119 of this Report.
74. Electric Lighting. The number of electric lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 74, an increase of 6 as compared with the previous year. This is due to the extension of street lighting to the Taikoktsui and Hok Un Districts. Particulars of the positions of the additional lamps will be found in paragraph 119 of this Report. The lighting of Sham-shuipo District, referred to in last year's Report under this heading, is now dealt with under a separate vote (see paragraph 87 of this Report).
75. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.--The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this vote :-
Kowloon City Pier-Renewing reinforced concrete beams and repairing masonry piers, $601.39
Tsim Sha Tsui Pier :-
Renewing fenders, $384.42
Casting and fitting platform plates, $108.00
Praya Walls, General-Minor repairs, $492.42
212.25
76. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 42 of this Report.
77. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.-The heavy rains of June caused numerous small landslides, whilst road-surfaces not treated with tar were badly scoured. The only damage of any magnitude was the bulging of a nullah-wall at Mongkoktsui, which necessitated the addition of some cement concrete counter-forts, and the collapse of a portion of nullah-walling, supporting the roadway on the Yaumati-Kowloon City Road. Deposits of sand and debris had to be removed from the various trained nullahs.
78. Maintenance of Water Works.-A constant supply of water was maintained throughout the year, the quantity supplied