P.W.R. New Territories.
Q 48
83. Maintenance of Buildings,-Mainland and Islands in Northern District,
Improvements to Buildings,-Mainland and Islands in North-ern District.-
These items have now been included in the general items dealt with in the two foregoing paragraphs (81 and 82).
84. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges.
Improvements to Roads and Bridges.
Approximate Milenge 50 -The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The improvements, viz. easing bends and laying cement concrete channelling to that portion of the Taipo Road between the 3rd and 5th milestones, mentioned in last year's Report, were continued.
85. Maintenance of Telephones.-The lines and instruments were maintained in good order. All telephones and electrical signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were also maintained in good condition. The telephone alarms at Au Tan and Ping Shan were kept in working order.
86. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc.,-The sewers and trained nullahs at Shamshuipo and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order. The trained nullah to the north-west of the Lai Chi Kok Segregation Camp was repaired.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $178.17
Repairs, $86.88
Tools for cleansing operations,
General incidental expenditure, $265.05
Total, $...
as against $288.77 in the previous year.
87. Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.—The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 29, an increase of 16 over the previous year. Particulars of the positions of the additional lamps will be found in paragraph 130 of this Report.
88. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries. The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 42 of this Report.
89. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.-The heavy rains of the 15th and 16th of July carried away the northern abutment and wing walls of the bridge on the Castle Peak Road near Wong Kwa Wai. The bridge had to be practically reconstructed. Training walls were also erected and the course of the stream was altered so as to obviate a repetition of the damage.