Q 51
P.W.E. Hongkong.
The works were completed in October and all liabilities were discharged before the close of the year
1917 Estimates, $2,300.00 | Total Estimates, $2,300.00
1917 Expenditure, 1,936.85 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, 1,936.85
99. Latrines und Urinals :——
(a.) Trough Closet (underground) adjoining Lower Tram Terminus.—This convenience was completed in June and all liabilities were discharged before the close of the year. It contains 3 trough-closet stalls and a trough-urinal. The walls are lined with white-glazed tiles and the floor is laid with salt-glazed tiles. The roof is of ferro-concrete fitted with a cast-iron ventilator. Electric light is installed. Further particulars are given in last year's Report.
1917 Estimates, $2,000.00 | Total Estimates, $2,200.00
1917 Expenditure, 1,603.08 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, 2,272.86
(b.) Converting existing Urinal (underground) at junction of Peak and Robinson Roads into a Trough Closet.
This work was completed in June and all liabilities were discharged. It consisted of substituting 3 trough-closet stalls for the urinal stalls hitherto existing, only one urinal stall being now provided.
1917 Estimates, $500.00 | Total Estimates, $500.00
1917 Expenditure, 474.64 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, 524.27
(c.) Urinal (above-ground) in shrubbery at junction of Garden and Bowen Roads.—As mentioned in last year's Report, this structure has been erected on the west bank of Albany Nullah, to the south of the Gardeners' Cottages. It is built of blue brick pointed in lime putty and is partly carried on brick piers. The floor and roof are both of ferro-concrete. It contains a trough-urinal, 8 feet long. The walls are tiled with white-glazed tiles to a height of 5 feet, the remainder being rendered in cement mortar. Electric light is provided. The work was completed in June and, by the end of the year, all liabilities had been discharged.
1917 Estimates, $800.00 | Total Estimates, $800.00
1917 Expenditure, 686.78 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, 947.87
(d.) Trough Closet at north-west corner of Cattle Depôt.-This work was completed in February. It was fully described on p. 80 of last year's Report under the heading "Latrine accommodation at Kennedy Town
1917 Estimates, $2,000.00 | Total Estimates, $4,000.00
1917 Expenditure, 1,603.39 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, 2,862.71