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immediately adjacent to it. A row of nineteen washing troughs and eight soaking troughs, all of reinforced concrete and lined with white glazed tiles, are included in the scheme, but these had not been completed at the close of the year.
1917 Estimates,..... $21,500.00 | Total Estimates,...... $38,000.00
1917 Sup. Votes, 16,500.00
1917 Expenditure,... $37,983.12 | Expenditure to 31/12/17, $37,983.12
107. Victoria Gaol,—Concrete floors to Warders' Quarters.— New hardwood floors, coated with solignum, were laid on 4′′ of cement concrete in three ground floor rooms of this building to replace flooring and joists which had been destroyed by white ants and dry-rot.
1917 Estimates,... $1,200.00 | Total Estimates, $1,200.00
Expenditure to 31/12/17,.. $1,172.05
1917 Expenditure, .. $1,172.05
108. Civil Hospital,—Improving ventilation of Operating Theatre. This work was undertaken in order to improve the ventilation of the operating theatre during the summer months. It consisted of constructing an ice chamber about 5′ 6′′ × 4′ 6′′ × 4′ 0′′ in a room on the ground floor and forcing the cooled air by means of a fan through a duct leading to the operating theatre overhead. Sundry alterations were also made in the operating theatre itself, including the removal of the sterilizers and hot water boilers into an adjoining room, communication being provided by means of a hatch through the dividing wall.
1917 Estimates,... $1,500.00 | Total Estimates, $1,500.00
Expenditure to 31/12/17,.... $1,026.96
1917 Expenditure, .. $1,026.96
109. Ellis Kadoorie School,—Volley Ball Court.—This work, which was completed during the year, comprised, in addition to the grading and surfacing of the courts with decomposed granite, the erection of a retaining wall adjacent to Hospital Road and of two cross retaining walls dividing the area into terraces at different levels, the provision of a triangular wire mesh screen adjoining Hospital Road and the construction of flights of granite steps connecting the various terraces. All liabilities were discharged before the close of the year.
1917 Estimates, $5,600.00 | Total Estimates, $6,600.00
Expenditure to 31/12/17,.. $4,853.53
1917 Expenditure, $3,840.59
It was not found
110. Wongneichong Village Improvements.
111. Shaukiwan Village Improvements.
possible to proceed with these works during the year.
*This includes a sum of $1,012.94 which was expended in 1916 and debited to the Vote "Miscellaneous Works" (vide p. 62 of last year's Report).