P.W.R. New Territories.
Au Tau Police Station :-
50 Laying path with concrete, Making and fixing wrought iron railing 4 feet high around well,...
Tai Po Mainland Quarters- Re-surfacing path with concrete,
81. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges.
$253.00
148.75
$401.75
243.54
Improvements to Roads and Bridges.} Approximate Mileage
58.—The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner. Improvements to that portion of the Tai Po Road between the 3rd and 5th milestones were continued.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing introduced on the roads :-
Taipo Road,
Tarring and Sanding :-
9" Granolithic Paving Slabs laid in footways:-
*Peiho Street,
Shamushuipo Market,
*Tai Nan Street,
*Ki Lung Street,
*Nan Chang Street, *Kweilin Street,
...
sq. yds. 6,250
sq. yds.
480
400
140
210
505
189
1,924
sq. yds.,...
82. Maintenance of Telephones.-The lines and instruments were maintained in good order. All telephones and electric signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were also maintained in good condition. The telephone alarms at Au Tau, Ping Shan, Lok Ma Chau and Tai Po Police Stations were kept in working order.
83. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,.-The sewers and trained nullahs at Shamshuipo and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order. Sand deposits were removed from the temporary channel in Nan Chang Street, Shamshuipo.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations,.. General incidental expenditure,
Total,
$376.06
96.22
12.71
...
$484.99
as against $265.05 in the previous year.
* In these cases, the cost was defrayed, either partly or wholly, by the frontagers, under the provisions of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance,