P.W.E. Kowloon,
124. Shelter in Children's Playground.— This work consists of a shelter, about 57′ 0″ × 20′ 0″ internally, erected in the children's playground in Chatham Road. The structure was nearly completed by the close of the year.
It is constructed of teak and hardwood, with tiled roof, and is designed in Chinese style throughout. Lavatory accommodation, water-flushed, for boys and girls, is provided in an adjacent blue-brick building which is designed to harmonize with the shelter.
1918 Estimates, $3,500.00 Total Estimates, $3,500.00
1918 Sup. Vote, 1,200.00 1918 Expenditure, $4,700.00 | Expenditure to 4,686.07 31/12/18, 4,686.07
125. Chinese Cemeteries,—Laying out new areas.—A statement of the works carried out under this heading will be found in paragraph 40 of this Report.
1918 Estimates, $2,000.00 1918 Expenditure, 1,549.34
126. Miscellaneous Works.—The following are the principal items of expenditure under this heading :-
Royal Observatory:-
Enclosing 1st floor verandah with glazed sashes, $504.93
Enlarging Battery Room, 293.34
Installing electric radiator and telephones and improving electric lights, &c., 158.81
$957.08
Signal Hill Station:-
Erecting kitchen and cement rendering ground floor walls of Time Ball Tower, 432.90
Supplying new typhoon signals, 208.80
Extending railing, 106.10
747.80
127. Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.—Compensation and Resumptions.—The purposes of this vote are referred to in paragraph 112 of this Report.
1918 Estimates, $50,000.00 1918 Expenditure, $24,326.05*
* Sums amounting to $850.00 were paid for retaining the services of firms of Architects and surveyors and for valuations made by those firms in connection with the resumption of K.I.L's 109, R. P., and 106, Section B, and the contemplated resumption of K.I.L's 107, 108 and 1178 and K.M.L. 83. The resumption of K.M.L. 83 and K.I.L. 1178, at a cost of $383,807.90, was provided for by a special vote, (vide § 147 of this Report).