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Hongkong.
to work on the 11th June. An account of the alterations to the motor will be found in paragraph 114 of the Report for 1916. All liabilities were discharged before the close of the year.
Total Estimates,...... $10,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/18, $2,872.01
1918 Estimates....... 9,713.45
1918 Expenditure,...
KOWLOON.
144. Additional Main from Filter Beds to Yaumati.-The only expenditure incurred was for the completion of the work of laying the surplus 18" pipes remaining over from the Taitam Tuk Scheme, (vide paragraph 135 of last year's Report). An indent for the additional pipes required to complete the main was forwarded to the Crown Agents in December.
1918 Estimates....... $175,000.00
1918 Expenditure, ...$1,118.20
Total Estimates, Expenditure to 31/12/18, 19,930.06
145. Resumption of Ferry Piers.-In order to institute improved ferry services between the City of Victoria and the western side of the Kowloon Peninsula, extending from Yaumati to Shamshuipo, it was decided to resume the piers hitherto used by such ferries and to utilize them until new and properly-equipped piers can be erected. The piers will henceforth belong to Government which will keep them in proper repair, but the privilege of running ferry services will be let, from time to time, by public tender, the Government retaining control over all matters relating to such services (vide the Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council on the 30th May, 1918, under the Ferries Ordinance, 1917).
The following is a statement of the expenditure incurred in resuming and repairing or extending the piers so as to make them reasonably serviceable for the new ferries:-
Position of Pier. Amount paid as compensation. Amount expended on repairs, extensions, &c. Total. Opposite Queen Victoria Street, $ $ $ Jubilee Street........... 12,300.00 50.00 12,350.00 Western Market. 3,749.88 3,000.00 6,749.88 6,724.96 9,724.96 Eastern Market, 700.00 4,295.97 4,995.97 Public Square Street, Yaumati,. 100.00 2,253.26 2,353.26 Waterloo Road, Yaumati,. 300.00 2,685.81 2,985.81 Shantung Street, Mongkoktsui, no pier in existence 3,164.98 3,164.98 Nanchang Street, Shamshuipo,.. 1,650.00 816.28 2,466.28 Total, $19,200.00 $23,696.17 $42,896.17