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42. Maintenance of Buildings.--The buildings generally were kept in a state of good repair, a number of them being renovated throughout in accordance with the recurring programme. The expenditure amounted to $84,918.35.
43. Improvement to Buildings. The principal improvements carried out under this heading comprised the construction of four new bathrooms, provided with water-closets, at the Staff Quarters of the Civil Hospital; alterations and additional cupboards in the linen room of the Civil Hospital; the provision of two new rooms for lady teachers at the Belilios School and extensive alterations to the lavatories at the Victoria British School. Numerous other improvements of a minor nature were effected in various buildings.
The total expenditure under the vote amounted to $24,947.64.
44. Maintenance of Lighthouses.--The Lighthouses were painted and colourwashed according to programme and otherwise maintained in good order at a cost of $6,413.05.
45. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City. Approximate
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City.
Mileage, 60.--The road surfaces were maintained generally in a satisfactory condition. The asphaltum treatment of carriageways was still further extended throughout the City, whilst a considerable area of granite setts was laid in the carriageways in those portions of the City where the increasing traffic rendered such paving desirable.
The following figures show the extent of the operations carried out at the Government Quarry during the year :--
Stone.--Various grades passed through crushers :—
A total quantity of 15,245 cubic yards, of which 1,945 cubic yards were made into tar macadam, 1,051 cubic yards into sand carpeting and 12,240 cubic yards were delivered to various works as the material came from the crushers. Further, 36,691 granolithic paving slabs were made for use on footways, 3,781 lineal yards of reinforced concrete standards and rails for fences, 123 reinforced concrete piles, varying from 26 to 70 feet in length, 6 reinforced concrete lamp columns, 85 concrete survey marks, 70 lineal feet of reinforced concrete beams, 276 lineal feet of reinforced concrete brackets, 4 small reinforced concrete huts for housing the ends of submarine cables, 129 square feet of reinforced concrete panels and 56 lineal feet of reinforced concrete steps.