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storey being occupied during the latter part of April, by which time the work was practically completed. All liabilities were discharged before the close of the year.
1919 Estimates, $15,000.00 Total Estimates, $15,000.00
1919 Sup. Vote, $8,000.00
1919 Expenditure, $23,000.00 Expenditure to $22,835.59 31/12/19, $22,835.59
90. Quarters for Scavenging Coolies, Hospital Road.-The tender of Messrs. Wing Lee & Co. for this work, amounting to $133,372.30, was accepted, the Contract being signed on the 12th September. Before work on the buildings could be commenced, it was necessary to divert Hospital Road, to erect a temporary public latrine to replace one which had to be demolished, and to carry out very extensive levelling operations, involving the construction of considerable retaining walls. Levelling operations were well advanced by the close of the year.
1919 Estimates, $100,000.00 | Total Estimates, $160,000.00
1919 Expenditure, $14,801.25 Expenditure to $14,801.25 31/12/19,
91. Officers' Quarters, (below Tanderagee).—A design for these quarters was prepared and it was decided to proceed with 3 houses in the first instance.
It was considered expedient to undertake the preparation of the sites in conjunction with the completion of the road encircling Mount Gough and a contract was accordingly let for these works to Messrs. Kang On & Co. in October. Further reference to it will be found in paragraph 97 (j) of this Report.
1919 Estimates, $120,000.00 | Total Estimates, Expenditure to $271.11 31/12/19,
1919 Expenditure, $271.11
92. Officers' Quarters, (elsewhere).--As the resumption of certain land which the Government desired to acquire for the purpose of erecting quarters was not completed by the end of the year, it was not possible to take any steps towards carrying out this work.
1919 Estimates, $100,000.00
1919 Expenditure, Nil.
93. Taitam Tuk Pumping Station.-Additional Quarters for Chinese Staff-The accommodation hitherto existing for the Chinese Staff was practically doubled, the work being completed before the end of the year. It comprised four large living-rooms, a kitchen and bathroom, in addition to which two reinforced concrete stairways have been added to the main building.