P.W.R. Hongkong.
opposite Kennedy Road; Davis Street between Catchick Street and Praya West; Ship Street opposite No. 2 Ship Street; Lyttelton Road at the junction of Babington Path; Praya West near Beach Street; May Road west of Inland Lot No. 2139; Kennedy Road opposite No. 15 Kennedy Road; sewer outfalls at Percival Street and Heard Street: to storm-water drains in Stone Nullah Lane: Praya East opposite No. 135 Praya East: and to nullalis at Causeway Bay opposite the French Convent; Pokfulam Road below No. 6 Bridge; and at Pokfulam above No. 8 Bridge.
A considerable number of defective traps were renewed and a number of old disused drains of various sizes and types were destroyed and filled in.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations $13,548.57 Repairs 2,913.52 Tools for cleansing operations 400.03 General incidental expenditure 163.25 ... ... $17,025.37as against $17,869.27 in the previous year.
50. Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District.—The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1225, an increase of 8 over the previous year, and in the Hill District 140, an increase of 5 as compared with the previous year.
51. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan.-The number and positions of incandescent lamps in the principal roads of the City are as under :-
Various Roads... 55 1,000 C.P. Connaught Road Central near Star Ferry Wharf 3 City of Victoria 1 200 On Tramway route (58 pairs) 116 100 Wongneichong Road 5 100 Shaukiwan 30 50 Bowen Road 13 32 Path from Bowen Road to May Road 6 32 Lugard Road ... 32 Barker Road 2 16 Magazine Gap Road 15 32 Tregunter Path 11 32 Excelsior Terrace 1 32 Breezy Point Quarters 1 50 North Point Cable Area... 9 32In addition to these, the Taikoo Dock Company provide and light 10 lamps, each having a cluster of 3-100 C.P. incandescent lamps--for lighting the road adjacent to their property.