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the Taikoo Sugar Refining Company provide and light 7–2,000 C.P. incandescent lamps for the roads adjacent to their property.
52. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.—The principal items of expenditure under this heading were the general repairs carried out to the Keng Shan Wharf at a cost of $920.36 and to Murray Pier at a cost of $648.65. Considerable repairs were also executed to Sai Wan Ho Pier, Harbour Office Pier and Arsenal Street Pier.
53. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.—A new path 10′ 0″ wide, leading from the Motor Road from Morrison Hill to Bowen Road, to serve the upper terraces of the Cemetery was commenced but was not completed at the end of the year.
54. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.—The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 36 of this Report.
55. Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds.—The various grounds were maintained in good order. The use of departmental labour for the purpose of mowing grass, cleansing ditches, &c., was continued.
New turf was laid to those portions of the Sookunpoo Ground where the levels had been improved, especially at the Northern end.
56. Dredging Foreshores.—The Grab Dredger was employed at the following places and removed the quantities of material stated hereunder during the year :-
Causeway Bay Shelter cubic yards. 8,511 Drain outfalls 28,816 Hung Hom Ferry Pier 1,993 Naval Camber, Kowloon 332 Taikoo Sugar Refinery Pier + 8,003 Total 47,65521,870 cubic yards of the above material was deposited on the site of the Shamshuipo Reclamation, 17,766 cubic yards on the Praya East Reclamation site, 4,610 cubic yards on the site of the Quarry Bay Reclamation and 3,393 cubic yards on the Government Quarry Bay Reclamation site, North Point.
The vessel was put on the slip, the hull thoroughly overhauled and painted, defective parts to engine and grab being renewed, by the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company at a cost of $2,331.00.
57. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.—The heavy rains, more especially during the months of May and September, caused numerous landslips, and badly scoured the macadamized surfacing not treated with asphaltum.
The Pokfulam Road, owing to heavy landslides on that portion, where the diversion through Elliott Battery had been made, was
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