Q 45
P.W.E. Hongkong.
The work of erection of the main building and the Head Foreman's Quarters on the corner of the site was continued without interruption during the year and was completed about the middle of November.
Total Estimates......$160,000.00
1921 Estimates, $100,000.00 1921 Expenditure, $83,081.28 Expenditure to 31/12/21, $153,067.0188. Officers' Quarters :-
Quarters below Tanderagee.-As mentioned in paragraph 89 of last year's Report, the Contract for the three houses was let to Messrs. Kien On; the amount of the Contract being $148,331.55. All three houses were completed and occupied by December 30th. They contain the following accommodation Ground Floor :-Dining, Drawing and Sitting Rooms and a large hall with kitchen, laundry and servants rooms at the back. First Floor:- four bedrooms, bath rooms, and two dressing rooms. There are also verandahs on both floors and a drying room is provided over the kitchen.
Quarters to the East of R.B.L. 106, "Dunedin". Referring to paragraph 89 in last year's Report, this house erected under the supervision of Mr. John Duncan and from plans prepared by him was completed on the 15th June at a total cost of just under $30,000.
Quarters for the Puisne Judge.-This work was carried out under the charge of Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs with Messrs. Ng Mow Hing as Contractors. The building was completed and occupied by the end of September, consisting of a bungalow of the following accommodation :-dining and drawing rooms, four bedrooms and three bath rooms, a fairly large hall and an enclosed verandah in the centre portion of the front. The usual servants' accommodation is provided at the back.
Homestead Site Houses.-This work was placed under the charge of Messrs. Little, Adams and Wood. A Contract with Messrs. Kien On & Co. for $477,039.68 was signed on the 31st August for the erection of a block of six flats and four detached houses. The work was shortly afterwards commenced and by the end of the year a large amount of site preparation had been done and the foundations of the block of flats had been laid.
1921 Estimates $500,000.00 Total Estimates.............. 1921 Expenditure $201,957.61 Expenditure to 31/12/21 $228,551.57