P.W.R. Hongkong.
Q 4 1
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations,
General incidental expenditure,
...
14,363.21
4,657.75
380.96
314.69
$ 19,716.61
as against $17,025.37 in the previous year.
49. 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 1,232, an increase of 7 over the previous year, and in the Hill District 152, an increase of 12 as compared with the previous year.
A new Contract for three years to commence from the 1st of July, 1922, was entered into with the Hongkong & China Gas Co. for lighting Public Highways.
50. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan.- The number and positions of incandescent lamps in the principal roads of the City are as under :-
City of Victoria Various Roads...... 55-1,000 C.P. Connaught Road Central near Star Ferry Wharf On Tramway Route (58 pairs) 1- 200116- 100 Wongneichong Road 5- 100 Path from Bowen Road to May Road...... ... Shaukiwan 30- 50 Bowen Road 19- 32 Lugard Road 19- 32 Barker Road 2- 16 Magazine Gap Road 15- 32 Tregunter Path 11- 32 Excelsior Terrace 4- 32 Breezy Point Government Quarters.... 1- 50 North Point Cable Area 2- 32 Traffic Control Lights. Garden Road at the junction with Queen's Road East 1- 32 Garden Road at the junction with Lower Albert Road 3- 16 Caine Road at the junction with Arbuthnot Road 3- 16 Caine Road near No. 8 Police Station.... 3- 16 Bonham Road at the junction with High Street 2- 16 Pokfulam Road at the junction with Bonham Road 3- 16