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A new Contract for 3 years to commence from the 1st of July, 1922, was entered into with the Hongkong and China Gas Co., for lighting Public Highways.
68. Electric Lighting.—The number of electric lamps in use at the end of the year—all of which are incandescent—was 173, an increase of 31 as compared with the previous year.
69. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.—The principal items executed under this heading were general repairs to Tsim Sha Tsui Pier and Shamshuipo Pier at a cost of $1,634.62 and $1,251.33 respectively. Considerable repairs were also executed to Hunghom Pier, Kowloon City Pier, Shantung Street Pier, Waterloo Road Pier and to a portion of the sea-wall to the South of K.M.L. 32, Tai Kok Tsui.
70. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.—The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in a paragraph of this Report.
71. Maintenance of Recreation Grounds.—The use of departmental labour for keeping these grounds in good order was continued during the year.
72. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. The heavy rains already referred to in paragraph 28 of this Report caused numerous small landslips throughout the district.
The surfaces of those roads treated with asphaltum suffered only to a trifling extent, but practically the whole of the ordinary macadamized roads had to be repaired owing to scour.
73. Maintenance of Water Works.—A constant supply of water was maintained up to the 8th June when, owing to the failure of the usual Spring rains, it was found necessary to curtail the supply in the Chinese Districts to three hours a day and by 17th June general restriction in all Districts had to be adopted.
Restrictions were withdrawn on 23rd June following two days of heavy rains but general restriction had again to be resorted to on 7th July till the 8th September when it was again found possible to give a full supply.
The total quantity supplied was 563.73 million gallons giving an average daily consumption of 1.54 million gallons or 11.4 gallons per head per day, taking an estimated population of 135,460.
Details are given in Annexe H.
The quantity of water stored in the impounding reservoir on the 1st January amounted to 269.76 million gallons and it reached a minimum on the 20th June when it amounted to 29.52 million gallons. The reservoir was at or above its permanent overflow level from 6th September to 15th November. The quantity of water remaining in the reservoir at the end of the year amounted to 291.34 million gallons.