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tenders were invited for a Contract for the Formation of Site, Foundations, and Building Retaining Walls. The tender of Messrs. Foo Loong and Co. for $73,896.89 for this portion of the work was accepted and arrangements for signing the Contract were pending at the close of the year.
1922 Estimates, $25,000.00
1922 Expenditure,
96. Bungalow-Government House. It was decided not to proceed with this work; there was consequently no expenditure under this heading. 97. Queen's College,-Formation of Site for the proposed New School at Caroline Hill.—A Contract for the levelling of the site, forming the roads, and filling in the low lying areas at and around Caroline Hill was let in November to Messrs, Kin Lee and Co. By the end of the year satisfactory progress had been made. 1922 Estimates, $25,000.00 | Total Estimates,... 1922 Expenditure,... Expenditure to 31/12/22,......... $ 1,670.77 98. Quarters for Scavenging Coolies, Hospital Road. This work, which was described in paragraph 87 of last year's Report, was completed in 1921, and nothing remained to be done during 1922 beyond the payment of the retention money. 1922 Estimates, ...... $ 20,000.00 1922 Expenditure,... 14,820.85 Total Estimates, $160,000.00 Expenditure to 31/12/22, $167,887.86 99. Married Quarters for Police-Caine Road. This work was referred to in paragraph 91 of last year's Report. The building was completed in February, the Contract being carried out by Mr. Ng Mou Hing. The site is to the East of and adjoining the Police Quarters erected in 1915, and the work comprised the erection of a three storeyed building containing six flats with servants quarters in the rear of the main building"; four of the flats contain a living room, two bedrooms, two bathrooins, pantry and water closet, while the remaining two flats, in addition to the accommodation already stated, contain a third small bedroom. An open verandah extends along the front of all the flats, with a spacious bay opposite each living room, while balconies and bridges afford access to the servants quarters which also has a separate entrance on the ground floor. The block of servants quarters was raised a storey, and a basement was thus formed on the ground floor containing two large stores which may be used as a Garage for Police Motor Cycles, Hand Ambulance or Domestic Vehicles. One of the Stores was allotted to the occupants of the old quarters. 1922 Estimates, .. $ 20,000.00 | Total Estimates, 1:22 Expenditure,... 14,322.71 $ 73,000,00 Expenditure to 31/12/22,. 76,635.57