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All metal work in connection with the various drainage systems was inspected, and, where found necessary, repaired and tarred. Repairs were also effected to septic tanks, sewers, stormwater drains, nullahs and channels, the most important being to those situated as shown below:-
Sewers.
Near No. 503, The Peak, between Lamp-posts 506 and 507 in Stubbs Road; near Homestead Flats, The Peak: in Garden Road opposite Lower Peak Tramway; on the West side of the nullah, Shing Wo Road; in Peak Road, South-West of "Bahar Lodge".
Stormwater Drains.
In Queen's Road, East, junction of St. Francis Yard.
Nullahs.
Parapet walling at Soo Kun Po nullah; parapet walling at Tai Hang nullah; West wall of Glenealy nullah below Robinson Road; walls at Shek Tong Tsui nullah; nullah wall at Tai Shing Paper Mills, Aberdeen.
Channels.
Between Pokfulam Road and Sands Street; above Bowen Road, East side of Military Hospital.
Many defective traps, gullies, gratings, etc., were renewed, and a number of old disused drains of various sizes and types destroyed and filled in.
Estimates, Sup. Vote,
$20,000.00
2,000.00
$22,000.00
$21,058.68
Expenditure,
44. Gas Lighting,-City, Suburbs and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,592, an increase of 33 over the figures for the previous year, and in the Hill District 223, an increase of one as compared with 1926.
Improvements to the existing lighting in Des Voeux Road, West, and Queen's Road, West, were made by altering the square lanterns into "Littleton" swan-neck lights.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$95,000.00 $91,597.35