65
P.W.E. Kowloon.
Good progress has been made and by the end of the year the building was completed with the exception of the internal fittings and the painter work.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$15,000.00 $8,367.90
140. Raising of Time Ball Tower. This work consisted of the raising of the Time Ball Tower on Signal Hill, an additional height of about 20 feet to enable the ball to be seen at points from which it had in recent years been obscured by new high buildings.
Tenders were obtained for the work during the month of March and that of Messrs. Tat Lee & Co. amounting to $4,700.00 was accepted.
Work was commenced at the end of April and completed during the month of October. In the course of the work improvements to the machinery were executed by the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company.
Estimates, Expenditure,
General Works:-
$4,700.00 $4,695.00
141. Roads. The following is a brief statement of the principal works carried out under this heading:-
The undermentioned roads were macadamized, kerbed, channelled and laid to new levels, the footpaths being paved with granolithic and slab paving and the necessary improvements made in front of the new buildings erected during the year:
Argyle Street, Arran Street, Battery Street, Bedford Road, Bowring Street, Bute Street, Canton Road, Chatham Road, Dundas Street, Fa Yuen Street, Fire Street, Fuk Tsun Street, Gascoigne Road, Ha Hang Road, Kimberley Road, Ma Tau Wai Road,
Estimates, Supplementary Vote,
Expenditure,
Market Street, Mong Kok Road, Nathan Road, Nelson Street, Pak Tai Street, Prince Edward Road, Public Square Street, Reclamation Street, Saigon Street, Shanghai Street, Sai Yeung Choi Street, Shan Tung Street, Soy Street,
Tai Kok Tsui Road, Tam Kung Road, Wuhu Street.
$50,000.00 50,000.00
$100,000.00 $99,558.53