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Works carried out and chargeable to Loan Funds.
244. Waglan Lighthouse New Electrical Installation.-- The work of laying an underground cable was completed in 1930.
Special Vote $ 6,850.00 Expenditure $ 6,639.60 Total Estimates Expenditure to 31.12.30. $ 1,464.00 $ 1,051.95245. Provision of Furniture also House Accommodation for Staff and W/T Receiving Apparatus at Fanling.—It was brought into use in December and is of great assistance for relay and monitoring work.
Special Vote $ 1,500.00 Expenditure $ 684.00246. W/T Expenditure on Building And Plant to effect necessary improvements.-The work was completed in March 1929 in the W/T Station at Victoria Peak.
The sum expended in 1930 was balance of account and retention money held under the terms of the Contract.
Special Vote $50,177.80 Expenditure $ 6,837.86 Expenditure to 31.12.30. $ 6,865.00247. To provide Broadcasting Receivers in Government Hospitals The Head-phones obtained from England arrived in the Colony in August, and are installed in Government Hospitals.
The arrangement has proved a great boon to the patients in Hospitals.
Special Vote $ 1,809.00 Expenditure $ 1,439.27WORKS CARRIED OUT AND CHARGEABLE TO LOAN FUNDS.
248. Shing Mun Valley Waterworks Scheme:-
(a), (b) & (c) Preliminary Works; Reception Reservoirs, Shek Lai Pui Raw Water; Access Road, Tsun Wan-Pineapple Pass.-No expenditure in the year under review.
(d) Resumptions.-Referred to in paragraph 283 (a) of last year's Report.