Q 46
198 feet of 6" cast iron main An electric alarm bell circuit
coolies employed at the filter beds. were laid in Kiu Kiang Street. was installed between the Self Closing Valve and the Rapid Gravity Filtration House.
Expenditure
$2,844.10
184. Port Works.-Expenditure under this head was for the erection of turnstiles and an electric clock at Sham Shui Po Ferry Pier, notice boards and an oil lamp at Laichikok Water Boat Dock, and other minor works.
Expenditure
$472.44
COMMUNICATIONS.
185. Taipo Road adjoining Castle Peak Road: Improvements. The Contract for the improvements to Taipo Road at its junction with Castle Peak Road was awarded to Messrs. Hop Hing & Son on 11th May, 1933, and the work was satisfactorily completed by the end of the year. In connection with this work the 18" cast iron trunk water main from Kowloon Slow Sand Filters was relaid along the new portion of the road for a length of 2,075 feet. 1,400 feet of the old main were recovered by the end of the year.
Expenditure
$14,806.38
186. Improving existing main roads for motor traffic.-Only minor works were carried out under this heading.
Expenditure
MISCELLANEOUS.
$1,112.18
187. Chinese Cemeteries: Laying out new areas.-Reference has been made to this work in paragraph 31 of this Report.
Expenditure
$1,778.97
188. Exhumation from Chinese Cemeteries.-No exhumations were carried out during 1933.
Expenditure
Nil.
189. Refuse Dump at Cheung Sha Wan.-This work was referred to in paragraph 160 of last year's Report. A new contract was let to Messrs. Chung Lee & Co. in April and satisfactory progress was maintained during the year.
1933 Expenditure...
$5,257.57
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1933...... $13,568.98
190. Sham Shui Po (N.W. Camp Area) Nullah Improvements. The piling, foundations, and invert of this nullah at Cheung Sha Wan were completed by the end of December.
Expenditure
$8,137.15