Q 23
Between the 10th and 17th December a traffic census was taken at the undernoted points. During a twelve hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) the following results were obtained and these are shown compared with the 1935 figures.
Street Point where Census was taken 1935 1936 Motor Cars and Lorries Motor Cycles and Cars and Lorries Buses Cycles Buses Nathan Road Salisbury Road Junction 1,465 1,120 1,896 1,197 Nathan Road Waterloo Road Junction 2,516 1,681 2,908 1,686 Salisbury Road Nathan Road Junction 1,722 1,433 2,194 1,520 Jordan Road Canton Road Junction 428 1,306 651 1,268 Canton Road Jordan Road Junction 127 344 115 327 Waterloo Road Nathan Road Junction 876 177 918 189 Waterloo Road Shanghai Street Junction 44 87 76 111 Waterloo Road Prince Edward Road Junction 64 981 127 559 Shanghai Street Waterloo Road Junction 39 461 53 468 Shanghai Street Prince Edward Road Junction 59 3.59 120 264 Prince Edward Rd. Shanghai Street Junction 617 862 1,012 Prince Edward Rd. Waterloo Road Junction 859 859Expenditure $22,369.94
76. Maintenance of Telephones - The lines and instruments, including those of the Kowloon-Canton Railway, were maintained in good order.
Expenditure $3,335.83
77. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc. :- Sewers, storm water drains and trained nullahs were cleansed, repaired and maintained in good condition. Open channels and nullahs were cleansed by the Sanitary Department. Automatic flushing tanks were kept working continuously, and sand deposits, as these accumulated, were removed. Many defective traps, gullies gratings, etc., were replaced.
Expenditure $6,848.81
78. Gas Lighting :- The total number of street lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 581, an increase of thirteen over the previous year. Experiments with an improved type of gas lamp were carried out during the year.
Expenditure $32,171.41