Q 32
A traffic census taken on some of the main roads during a twelve-hour period (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) gave the following results and these are shown compared with the 1936 figures.
Point.
1936 1937 Cars and Lorries Motor Cycles and Buses. Cars and Lorries Motor Cycles and Buses. Taipo Road at junction with Castle Peak Road 61286 223
156 462
111 131
123 Taipo Market Fanling Cross Roads :- Sha Tau Kok Road 63
87 40
69 Sheung Shui Road 144
63 54
75 Fanling Road to Golf Club 255
22 107
97 Un Long:- Sheung Shui direction 154
262 73
181 Castle Peak direction 178
225 68
231 Castle Peak Road at Tsun Wan 217
101 226
220 Castle Peak Road at Prison 376
147 265
221
Expenditure $58,647.44
102. Maintenance of Telephones:-Lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
Expenditure $4,275.93
103. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc:-Sewers, storm water drains, trained nullahs and concrete channels were cleansed, repaired, and maintained in good condition.
Expenditure $253.77
104. Street Lighting:-The total number of electric street lamps in use at the end of the year was thirty-two.
Expenditure $1,539.20