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172. New Cemetery No. 7:-The work carried out under this Contract consisted of the formation of terraces, access paths and draining a new section of this cemetery.
173.
Expenditure $14,396.64
Street Name Plates:-Five additional name plates were erected from stock in hand and a further thirty-five name plates were ordered. The latter were not received in time for erection during the year.
Expenditure $634.53
174. Kowloon City Police Station-Rewiring: —The building was wired to serve 255 points.
Expenditure $2,895.42
WATER WORKS.
175. Back Lane Service Pipes:-In addition to two services which were enlarged from 11″ to 2″, eight new extended services were laid. This involved the laying of 1,260 feet of 2″ and eighteen feet of 11″ wrought iron piping. Fifty new services and forty-five existing services were connected to these and existing subsidiary mains.
Expenditure $1,453.76
176. Distribution Mains:-The following work was carried out:-697 feet of 12″ spun iron main were laid in Kiu Kiang Street between Castle Peak Road and Fuk Wah Street; 144 feet of 6″ spun iron main were laid in Kiu Kiang Street east of Castle Peak Road, and 315 feet of 6″ cast iron main removed from Kiu Kiang Street west of Castle Peak Road.
Expenditure $4,235.24
PORT WORKS.
177. Refuse Dump at Kun Tong:-This was referred to in paragraph 183 of last year's Report. No constructional work was carried out during the year. A light railway was laid to expedite the handling of the refuse but this method of transporting the material was later abandoned. Approximately 7,000 cubic yards of dredgings were spread over the refuse dump.
Expenditure
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1937 $3,218.61 $26,034.94
178. Kowloon City Pier:-This work was referred to in paragraph 206 of last year's Report. The pier was completed and opened for passenger traffic in March.
Expenditure $7,150.97
Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1937 12,638.57