Q 64
Table II.
Comparison of Public Works Recurrent Expenditure 1936-1937,
1936 1937
PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT.
$ $
HONG KONG.
1:-Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings 92,224.14 199,321.15
Improvements to Buildings 11,044.26 11,591.65
2:--Communications.
Roads and Bridges in City (Maintenance and Improvements)
Roads and Bridges outside City (Maintenance and Improvements).
Maintenance of Telephones including all Cables
39,080.19 68,493.34
34,121.15 57,268.22
8,177.44 10,710.28
Street Lighting
3:-Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.
4:-Lighting.
5:~Typhoon & Rainstorm Damages.
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages
6:-Water Works.
Maintenance of City and Hill District.
Maintenance of Village Supplies:-... Water Meters, upkeep and repairs
7:-Miscellaneous.
17,303.63 21,673.23
(107,599.20 192,322.06
[ 80,139.35 ...
96,527.62 215,993.81
229,900.79 244,257.41
3,765.29 5,550.88
46,927.64 64,274.34
Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers
Maintenance of Public Cemetery 10,470.80 16,417.62
935.92 937.93
Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries... 3,899.38 3,992.25
Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds 1,880.68 1,924.54
Dredging Foreshores 23,862.82 21,698.09
Stores Depreciation 55.05 93.09
Boundary Stones 2,969.61 4,537.30
Survey of Colony 1,519.08 2,089.84
Bathing Places 2,128.15
Maintenance of Vehicles
Ferry Pier at Jubilee Street 8,628.01 14,961.91
KOWLOON.
8:-Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings 28,509.46 45,903.84
Improvements to Buildings 3,788.84 5,039.00.
Carried forward 861,792.35; 1,202,717.88