Items (xv) and (xxiii).
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These items need no comment.
Item (xvi). This work was necessary to provide for carrying off stormwater from the section of Reclamation Street between Waterloo Road and Hi Lung Lane and adjacent streets. It comprised the construction of a 24" cement concrete culvert, the laying of earthenware pipes, varying in diameter from 21" to 12", and the provision of the necessary street gullies.
Item (xvii). This work formed part of the drainage scheme for Hunghom Village, which has had to be re-arranged in consequence of the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and the extensive reclamation carried out in connection with it. The portion referred to could not be constructed until this year owing to the presence of slipways on Hunghom Inland Lot 235. The work consisted of the laying of 21" and 15" earthenware pipes.
Item (xviii). No sewer previously existed in Pekin Road, the whole of the sullage water from the adjacent properties discharging into an old rubble stormwater drain. The work consisted of the laying of 12" and 9" earthenware pipes.
Item (xix). This work was necessary for the discharge of stormwater from the area indicated to the North of Public Square Street. It comprised the laying of 15" and 12" earthenware pipes and the construction of street gullies with the necessary connections.
91. Extensions of Lighting-The following lamps were erected:-
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT.
Shaukiwau Road-from Kennedy's Stables to Inland Lot 1620, 10 Old Shaukiwan Road and Tai Hang Village, Gresson Street and adjoining public lanes, Spring Gardens Lane, 10 Man Ming Lane (Queen's Road East), 3* Tsui In Lane (East end of Blue Buildings) (1 paid for by owner), 1 Queen's Road East, 2 Queen Victoria Street, 1 Yuk Ming Street (off Battery Street) (paid for by owner), 1+ Barker Road, 34 Approach path to Victoria Hospital. 212*These three lamps were paid for out of the Vote "Forming and Kerbing Streets"
+This lamp was formerly one of the Military Cantonment lamps, the lighting of which is born in equal shares by the Military Authorities and the Colonial Government. Spring Gardens property has now been sold by the Military Authorities and the lamp has therefore been taken over as a public lamp.
This lamp was originally arranged exclusively for hospital purposes and the cost of lighting was defrayed by the Medical Department. Its position has now been altered so that it assists in lighting Barker Road and it has therefore been included among the public lamps.
Items (xv) and (xxiii).
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These items need no comment.
Item (xvi). This work was necessary to provide for carrying off stormwater from the scction of Reclamation Street between Water- loo Road and Hi Lung Lane and adjacent streets. It comprised the construction of a 24" cement concrete culvert, the laying of earthen- ware pipes, varying in diameter from 21" to 12", and the provision of the necessary street gullies.
Item (xvii). This work formed part of the drainage scheme for Hunghom Village, which has had to be re-arranged in consequence of the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway and the extensive reclamation carried out in connection with it. The portion referred to could not be constructed until this year owing to the presence of slipways on Hunghom Inland Lot 235. The work consisted of the laying of 21" and 15" earthenware pipes.
Item (xviii). No sewer previously existed in Pekin Road, the whole of the sullage, water from the adjacent properties discharging into an old rubble stormwater drain. The work consisted of the laying of 12" and 9" earthenware pipes.
Item (xix). This work was necessary for the discharge of storm- water from the area indicated to the North of Public Square Street. It comprised the laying of 15" and 12" earthenware pipes and the construction of street gullies with the necessary connections.
91. Extensions of Lighting-The following lamps were erected:-
CITY AND HILL DISTRICT.
Shaukiwau Road-from Kennedy's Stables to
Inland Lot 1620,
-
10
Old Shaukiwan Road and Tai Hang Village, Gresson Street and adjoining public lanes, Spring Gardens Lane,
10
3*
It
1
Man Ming Lane (Queen's Road East),
Tsui In Lane (East end of Blue Buildings)
(1 paid for by owner),
Queen's Road East,
Queen Victoria Street,
Yuk Ming Street (off Battery Street) (paid for
by owner),
Barker Road,
Approach path to Victoria Hospital.
212
2
1
1+
34
*These three lamps were paid for out of the Vote "Forming and Kerbing
Streets"
This lamp was formerly one of the Military Cantonment lamps, the lighting of which is born in equal shares by the Military Authorities and the Colonial Government. Spring Gardens property has now been sold by the Military Authorities and the lamp has therefore been taken over as a public lamp. This lamp was originally arranged exclusively for hospital purposes and the cost of lighting was defrayed by the Medical Department. Its position has now been altered so that it assists in lighting Barker Road and it has there- fore been included among the public lamps.
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