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The saving on Maintenance of Lighthouses was due to few repairs of a special nature being required; that on Sewers, Nullahs, &c., to the fact that the Sanitary Board took over the work of cleansing all nullahs on the Kowloon side; that on Maintenance of Public Cemetery to little extension work being carried out; that on Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds to less work in repairs to the ground being necessary than was anticipated; that on Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon, to the fact that the Government only had to maintain the Contract Works from July instead of from January as was expected.
The savings were more than counter-balanced by excesses on other sub-heads, the principal of which were as follows:-
Maintenance of Buildings, 7,840.50
Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in City, 14,596.30
Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in New Territories, 2,970.85
Maintenance of Telegraphs, 1,091.86
Gas Lighting, City & Hill District, 4,563.68
Electric Lighting, City, 2,239.64
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages, 44,531.04
Maintenance of City & Hill District Waterworks, 4,826.40
The excess on Maintenance of Buildings was due largely to renewing the whole of the tiling of the main roofs and reconstructing in ferro-concrete and asphalt the whole of the verandah roofs on Government House; that on Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in the City to tar-macadamizing part of Queen's Road Central and Wardley Street, laying Ice House Street with wood block paving and repairing the damage caused by the unusually continuous rains in the months of April and May; that on Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in New Territories to special repairs to the bridge and causeway at Taipo; that on Maintenance of Telegraphs to unusually heavy expenditure due to the rusting away of wires on many of the lines; that on Gas Lighting, City and Hill District, to the fact that thirteen monthly payments for gas consumed were charged to the vote in accordance with instructions received; that on Electric Lighting City to the same reason as in last item; that on Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages to the extensive damages caused by the typhoons of 27th July, 6th and 5th August—over 17 inches of rain fell between the 4th and 8th of August—and that on Maintenance of City and Hill District Waterworks to again bringing into operation the temporary pumping engine installed in 1903 and thus rendering available for supply purposes the waters of certain streams which are not intercepted by the Intermediate Reservoir and permanent pumping plant.
The excess in (iii) is slight owing to savings on votes and on works not undertaken, though provided for, practically balancing the over-expenditure on the other votes.
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The saving on Maintenance of Lighthouses was due to few repairs of a special nature being required; that on Sewers, Nullahs, &c., to the fact that the Sanitary Board took over the work of cleans- ing all nullahs on the Kowloon side; that on Maintenance of Public Cemetery to little extension work being carried out; that on Mainten- ance of Public Recreation Grounds to less work in repairs to the ground being necessary than was anticipated; that on Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon, to the fact that the Government only had to maintain the Contract Works from July instead of from January as was expected.
The savings were more than counter-balanced by excesses on other sub-heads, the principal of which were as follows:-
Maintenance of Buildings,
7,840.50
Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in City,
14,596.30
Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in New Terri-
tories,
2,970.85
Maintenance of Telegraphs,
1,091.86
Gas Lighting, City & Hill District,
4,563.68
Electric Lighting, City,.
2,239.64
Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
44,531.04
Maintenance of City & Hill District Water-
works,
4,826.40
The excess on Maintenance of Buildings was due largely to renewing the whole of the tiling of the main roofs and reconstructing in ferro-concrete and asphalt the whole of the verandah roofs on Government House; that on Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in the City to tar-macadamizing part of Queen's Road Central and Wardley Street, laying Ice House Street with wood block paving and repairing the damage caused by the unusually continuous rains in the months of April and May; that on Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in New Terri- tories to special repairs to the bridge and causeway at Taipo; that on Maintenance of Telegraphs to unusually heavy expenditure due to the rusting away of wires on many of the lines; that on Gas Lighting, City and Hill District, to the fact that thirteen monthly payments for gas consumed were charged to the vote in accordance with instructions received; that on Electric Lighting City to the same reason as in last item; that on Typhoon and Rainstorm Dam- ages to the extensive damages caused by the typhoons of 27th July 6th and 5th August-over 17 inches of rain fell between the 4th and of August-and that on Maintenance of City and Hill District Water-works to again bringing into operation the temporary pumping engine installed in 1903 and thus rendering available for supply purposes the waters of certain streams which are not intercepted by the Intermediate Reservoir and permanent pumping plant.
The excess in (iii) is slight owing to savings on votes and on works 'not undertaken, though provided for, practically balancing the over-expenditure on the other votes.
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