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to relatives of the deceased, of which 16 were subsequently cancelled for various reasons, leaving 250 which were acted upon. The total of 3,855 includes these private disinterments and also the exhumations carried out by the Tung Wa Hospital at the instance of the Sanitary Department for which 3 permits were issued. These amounted in all to 3,605. Of the bodies exhumed 176 were removed from the Colony and 3,679 re-buried within the Colony,
SCAVENGING.
5. The scheme for the departmental removal of refuse to sea from the City of Victoria which was inaugurated on the 1st January, 1911, proved a complete success both financially and from the point of view of efficiency. The two steam barges and three lighters, working at three instead of five dust-boat stations as formerly, proved quite capable of doing the work required of them excepting at the Chinese New Year. To cope with the extra accumulations at the Chinese New Year and also in order to prevent large accumulations of refuse at the Western refuse depôt while the steam barge was at sea, it was decided to purchase and fit up another lighter for this work in September, and she was put on the run in October last. The two most important refuse stations, viz., in the centre and West of the City, are thus provided with a double set of refuse boats, one of which comes alongside as the other leaves, and the third station, a small station in the East of the City has one boat. In addition to these there is one spare boat to replace those under repair or refitting. The staff, which consists of a foreman, a coxswain and a crew of 10 scavengers per boat and a caretaker at each refuse station, worked well, and it was found possible to put a complete stop to the picking over of refuse at the bins, the dumping of refuse over the sea wall and the extortion of sums of money from private firms for the removal of trade refuse out to sea.
The cost of the scheme compares very favourably with the charges formerly made by contractors for work which at best was but indifferently performed. The average yearly cost of the refuse disposal contract from 1907 (when a separate contract for the work of removal was first let) to 1910 was $21,450. The cost of working the two steam barges and 4 lighters departmentally during 1911 amounted to $14,412.84. The capital outlay on the two steam barges and four lighters inclusive of fitting up amounted to $23,974.41. Allowing 10% of the capital outlay for depreciation, viz., $2,397.44, the total annual working cost, i.e., $16,810.28 is well below the average cost of this work when done by contract.
The departmental scavenging of Kowloon which was begun in March, 1910, was continued and worked very satisfactorily during the year. The total working cost, allowing 10% of the capital outlay, i.e., $1,200 for depreciation, was $17,002 or $1,416.67 per mensem as compared with $1,769.00 per mensem in 1910. This may be considered a very reasonable amount as in addition to the
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to relatives of the deceased, of which 16 were subsequently can- celled for various reasons, leaving 250 which were acted upon. The total of 3,855 includes these private disinterments and also the exhumations carried out by the Tung Wa Hospital at the instance of the Sanitary Department for which 3 permits were issued. These amounted in all to 3,605. Of the bodies exhumed 176 were removed from the Colony and 3,679 re-buried within the Colony,
SCAVENGING.
5. The scheme for the departmental removal of refuse to sea from the City of Victoria which was inaugurated on the 1st January, 1911, proved a complete success both financially and from the point of view of efficiency. The two steam barges and three lighters, working at three instead of five dust-boat stations as for- merly, proved quite capable of doing the work required of them excepting at the Chinese New Year. To cope with the extra accumulations at the Chinese New Year and also in order to prevent large accumulations of refuse at the Western refuse depôt while the steam barge was at sea, it was decided to purchase and fit up another lighter for this work in September, and she was put on the run in October last. The two most important refuse stations, viz., in the centre and West of the City, are thus provided with a double set of refuse boats, one of which comes alongside as the other leaves, and the third station, a small station in the East of the City has one boat. In addition to these there is one spare boat to replace those under repair or refitting. The staff, which consists of a foreman, a coxswain and a crew of 10 scavengers per boat and a caretaker at each refuse station, worked well, and it was found possible to put a complete stop to the picking over of refuse at the bins, the dumping of refuse over the sea wall and the extortion of sums of money from private firms for the removal of trade refuse out to sea.
The cost of the scheme compares very favourably with the charges formerly made by contractors for work which at best was but indifferently performed. The average yearly cost of the refuse disposal contract from 1907 (when a separate contract for the work of removal was first let) to 1910 was $21,450. The cost of working the two steam barges and 4 lighters departmentally dur- ing 1911 amounted to $14,412.84. The capital outlay on the two steam barges and four lighters inclusive of fitting up amounted to $23,974.41. Allowing 10% of the capital outlay for depreciation, riz., $2,397.44, the total annual working cost, i.e., $16,810.28 is well below the average cost of this work when done by contract.
The departmental scavenging of Kowloon which was begun in March, 1910, was continued and worked very satisfactorily during the year. The total working cost, allowing 10% of the capital outlay, i.e., $1,200 for depreciation, was $17,002 or $1,416.67 per mensem as compared with $1,769.00 per mensem in 1910. This may be considered a very reasonable amount as in addition to the
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