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The Crown Solicitor occupied the rooms allotted to him in August but no other portion of the building was occupied up to the close of the year.
1911 Estimates, $46,800.00 Total Estimates, $856,310.00
1911 Sup. Vote, $53,219.00 | Expenditure to 31/12/11, $867,828.90
1911 Expenditure, $100,019.00 $96,564.10
75. Post Office--Building.-The Contract for the superstructure was completed and the basement, ground, first and second floors were occupied by the middle of the year by the various Government Departments to which they were allotted. The third or top floor, which is intended to provide for future expansion, remained unoccupied.
After the occupation of the building, it was found necessary to provide additional lavatory and strong-room accommodation, also borrowed lights, telephone boxes, screens to offices and verandah, mail notice boards, &c., &c., all of which were practically completed.
76. Post Office-Lighting and Lifts.-The Contracts for the installation of electric light and for the erection of the lifts were completed.
77. Post Office-Heating Apparatus.-The apparatus required for this building was supplied by the same Contractors who furnished that required for the Law Courts. As already mentioned, the firm became insolvent and was unable to implement its Contract which included the erection of the apparatus. It was not found possible to proceed with its erection departmentally before the close of the year.
1911 Estimates, $100,000.00 | Total Estimates, $930,000.00
1911 Sup. Vote, $81,558.48 Expenditure to 31/12/11, $1,035,485.50*.
1911 Expenditure, $190,558.48 $190,633.59 |
78. Post Office-History.-The following is a brief history of the circumstances connected with the erection of this building.
It was realized in 1891 that the Colony had outgrown the accommodation afforded by the buildings occupied by the various Government Departments including that occupied by the Post Office and Treasury (erected in 1867) and, in September of the year first-mentioned, a Committee was appointed to consider the question of erecting new buildings for the Government Departments generally. The Committee reported in November 1896 recommending inter alia the erection on the site now occupied by the Courts of Justice of a building to contain the Post Office, Treasury and other Government Offices, the design to be put up to competition among Architects in Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore.
After prolonged correspondence and discussions, chiefly concerning the site upon which the building should be erected (vide Sessional Papers 2, 1898 and 16, 1902 and Legislative Council Minutes
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The Crown Solicitor occupied the rooms allotted to him in August but no other portion of the building was occupied up to the close of the year.
1911 Estimates,
1911 Sup. Vote, ..
1911 Expenditure,
$46,800.00 Total Estimates, $856,310.00
53,219.00 | Expenditure to
31/12/11, 867,828.90
$100,019.00 96,564.10
75. Post Office--Building.-The Contract for the superstructure was completed and the basement, ground, first and second floors were occupied by the middle of the year by the various Government Departments to which they were allotted. The third or top floor, which is intended to provide for future expansion, remained un- occupied.
After the occupation of the building, it was found necessary to provide additional lavatory and strong-room accommodation, also borrowed lights, telephone boxes, screens to offices and verandalı, mail notice boards, &c., &c., all of which were practically completed.
76. Post Office-Lighting and Lifts.-The Contracts for the installa- tion of electric light and for the erection of the lifts were completed.
77. Post Office-Heating Apparatus.-The apparatus required for this building was supplied by the same Contractors who furnished that required for the Law Courts. As already mentioned, the firm. became insolvent and was unable to implement its Contract which included the erection of the apparatus. It was not found possible to proceed with its erection departmentally before the close of the
year.
1911 Estimates, ... $100,000.00 | Total Estimates, $930,000.00 1911 Sup. Vote, ... 81,558.48 Expenditure to
31/12/11, 1,035,485.50*.
1911 Expenditure,
$190,558.48
190,633.59 |
78. Post Office-History.-The following is a brief history of the circumstances connected with the erection of this building.
It was realized in 1891 that the Colony had outgrown the accom- modation afforded by the buildings occupied by the various Govern- ment Departments including that occupied by the Post Office and Treasury (erected in 1867) and, in September of the year first- mentioned, a Committee was appointed to consider the question of erecting ne v buildings for the Government Departments generally. The Committee reporte in November 1896 recommending inter alia the erection on the site now occupied by the Courts of Justice of a building to contain the Post Office, Treasury and other Govern- ment Offices, the design to be put up to competition among Architects in Hongkong, Shanghai and Singapore.
After prolonged correspondence and discussions, chiefly concern- ing the site upon which the building should be erected (ride Sessional Papers 2, 1898 and 16 1902 and Legislative Council Minutes
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