P 39
P.W.R. Kowloon,
Sand deposits were removed from the trained nullahs, the Waterloo Road nullah requiring more attention than others in this respect on account of a portion of its length still remaining untrained and irregular. It also became necessary to repair the western end of Soy Street nullah owing to the washing-out of the mortar from the joints of the masonry by tidal action.
The details of the expenditure under this head are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations, General incidental expenditure.
Total, -
$4,628.31
1,505.48
358.57
197.00
$6,689.36
72. Gas Lighting. The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year was 257, an increase of 1 as compared with the previous year. Particulars of the positions of additional lamps and a note of lamps removed will be found in paragraph 128 of this Report.
73. Electric Lighting.-The number of Electric lamps in use, all of which are incandescent, remains the same as last year, viz., 43.
74. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.—The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this vote :--
Tsim Sha Tsui Wharf--Re-arranging and adapting
Old Star Ferry Wharf as a public wharf including provision of 3 stairways, new seats, etc., and repairing and painting the whole of the iron and woodwork above low-water level,
Old Police Pier-General repairs,
Temporary Bamboo Coaling Pier-General repairs,
$8,686
169
107
75. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 43 of this Report.
76. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. Apart from damage done to the Dock Lane Latrine, there is nothing special to report. The latrine in question was a cast-iron structure and it was entirely destroyed by a landslip resulting from the heavy rains during July. It was replaced by a matshed structure.
77. Maintenance of Water Works.--A constant supply of water was maintained throughout the year, the quantity supplied amounting to 422.27 million gallons, which gives an average daily consumption of 1.16 million gallons or, taking an estimated population of 94,700,* say, 12.2 gallons per head per day.
Details are given in Annexe H.
*The estimated population in last year's Report was erroneously given as 94,700 instead of 92,900. With a population of 92,900 the consumption during 1913 amounted to 11.3 gallons per head per day.
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P 39
P.W.R. Kowloon,
Sand deposits were removed from the trained nullahs, the Waterloo Road unllah requiring more attention than others in this respect on account of a portion of its length still remaining untrained and irregular. It also became necessary to repair the western end of Soy Street nullah owing to the washing-out of the mortar from the joints of the masonry by tidal action.
The details of the expenditure under this head are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations, General incidental expenditure.
Total, -
-
$4,628,31
1,505.48
358.57
197.00
$6,689.36
72. Gas Lighting. The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year was 257, an increase of 1 as compared with the previous year. Particulars of the positions of additional lamps and a note of lamps removed will be found in paragraph 128 of this Report.
73. Electric Lighting.-The number of Electric lamps in use, all of which are incandescent, remains the same as last year, riz., 43.
74. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.—The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this vote :--
Tsim Sha Tsui Wharf--Re-arranging and adapting
Old Star Ferry Wharf as a public wharf including provision of 3 stairways, new seats, etc., and repairing and painting the whole of the iron and woodwork above low-water level,
Old Police Pier-General repairs,
-
Temporary Bamboo Coaling Pier-General repairs,
$8,686
169
107
75. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 43 of this Report.
76. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. Apart from damage done to the Dock Lane Latrine, there is nothing special to report. The latrine in question was a cast-iron structure and it was entirely destroyed by a landslip resulting from the heavy rains during July. It was replaced by a matshed structure.
77. Maintenance of Water Works.--A constant supply of water was maintained throughout the year, the quantity supplied amount- ing to 422.27 million gallons, which gives an average daily consumption of 1.16 million gallons or, taking an estimated popula- tion of 94,700,* say, 12.2 gallons per head per day.
Details are given in Annexe H.
*The estimated population in last year's Report was erroneously given as 94,700 instead of 92,900. With a population of 92,900 the consumption during 1913 amounted to 11.3 gallons per head per day.
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