P 47
P.W.E. Hongkong.
93. Belilios Public School-- Extension.---The expenditure under this head consisted almost entirely of a balance due under the Contract for the erection of the new building, the amount being $8,813.29. The work, which was completed at the end of 1913, was fully described in last year's Report.
1914 Estimates, 1914 Sup. Vote,
$4,500.00 Total Estimates... $55,000.00 4,314.58 $8,814.58 Expenditure to 31/12/14, 49,790.22 1914 Expenditure,.. 8,844.5894. Quarters for Subordinate Officers- Breezy Point and Mount Parish:--
Breezy Point. The buildings were completed by the end of April and the flats were occupied in the following month.
The site of these quarters is at the junction of Park and Lyttelton Roads. In order to render it available for building purposes, retaining walls had to be constructed along the western and northern sides and a certain amount of excavation had to be executed along the southern side.
As mentioned in last year's Report, the buildings comprise three 3-storied blocks of flats grouped around a considerable plot of ground, which has been laid out as a bowling green. Each block contains six flats, two on each floor, with servants' quarters attached, the flats on the two upper floors being reached by a common staircase. Each flat contains a living-room, 18′ 4′′ × 15′ 6′′, two bedrooms, 16′ 2′′ × 13′ 7′′ and 15′ 6′′ × 15′ 4′′ respectively, two bathrooms, a pantry and a store-room. In the case of one flat on each of the two upper floors, a small additional room, 13′ 6′′ × 7′ 9′′, is gained by utilizing the space over the entrance hall on the ground floor. Verandahs, 5' 6" wide, are provided in front, with portions of extra width opposite the living-rooms. Balconies and bridges provide access to the servants' quarters in the rear, which contain a European kitchen, 10′ 9′′ × 5′ 9′′, boy's room, 10′ 9′′ × 5′ 9", amah's room, 10′ 9′′ × 6′ 1′′, a cook-house and coal-house.
The walls of the buildings throughout are of Canton red brick, plastered internally and covered with rough-cast externally. All floors throughout the building are of cement concrete, those of the ground storey being solidly supported and those of the upper stories being reinforced with wire-mesh. In the case of all rooms, the floors are finished with hardwood flooring boards nailed to fillets let into the cement concrete; in the case of the front verandahs, they are laid with 4′′ × 4" red tiles and in the case of the kitchens, bathrooms, etc., they are finished with a layer of granolithic. The roofs of the main buildings are of double pan and roll tiling and those of the verandahs and servants' quarters are of reinforced concrete.
All staircases are of cement concrete, the steps having cast iron nosings. Electric light and electric bells have been installed throughout all the quarters.
- P 47
P.W.E. Hongkong.
93. Belilios Public School-- Extension.---The expenditure under this head consisted almost entirely of a balance due under the Con- tract for the erection of the new building, the amount being $8,813.29. The work, which was completed at the end of 1913, was fully described in last year's Report.
1914 Estimates, 1914 Sup. Vote,
$4,500.00 | Total Estunates. ... $55,000.00
4,314.58
$8.844.58
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
1914 Expenditure, ..
8.844.58
49,790.22
94. Quarters for Subordinate Officers- Breezy Point and Mount Parish:--
Breezy Point. The buildings were completed by the end of April and the flats were occupied in the following month.
The site of these quarters is at the junction of Park and Lyttel- ton Roads. In order to render it available for building purposes, retaining walls had to be constructed along the western and northern sides and a certain amount of excavation had to be executed along the southern side.
As mentioned in last year's Report, the buildings comprise three 3-storied blocks of flats grouped around a considerable plot of ground, which has been laid out as a bowling green. Each block contains six flats, two on each floor, with servants' quarters attached, the flats on the two upper floors being reached by a common stair- c'ase. Each flat contains a living-room, 18′ 4′′ × 15′ 6′′, two bed- rooms, 16′ 2′′ × 13′7′′ and 15′ 6′′ x 15′ 4′′ respectively, two bathrooms, a pantry and a store-room. In the case of one flat on each of the two upper floors, a small additional room, 13′ 6′′ < 7′9′′, is gained by utilizing the space over the entrance hall on the ground floor. Verandahs, 5' 6" wide, are provided in front, with portions of extra width opposite the living-rooms. Balconies and bridges provide access to the servants' quarters in the rear, which contain a European kitchen, 10′ 9′′ x 5′ 9′′, boy's room, 10′ 9′′ x 5′ 9", amah's room, 10′ 9′′ x 6′ 1′′, a cook-house and coal-house.
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The walls of the buildings throughout are of Canton red brick, plastered internally and covered with rough-cast externally. All floors throughout the building are of cement concrete, those of the ground storey being solidly supported and those of the upper stories being reinforced with wire-mesh. In the case of all rooms, the floors are finished with hardwood flooring boards nailed to fillets let into the cement concrete; in the case of the front verandahs, they are laid with 4′′; 4" red tiles and in the case of the kitchens, bath- rooms, etc., they are finished with a layer of granolithic. The roofs of the main buildings are of double pan and roll tiling and those of the verandahs and servants' quarters are of reinforced concrete.
AH staircases are of cement concrete, the steps having cast iron nosings. Electric light and electric bells have been installed throughout all the quarters.
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