P 49
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of the buildings were received in the beginning of August, but, owing to the excessive amounts quoted, none of them could be accepted. Further endeavours were made to obtain more reasonable tenders and finally on the 2nd December a Contract for the work was let to Messrs. Sang Lee & Co.
By the close of the year, the sites for the station and quarters had been levelled, the foundations laid and brickwork commenced. The whole of the apparatus required for the equipment of the station was received from the Marconi Company before the close of the year and the Company's representative to supervise its installation arrived in the Colony on the last day of the year.
1914 Estimates, ...$100,000.00 Total Estimates, ...$102,500.00
1914 Expenditure, 38,180.26
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 38,180.26
96. Government Offices Temporary Building for Survey Staff, &c. This work was completed in 1913 and was described in the Report for that year.
1914 Estimates. $500.00 Total Estimates, $2,800.00
1914 Expenditure, 374.45
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 3,725.71
97. Married Quarters for Police, Caine Road.--A Contract was entered into in June with Messrs. Po Yick Co. for the erection of a large block of quarters on the site rendered available by the abolition of old No. 2 Tank and the diversion of Bonham Road (vide para. 101 (b) of the Report for 1912).
Some matsheds erected for the temporary accommodation of the Police had to be taken down and re-erected before work on the permanent buildings could be begun. As the site of the old tank had been filled in, piling was necessary to all foundations, the depth at which solid ground was met with being in some cases as much as 35 feet. The piles used were of China fir, 6" diameter, varying in length from 15 to 35 feet. Pile-driving was completed early in November, the total number of piles driven being about 800 and, by the end of the year, the walls were on an average 8 feet above the level of the ground floor, all frames for ground floor doors and windows being fixed and the work generally in a forward state.
1914 Estimates, ...$20,000.00 Total Estimates, ...$
1914 Expenditure, 13,400.18
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 13,400.18
98. Saiyingpun School Extension. Preliminary plans for this work were prepared, but, in consequence of the taking over by Government of the Ellis Kadoorie School, it was decided that it should be abandoned. No expenditure was therefore incurred under the Vote.
1914 Estimates, ......$15,000.00 Total Estimates......$15,000.00
1914 Expenditure....
Expenditure to 31/12/14,....
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of the buildings were received in the beginning of August, but, owing to the excessive amounts quoted, none of them could be accepted. Further endeavours were made to obtain more reasonable tenders and finally on the 2nd December a Contract for the work was let to Messrs. Sang Lee & Co.
By the close of the year, the sites for the station and quarters had been levelled, the foundations laid and brickwork commenced. The whole of the apparatus required for the equipment of the station was received from the Marconi Company before the close of the year and the Company's representative to supervise its instal- lation arrived in the Colony on the last day of the year.
1914 Estimates, ...$100,000.00 Total Estimates, ...$102,500.00
1914 Expenditure, 38,180.26
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
38,180.26
96. Government Offices Temporary Building for Survey Staff, &c. This work was completed in 1913 and was described in the Report for that year.
1914 Estimates.
1914 Expenditure,.
$ 500.00 Total Estimates,
374.45
$ 2,800.00
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
3,725.71
97. Married Quarters for Police, Caine Road.--A Contract was entered into in June with Messrs. Po Yick Co. for the erection of a large block of quarters on the site rendered available by the abolition of old No. 2 Tank and the diversion of Bonham Road (ride para. 101 (b) of the Report for 1912).
Some matsheds erected for the temporary accommodation of the Police had to be taken down and re-erected before work on the permanent buildings could be begun. As the site of the old tank had been filled in, piling was necessary to all foundations, the depth at which solid ground was met with being in some cases as much as 35 feet. The piles used were of China fir, 6" diameter, varying in length from 15 to 35 feet. Pile-driving was completed early in November, the total number of piles driven being about 800 and, by the end of the year, the walls were on an average 8 feet above the level of the ground floor, all frames for ground floor doors and windows being fixed and the work generally in a forward state.
1914 Estimates, ...$ 20,000.00 | Total Estimates, ...$
1914 Expenditure,. 13,400.18
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
13,400.18
98. Saiyingpun School Extension. Preliminary plans for this work were prepared, but, in consequence of the taking over by Government of the Ellis Kadoorie School, it was decided that it should be abandoned. No expenditure was therefore incurred under the Vote.
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1914 Estimates, ......$15,000.00 Total Estimates......$15,000.00
1914 Expenditure....
Expenditure to 31/12/14,....
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