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test the suitability of the site from the point of view of health as well as Police requirements, a temporary matshed station was erected in 1913 in close proximity to the area selected for the permanent buildings. The position proving to be satisfactory, the permanent station was proceeded with, a contract for the preparation of the site being let to one of the local Village Elders in April and completed in June at a cost of $775.51. A contract for the erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Hing Lee & Co. in July and at the end of the year the walls had been built to the level of the first floor. The walls enclosing the compound of the station had also been erected and the concrete bed for the tiling of the ground floor had been laid.
1914 Estimates, ......$10,000.00 | Total Estimates. ...$23,000.00
1914 Expenditure, 4,778.90
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 4,778.90
138. Market,--Tai Po ().--Plans were prepared and tenders called for for the reclamation of the site and the erection of the market, but, as the tenders received were abnormally high, it was decided to postpone the work for the time being.
1914 Estimates,....... $9,500.00
1914 Expenditure, .60
139. Tai Po Quarters,—Addition to provide accommodation for Bailiff.--In this case also, plans were prepared and tenders called for, but the work was postponed for the same reason as above-stated.
1914 Estimates, $6,000.00
1914 Expenditure, .60
140. Roads :-
(a.) Kam Tin - Au Tau.--This work was fully described in last year's Report, the work being finally finished in March 1914. The bridge proved a much more expensive piece of work than was anticipated owing to the depth to which the foundations of the abutments and piers had to be carried.
1914 Estimates, $1,500.00 Total Estimates, 1914 Sup. Vote, ... 4,350.00 $9,000.00 $5,850.00
1914 Expenditure,... 5,818.76
Expenditure to 31/12/14. 14,060.41
(b.) Extension at Castle Peak Bay, including construction of Pier. This work was practically finished by the end of the year. The road is 6 feet wide on embankments and 14 feet wide in cuttings. Where it skirts the bay and is carried on embankment, the outer...
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test the suitability of the site from the point of view of health as well as Police requirements, a temporary matshed station was erected in 1913 in close proximity to the area selected for the permanent buildings. The position proving to be satisfactory, the permanent station was proceeded with, a contract for the preparation of the site being let to one of the local Village Elders in April and completed in June at a cost of $775.51. A contract for the erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Hing Lee & Co. in July and at the end of the year the walls had been built to the level of the first floor. The walls enclosing the compound of the station had also been erected and the concrete bed for the tiling of the ground floor had been laid.
1914 Estimates, ......$10,000.00 | Total Estimates. ...$23,000.00
1914 Expenditure, 4,778.90
Expenditure to 31/12/14, 4,778.90
138. Market,--Tai Po ().--Plans were prepared and tenders called for for the reclamation of the site and the erection of the market, but, as the tenders received were abnormally high, it was decided to postpone the work for the time being.
1914 Estimates,....... $9,500.00
1914 Expenditure, .60
139. Tai Po Quarters,—Addition to provide accommodation for Bailiff.--In this case also, plans were prepared and tenders called for, but the work was postponed for the same reason as above-stated.
1914 Estimates, $6,000.00
1914 Expenditure, .60
140. Roads :-
(a.) Kam Tin - Au Tau.--This work was fully described in last year's Report, the work being finally finished in March 1914. The bridge proved a much more expensive piece of work than was anticipated owing to the depth to which the foundations of the abutments and piers had to be carried.
1914 Estimates, $1,500.00 Total Estimates, 1914 Sup. Vote, ... 4,350.00 $9,000.00 $5,850.00
1914 Expenditure,... 5,818.76
Expenditure to 31/12/14. 14,060.41
(b.) Extension at Castle Peak Bay, including construction of Pier. This work was practically finished by the end of the year. The road is 6 feet wide on embankments and 14 feet wide in cuttings. Where it skirts the bay and is carried on embankment, the outer
- P 85
P.W.E. New Territories.
test the suitability of the site from the point of view of health as well as Police requirements, a temporary matshed station was erected in 1913 in close proximity to the area selected for the permanent buildings. The position proving to be satisfactory, the permanent station was proceeded with, a contract for the preparation of the site being let to one of the local Village Elders in April and completed in June at a cost of $775.51. A contract for the erection of the buildings was let to Messrs. Hing Lee & Co. in July and at the end of the year the walls had been built to the level of the first floor. The walls enclosing the compound of the station had also been erected and the concrete bed for the tiling of the ground floor had been laid.
1914 Estimates, ......$10,000.00 | Total Estimates. ...$23,000.00
1914 Expenditure,
4,778,90
Expenditure to
31/12/14,
4,778.90
138. Market,--Tai ().-Plans were prepared and tenders called for for the reclamation of the site and the erection of the market, but, as the tenders received were abnormally high, it was decided to postpone the work for the time being.
1914 Estimates,.......
1914 Expenditure,
.$9.500.00
139. Tai Po Quarters,—Addition to provide accommodation for Bailiff.--In this case also, plaus were prepared and tenders called for, but the work was postponed for the same reason as above- stated.
1914 Estimates,
1914 Expenditure,
140. Rouds :-
$6,000.00
.60
(a.) Kam Tin - Au Tau.- This work was fully described in last year's Report, the work being finally finished in March 1914. The bridge proved a much more expensive piece of work than was anticipated owing to the depth to which the foundations of the abut- ments and piers had to be carried.
1914 Estimates,
•
$1,500.00 Total Estimates, 1914 Sup. Vote, ... 4,350.00
$9,000.00
$5,850.00
1914 Expenditure,... 5,818.76
Expenditure to
31/12/14.
14,060.41
(b.) Extension at Casile Peak Bag, including construction of Pier. This work was practically finished by the end of the year. The road is 6 feet wide on embankments and 14 feet wide in cuttings. Where it skirts the bay and is carried on embankment, the outer
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