Expenditure.
The excess on "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City" was chiefly due to the necessity for improving the surfacing of the Shaukiwan Road to render it fit to stand motor-lorry traffic; that on "Dredging Foreshores" to the fact that the dredger was not let out on hire during the year; those on "Typhoon and Rain-storm Damages" to the heavy rainstorms at the end of May and beginning of June; that on "Upkeep of Plant" to repairs to the Dredger "St. Enoch"; that on "Maintenance of City and Hill District Water Works" partly to the great increase in the cost of coal consumed by the pumping engines and partly to special repairs at Tytam Reservoir to prevent erosion of the banks; that on "Water Account" to the large number of new meters fixed; that on "Electric Lighting" to extensions of lighting at Taikoktsui and Hunghom; that on "Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon" to extensive repairs to the filter beds and the provision of an 18″ bye-pass to enable the supply of water to be maintained; and that on "Maintenance of Water Works, Laichikok" to extensive repairs to the channel conveying water to the filter beds.
Comparison of Expenditure, 1915 and 1916.
2. The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1916 as compared with that of the previous year:--
1915 1916 Increase Decrease (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges $399,278.72 $400,034.11 $1,655.39 (ia) Special Expenditure:- Furniture $422.04 $271.33 $150.71 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works $558,448.03 $624,872.51 $66,124.48 (iii) Extraordinary Works $1,839,882.01 $1,246,871.75 $593,010.26 Total $2,798,030.80 $2,272,949.70 $68,079.87 $593,160.97Item (i). The trivial increase in this item is due to the grant of certain special allowances to Officers, the re-organisation of the Store Staff, and the grant of small house-allowances to survey coolies and others. The average rate of exchange for 1916 was 2/13 against 1/9¾ for 1915.
Item (ii). The increase under this head is principally accounted for by the large expenditure incurred in repairing the damages caused by the heavy rainstorms at the end of May and beginning of June, the amount expended under "Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages" in 1916 being $41,151 more than in 1915. An item of
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Expenditure.
The excess on "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City was chiefly due to the necessity for improving the surfacing of the Shaukiwań Road to render it fit to stand motor-lorry trathe: that on " Dredging Foreshores to the fact that the dredger was not let out on hire during the year; those on "Typhoon and Rain- storm Damages to the heavy rainstorms at the end of May and beginning of June; that on "Upkeep of Plant" to repairs to the Dredger "St. Enoch"; that on "Maintenance of City and Hill District Water Works" partly to the great increase in the cost of coal consumed by the pumping engines and partly to special re- pairs at Tytam Reservoir to prevent erosion of the banks; that on "Water Account" to the large number of new meters fixed; that on "Electric Lighting" to extensions of lighting at Taikoktsui and Hunghom; that on "Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon" to extensive repairs to the filter beds and the provision of an 18′′ bye-pass to enable the supply of water to be maintained and that on "Maintenance of Water Works, Laichikok" to extensive repairs. to the channel conveying water to the filter beds.
Comparison of Expenditure, 1915 and 1916.
2. The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1916 as compared with that of the previous year :--
1915.
1916.
Increase.
Decrease.
(i) Personal Emoluments and
Other Charges,
$ c.
399,278.72
$
C.
400,034.11
1,655.39
(ia) Special Expenditure :-
Furniture,
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422.04
271.33
150.71
624,872.51
66,124.48
! 593,010.26
(ii)Annually Recurrent Works. 558,448.03
(iii) Extraordinary Works,... 1,839,882.011,246,871.75
Total,... $2,798,030.80 | 2,272,949.70 68,079.87 593,160.97
Item (i). The trivial increase in this item is due to the grant of certain special allowances to Officers, the re-organisation of the Store Staff, and the grant of small house-allowances to survey coolies and others. The average rate of exchange for 1916 was 2/13 against 1/93 for 1915.
Item (ii).-The increase under this head is principally account- ed for by the large expenditure incurred in repairing the damages caused by the heavy rainstorms at the end of May and beginning of Jane, the amount expended under "Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages" in 1916 being $41,151 more than in 1915. An item of
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