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78. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges.
Approximate Mileage Improvements to Roads and Bridges. 69-The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner. A number of minor improvements to that portion of the Tai Po Road between the 3rd and 5th milestones were executed, but this length of road still requires to be substantially improved. Macadam was laid, tarred and sanded on a portion of the Lai Chi Kok to Castle Peak Road near the Tai Po Road about a quarter of a mile in length, in place of decomposed granite surfacing.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing introduced on the new roads laid out in Sham Shui Po:
Tarring and sanding,
2" Granolithic paving slabs laid in footways,
sq. yds. 15,864
2,729
79. Maintenance of Telephones.--The lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
Telephones were installed at the Tai Po Dispensary, Tai Po Island Quarters, and Tsing Lung Tau Police Station.
All telephones and signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in good condition.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order.
Electric bell services were installed at the Tai O and Cheung Chau Police Stations.
Tai Po Island Quarters were wired for electric light and fan services.
80. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.-The sewers and trained nullahs at Sham Shui Po and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,...
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations,
General incidental expenditure,
Total,
as against $484.99 in the previous year.
$330.32
5.59
$335.91
81. Electric Lighting, Sham Shui Po.-The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 46, an increase of 7 over the previous year.
82. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 37 of this Report.
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78. Maintenance of Rouds and Bridges. Į
Approximate Mileage Improvements to Roads and Bridges. 69-The roads generally were maintained in a satisfactory manner. A number of minor improvements to that portion of the Taipo Road between the 3rd and 5th milestones were executed, but this length of road still requires to be substantially improved. Macadam was laid, tarred and sanded on a portion of the Lai Chi Kok to Castle Peak Road near the Taipo Road about a quarter of a mile in length, in place of decomposed granite surfacing.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing intro- duces on the new roads laid out in Shamshuipo:
Tarring and sanding,
2" Granolithic paving slabs laid in footways,
sy. yds. 15,864
2,729
79. Maintenance of Telephones.--The lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
Telephones were installed at the Taipo Dispensary, Taipo Island Quarters, and Tsing Lung Tau Police Station.
All telephones and signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in good condition.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order. .
Electric bell services were installed at the Tai O and Cheung Chan Police Stations.
Taipo Island Quarters were wired for electric light and fan
services.
80. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.-The sewers and trained nullahs at Shamshuipo and the concrete channels in Kow- loon City were cleansed and maintained in good order.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,...
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations,
General incidental expenditure,
Total,
as against $484.99 in the previous year.
$330.32
5.59
$335.91
81. Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.-The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 46, an increase of 7 cver the previous year.
82. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 37 of this Report.
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