Q 35
T
P.W.R. New Territories.
In connection with the widening of the Taipo Causeway, new macadam was laid to the required camber and the surfacing treated with asphaltum.
Owing to the difficulty in obtaining satisfactory progress with the work under the maintenance contract, it was decided, at the end of September to cancel the contract, and employ departmental gangs for repairing the whole of the roads in the New Territories.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing introduced on the new roads laid out at Shamshuipo :-
Tarring and Sanding, sq. yds. 2,400
2" granolithic paving slabs laid in footways, 2,474
78. Maintenance of Telephones.—The lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
A telephone was installed at Lai Chi Kok Branch Prison and connected to the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station Exchange.
All the telephones and electric signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in good condition.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order,
79. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.-The sewers and the trained nullahs at Shamshuipo, and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order. About 100 feet of old disused drains of various sizes and types were destroyed and filled in.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $371.51
Repairs, $31.46
Tools for cleansing operations, ... $84.40
General incidental expenditure.
Total, $487.37
as against $335.91 in the previous year.
80. Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.-The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 46, the same as mentioned in last year's Report.
81. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 37 of this Report.
82. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.-The heavy rains referred to in paragraph 56 of this Report caused a considerable amount of damage in the shape of landslips along the new and old roads.
Q 35
T
P.W.R. New Territories.
In connection with the widening of the Taipo Causeway, new macadam was laid to the required camber and the surfacing treated with asphaltum.
Owing to the difficulty in obtaining satisfactory progress with the work under the maintenance contract, it was decided, at the end of September to cancel the contract, and employ departmental gangs for repairing the whole of the roads in the New Territories.
The following are particulars of the improved surfacing introduced on the new roads laid out at Shamshuipo :-
Tarring and Sanding,
sq. yds. 2,400
2" granolithic paving slabs laid in footways, 2,474
78. Maintenance of Telephones.—The lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
A telephone was installed at Lai Chi Kok Branch Prison and connected to the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station Exchange.
All the telephones and electric signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in good condition.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order,
79. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.-The sewers and the trained nullahs at Shamshuipo, and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order. About 100 feet of old disused drains of various sizes and types were destroyed and filled in.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations,
Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations, .... General incidental expenditure.
$371.51 31.46
84.40
Total,.
$487.37
as against $335.91 in the previous year.
80. Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.-The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 46, the same as mentioned in last year's Report.
81. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already heen alluded to in paragraph 37 of this Report-
82. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages.-The heavy rains referred to in paragraph 56 of this Report caused a considerable amount of damage in the shape of landslips along the new and old roads.
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