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78. Maintenance of Telephones.-The lines and instruments were maintained in good order.
Electrical bell services were installed at Sheung Shui and Tsun Wan Police Station.
All the telephones and electric signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in good condition.
A Morse recording telegraph service was established between Kowloon and Shum Chun Railway Stations with switching apparatus to enable Kowloon to communicate direct with the Chinese Section.
Telephones were installed at Lo Wu Railway Shed for the use of the Police; Ping Shan Office; and Kowloon Reservoir Police Station.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order.
79. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.—The sewers and the trained nullahs at Shamshuipo, and the nullahs and the concrete channels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order.
A number of old disused drains were destroyed and filled in. The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations ... $491.46
Repairs ... $10.12
Tools for cleansing operations ...
General incidental expenditure ... $501.58
as against $470.89 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 53—the same as the previous year.
81. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 35 of this Report.
82. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. The heavy rains referred to in paragraph 28 of this report caused considerable damage to the macadamized and decomposed granite surfacing. Landslips occurred on the Coastal and Tai Po Roads.
At Tai Po Market portions of the sea-wall collapsed and there were several washouts on the Tsun Wan Road.
83. Maintenance of Water Works, Laichikok. The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 157.45 million gallons, which is an increase of 15.15 million gallons over 1921, or an average consumption of 431,000 gallons per day.
Details of consumption are given in Annexe J. There were 23 meters in use at the close of the year.
P.W.R. New Territories.
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78. Maintenance of Telephones.-The lines and instruments- were maintained in good order.
Electrical bell services were installed at Sheung Shui and Tsun Wan Police Station.
All the telephones and electric signalling apparatus on the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway were maintained in gul condition.
A Morse recording telegraph service was established between Kowloon and Shum Chun Railway Stations with switching appar- as to enable Kowloon to communicate direct with the Chinese Section.
Telephones were installed at Lo Wu Railway Shed for the use of the Police; Ping Shan Office; and Kowloon Reservoir Police Station.
All telephone alarms were kept in working order,
79. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.—The sewers and the trained nullahs at Shamshuipo, and the nullahs and the concrete hannels in Kowloon City were cleansed and maintained in good order.
A number of old disused drains 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......
as against $470,89 in the previous year.
...$ 491.46 10.12
$ 501.58
80. Electric Lighting, Shamshuip.-The number of lamps in use at the end of the year, all of which are incandescent, was 53-the same as the previous year.
81. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries.-The work carried out under this heading has already been alluded to in paragraph 35. of this Report.
82. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages. The heavy rains re- ferred to in paragraph 28 of this report caused considerable lamage to the macadamized and decomposed granite surfacing. Landslips occurred on the Coastal and Taipo Roads.
At Taipo Market portions of the sea-wall collapsed and there were several washouts on the Tsun Wan Road.
83. Maintenance of Water Works, Laichikok. The total quantity of water supplied during the year amounted to 157'45 million gallous which is an increase of 1515 million gallons over 1921, or an average consumption of 431,000 gallons per day.
Details of consumption are given in Annexe J. There were 23 meters in use at the close of the year.
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