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cattle in order to increase the accommodation. The work was commenced in January and completed about two months later.
1922 Estimates, $1,500.00
1922 Expenditure, $1,486.82
105. Latrines and Urinals. The following public conveniences were completed during the year :
(a) Trough closet (over the nullah), at junction of Hill Road and Queen's Road West.
(b) Trough closet (underground), at junction of Pokfulam Road with High Street.
(c) Trough closet at Peak Road on site of old latrine.
(d) Trough closet (underground), at junction of Bonham Road and Eastern Street.
(e) The conversion to a trough closet of the latrine at Wing Fung Street.
The foregoing conveniences were described in paragraph 100 of last year's Report.
By the end of the year all liabilities had been discharged against the works.
1922 Estimates, $25,000.00
1922 Expenditure, $10,195.90
106. Roads :
(a) Improving and widening road through Quarry Bay Village. — A description of this work was given in last year's Report, paragraph 101 (b). Substantial progress was made with it. Up to the end of the year 30,000 C.Y. of rock was removed from the line of the road and deposited to form the rubble mound to enclose the reclamation opposite Q.B.L.L. No. 4. The nullah, the retaining wall adjoining the Recreation Ground, and the small culvert for carrying the water main under the new roadway were completed, whilst 300 feet of the 12-foot nullah adjoining the Refinery was widened to 24 feet.
1922 Estimates, ...$120,000.00 | Total Estimates, ...$360,000.00
Expenditure to 31.12.22, $84,441.37
1922 Expenditure, $84,441.37
Total Expenditure, $117,848.51
(b) Road from Taitum Gap to Shek-O and Cape D'Aguilar. The 2nd and 3rd miles of this road, referred to in paragraph 101 (i) of last year's Report, were completed, the former in May at a cost of $56,498.64, and the latter in October at a cost of $56,046.03; the surfacing being finished with asphaltum. A Contract was let to Mr. Li Ng for a low-level road, 25 feet wide, from Island Bay to Big Wave Bay in July; and a second Contract was let to Mr. Ng Wah in August for a 25-foot road from Shek-O Gap to the...
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cattle in order to increase the accommodation. The work was commenced in January and completed about two months later.
1922 Estimates,
1922 Expenditure,
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$1,500.00 1,486.82
105. Latrines and Urinals. The following public conveni- ences were completed during the year : --
(a) Trough closet (over the nullah), at junction of Hill
Road and Queen's Road West.
(b) Trough closet (underground). at junction of Pokfulam
Road with High Street.
(4) Trough closet at Peak Road on site of old latrine. (d) Trough closet (underground), at junction of Bonham
Road and Eastern Street,
(e) The conversion to a trough closet of the latrine at
Wing Fung Street.
The foregoing conveniences were described in paragraph 100 of last year's Report,
By the end of the year all liabilities had been discharged against the works.
1922 Estimates.
1922 Expenditure,
106. Roads :-
$25,000.00 10,195,90
(a.) Improving and widening road through Quarry Bay Village. — A description of this work was given in last year's Report, paragraph 101 (6). Substantial progress was made with it. Up to the end of the year 30,000 C.Y. of rock was removed from the line of the road and deposited to form the rubble mound to enclose the reclamation opposite Q.B.L.L. No. 4. The nullah, the retain- ing wall adjoining the Recreation Ground, and the small culvert for carrying the water main under the new roadway were com- pleted, whilst 300 feet of the 12 foot nullah adjoining the Refinery was widened to 24 feet.
1922 Estimates, ...$120,000.00 | Total Estimates, ...$360,000,00
Expenditure to
31 12 22,
1922 Expenditure, 84,441.37
117,848.51
(b.) Road from Taitum Gap to Shek-O and Cape D'Aguilar. The 2nd and 3rd miles of this road, referred to in paragraph. 101 (i) of last year's Report, were completed, the former in May at a cost of $56,498.64, and the latter in October at a cost of $56,046.03: the surfacing being finished with asphaltum. A Contract was let to Mr. Li Ng for a low level road, 25 feet wide, from Island Bay to Big Wave Bay in July; and a second Contract was let to Mr. Ng Wah in August for a 25 foot road from Shek-O Gap to the
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