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All metal work in connection with the various drainage systems was inspected, and, where found necessary, repaired and tarred.
Repairs were also effected to septic tanks, sewers, storm-water drains, nullahs and channels, the most important being to those situated as shown below:--
Sewers.
Hillier Street; in Des Vœux Road Central, junction of Pedder Street; at "The Falls" Peak; in front of Central Fire Station; in Connaught Road, junction of Ice House Street; in Queen's Road Central opposite Beaconsfield Arcade; on Stubbs Road, south of No. 294 The Peak.
Storm Water Drains.
In Seymour Road opposite In Jervois Street, junction of I.L. 509, south of Police Quarters Caine Road; opposite I.L. 2270 Village Road; at the junction of Des Vœux Road Central and Jackson Road; near R.B.L. 199 Mount Kellett; at foot of steps from Arbuthnot Road to Caine Road; at the junction of Des Vœux Road Central and Morrison Street; opposite "The Birdcage" Conduit Road; opposite Government Quarters, Park Road.
Nullahs.
At Sookunpoo, west of new Tung Wah Hospital Site; adjoining I.L. 1891 Kennedy Town; at Babington Path; on Crown land at rear of No. 13, Shaukiwan Road; south of Macdonnell Road, west of Peak Tramway.
Channels.
East of Macdonnell Road Garages and east of I.L. 1390; near R.B.L. 158, Repulse Bay; at R.B.L. 54 No. 180 Mount Kellett, The Peak.
Many defective traps, gullies, gratings, etc. were renewed, and a number of old disused drains of various sizes and types destroyed and filled in.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$20,000.00 $19,122.11
43. Gas Lighting,-City, Suburbs and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,634, an increase of 42 over the figures for the previous year, and in the Hill District 225, an increase of 2 as compared with last year.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$95,000.00 $94,723.47
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P.W.R. Hong Kong.
All metal work in connection with the various drainage systems was inspected, and, where found necessary, repaired and tarred.
Repairs were also effected to septic tanks, sewers, storm- water drains, nullahs and channels, the most important being to those situated as shewn below:--
Sewers.
Storm Water Drains.
Hillier Street; in Des Vœux Road Central, junction of Pedder Street; at "The Falls" Peak; in front of Central Fire Station; in Connaught Road,
Road, junction of Ice House Street; in Queen's Road Central op- posite Beaconsfield Arcade; on Stubbs Road, south of No. 294 The Peak.
In Seymour Road opposite In Jervois Street, junction of
I.L. 509, south of Police Quarters Caine Road; op- posite I.L. 2270 Village Road; at the junction of Des Voeux Road Central and Jackson Road; near R.B.L. 199 Mount Kellett; at foot of steps from Ar- buthnot Road to Caine Road; at the junction of Des Voeux Road Central and Morrison Street; op- posite "The Birdcage" Con- duit Road; opposite Govern- ment Quarters, Park Road.
Nullahs.
At Sookunpoo, west of new Tung Wah Hospital Site; adjoining I.L. 1891 Ken-. nedy Town; at Babington Path; on Crown land at rear of No. 13, Shaukiwan Road; south of Macdonnell Road, west of Peak Tramway.
East
Channels.
of Macdonnell Road Garages and east of I.L. 1390; near R.B.L. 158, Re- pulse Bay; at R.B.L. 54 No. 180 Mount Kellett, The Peak.
Many defective traps, gullies, gratings, etc. were renewed, and a number of old disused drains of various sizes and types destroyed and filled in.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$20,000.00 $19,122.11
43. Gas Lighting,-City, Suburbs and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,634, an increase of 42 over the figures for the previous year, and in the Hill District 225, an increase of 2 as compared with last year.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$95,000.00 $94,723.47
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