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(a) An additional Peebles Sand Washing Machine was obtained from England and has been installed at the Eastern Filter Beds.
(b) A cement concrete division wall 10 feet in height was constructed inside the Albany Service Reservoir to facilitate future cleansing and repair work. Repairs to the invert and side walls were also carried out and the reservoir, after test, was found to be water tight.
(c) The sewer connection from West Point Filter Beds Quarters referred to in Para. 112 (c) of last Year's Report, was completed.
(d) The 6" Wrot Iron Main between Magazine Gap Road Tank and Bowen Road has been replaced by an 8" Cast Iron Main. The work was not quite completed by the end of the year.
Estimates, Supt. Vote, Expenditure,
$15,000.00 $1,534.00 $16,534.00 $13,904.76
128. Port Works.-Ticket Offices, a shelter and barriers were erected on the Eastern Street Pier; borings were taken at Wilmer Street in connection with the proposal to construct a new pier and minor works of a miscellaneous nature were carried out during the year.
Estimates, Expenditure,
Communications:- $5,000.00 $4,436.06
129. Wongneichong Development-Site formation and road construction. This work was referred to in paragraph 110 (b) of the Report for 1927 and in paragraph 114 of last year's Report.
This work was reported as completed in last year's Report. During the early part of the year, work of surfacing footpaths adjacent to the Chinese type houses west of the nullah was undertaken; this work having been delayed to allow the drainage work to be completed.
Estimates, Expenditure,
$2,000.00 $877.83
Total Estimates, $130,000.00 Expenditure up to 31.12.29, $22,775.17
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(a) An additional Peebles Sand Washing Machine was obtained from England and has been installed at the Eastern Filter Beds.
(b) A cement concrete division wall 10 feet in height was constructed inside the Albany Service Reservoir to facilitate future cleansing and repair work. Re- pairs to the invert and side walls were also carried out and the reservoir after test, was found to be water tight.
(c) The sewer connection from West Point Filter Beds Quarters referred to in Para. 112 (c) of last Year's Report, was completed.
(d) The 6" Wrot Iron Main between Magazine Gap Road Tank and Bowen Road has been replaced by an 8" Cast Iron Main. The work was not quite completed by the end of the year.
Estimates,
Supt. Vote,
Expenditure,
$15,000.00
1,534.00
$16,534.00
$13,904.76
128. Port Works.-Ticket Offices, a shelter and barriers were erected on the Eastern Street Pier, borings were taken at Wilmer Street in connection with the proposal to construct a new pier and minor works of a miscellaneous nature were carried out during the year.
Estimates, Expenditure,
Communications:-
$5,000.00 $4,436.06
129. Wongneichong Development-Site formation and road construction. This work was referred to in paragraph 110 (b) of the Report for 1927 and in paragraph 114 of last year's Report.
This work was reported as completed in last year's Report. During the early part of the year, work of surfacing footpaths adjacent to the Chinese type houses west of the nullah was undertaken; this work having been delayed to allow the drainage work to be completed.
Estimates,
$2,000.00
Expenditure,
$ 877.83
Total Estimates,. $130,000.00
Expenditure up
to 31.12.29,
$ 22,775.17
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