52. Gas Lighting, City, and Suburbs and Hill District.- The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,774, an increase of 59 over the figures for the previous year, and in the Hill District, 231, the same figures as last year. The fitting of Reflectors to the Gas Lamps in Hong Kong District was undertaken by the Hong Kong & China Gas Company without expense to Government and resulted in better illumination.
In the interests of economy, a number of lamps, 99 in all, in Chatham Path, Craigmin Road, Kotewall Road, Magazine Gap Road, Monmouth Path, Po Shan Road, Peak Road, Victoria Road, and Watson Road, were, under arrangement with the Hong Kong & China Gas Company, extinguished at midnight throughout the year, instead of at the times specified in the Gas Street Lighting Agreement.
Expenditure $121,576.12
53. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan.- Traffic Control Lights in City, forty-four in number, were maintained in working order.
The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City, Outside City and Peak Districts was as follows:-
Street lamps, etc. 773 Pier Lamps 44 Lamps in Public Latrines 112In addition to these, the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong, provide ten lamps, each having a cluster of three 100 C.P. incandescent lamps, for lighting the road adjacent to their property.
An arrangement, similar to that made with the Hong Kong and China Gas Co. for the extinguishing at midnight of a number of street lamps, was made with the Hong Kong Electric Co. The following were the roads affected:- Bowen Road, Brewin Path, Homestead Path, Lugard Road, Magazine Gap Road, Mount Davis Road, Mount Cameron Road, Pokfulam Road, Sassoon Road, Stubbs Road and Tregunter Path. In all, 318 lamps came under the arrangement.
Expenditure $68,635.06
54. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage-Hong Kong.- Following the typhoons repairs of varying magnitude, chiefly confined to roofs and joinery, were carried out under this head to the following buildings:- No. 1 Police Station, No. 2 Police Station, Wong Nei Cheong Gap Police Station, Gough Hill
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52. Ĝas Lighting, City, and Suburbs and Hill District.- The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,774, an increase of 59 over the figures for the previous year, and in the Hill District, 231, the same figures as last year. The fitting of Reflectors to the Gas Lamps in Hong Kong District was undertaken by the Hong Kong & China Gas Company without expense to Government-and resulted in better illumination.
In the interests of economy. a number of lamps, 99 in all, in Chatham Path, Craigmin Road, Kotewall Road, Magazine Gap Road, Monmouth Path, Po Shan Road, Peak Road, Victoria Road, and Watson Road, were, under arrangement with the Hong Kong & China Gas Company, extinguished at midnight throughout the year, instead of at the times specified in the Gas Street Lighting Agreement.
Expenditure
$121,576.12
53. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan.- Traffic Control Lights in City, forty-four in number, were main- tained in working order.
The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City, Outside City and Peak Districts was as follows:-
Street lamps, etc.
Pier Lamps
Lamps in Public Latrines
773
44
112
In addition to these, the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong, provide ten lamps, each having a cluster of three 100 C.P. incandescent lamps, for lighting the road ad- jacent to their property.
An arrangement, similar to that made with the Hong Kong and China Gas Co. for the extinguishing at midnight of a num- ber of street lamps, was made with the Hong Kong Electric Co. The following were the roads affected:-Bowen Road, Brewin Path, Homestead Path, Lugard Road, Magazine Gap Road, Mount Davis Road, Mount Cameron Road, Pokfulam Road, Sassoon Road, Stubbs Road and Tregunter Path. In all, 318 lamps came under the arrangement.
Expenditure
$68,635.06
54. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damage-Hong Kong.-Follow- ing the typhoons repairs of varying magnitude, chiefly confined to roofs and joinery, were carried out under this head to the following buildings:-No. 1 Police Station, No. 2 Police Station, Wong Nei Cheong Gap Police Station, Gough Hill
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