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Police Station, Homestead Flats and Quarters, Colonial Secretariat, New Fire Station, Harbour Office, Volunteer Headquarters, New Government Offices, Magazine Gap Police Station, Victoria Hospital, Queen's Gardens, 155, 275, 276, 361, 404, 407, The Peak, Bacteriological Institute, Happy Valley Quarters, Wanchai School, Old Seamen's Institute Johnston Road, M.I. Stables, Street Boys' Club and No. 7 Police Station, Mental Hospital, Shek Tong Tsui Market, Central Police Station, Stanley Police Station, Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station, Kennedy Town Hospital, Government Civil Hospital Staff Quarters, and Victoria Gaol.
Sand and boulders were removed from nullahs at Wongneicheong, Sookunpoo, and North Point; storm water drains were cleansed at Aberdeen Docks, Aberdeen and at Shaukiwan East near the Police Station; and the flushing dam at Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, was also cleansed of sand and repairs effected.
Following the typhoons, repairs were carried out to the following piers—Blake, Harbour Department, Jubilee Street Fire Float, Sai Wan Ho and Shaukiwan, and to the Police Searching Sheds on the Ping On, Tai Hing, Tung On and Yuen On Wharves.
Expenditure
$16,935.14
55. Maintenance of City and Hill District Water Works.— The year opened with a ten hours supply daily, the hours of supply being 6-11 a.m. and 4-9 p.m. With the exception of three days at Chinese New Year (25th-27th January) when a constant supply was maintained, the ten hour supply remained in operation until 30th April, when the total storage in the island reservoirs had fallen to 680 million gallons. The rainfall during the first four months of the year had been practically negligible, and further restrictions had become inevitable. On 1st May the hours of supply were reduced to six per diem (6-9 a.m. and 5-8 p.m.) and this arrangement continued until 1st July when a constant supply was resumed. As the normal rains did not fall in August it was found necessary to return to a daily supply of ten hours on 26th August, and on 9th September, when the total island storage was only 1,458 million gallons, the hours were reduced to six daily. Storage began to increase about the middle of September and the daily supply hours were extended to eight on 21st September, whilst on 9th November a further increase to ten hours, which remained in force until the close of the year, took place. During the year, therefore, a 24 hours supply was maintained for 59 days only. At the end of the year there were 63 street fountains in use.
The cross harbour pipe gave no trouble during the year and the leakage was negligible.
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Police Station, Homestead Flats and Quarters, Colonial Secret- ariat, New Fire Station, Harbour Office, Volunteer Headquarters, New Government Offices, Magazine Gap Police Station, Victoria Hospital, Queen's Gardens, 155, 275, 276, 361, 404, 407, The Peak, Bacteriological Institute, Happy Valley Quarters, Wanchai School, Old Seamen's Institute Johnston Road, M.I. Stables, Street Boys' Club and No. 7 Police Station, Mental Hospital, Shek Tong Tsui Market, Central Police Station, Stanley Police Station, Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station, Kennedy Town Hospital, Government Civil Hospital Staff Quarters, and Victoria Gaol.
Sand and boulders were removed from nullahs at Wongnei- cheong, Sookunpoo, and North Point; storm water drains were cleansed at Aberdeen Docks, Aberdeen and at Shaukiwan East near the Police Station; and the flushing dam at Staunton Creek, Aberdeen, was also cleansed of sand and repairs effected.
Following the typhoons, repairs were carried out to the fol- lowing piers-Blake, Harbour Department, Jubilee Street Fire Float, Sai Wan Ho and Shaukiwan, and to the Police Searching Sheds on the Ping On, Tai Hing, Tung On and Yuen On Wharves.
Expenditure
$16,935.14
55. Maintenance of City and Hill District Water Works.— The year opened with a ten hours supply daily, the hours of supply being 6-11 a.m. and 4-9 p.m. With the exception of three days at Chinese New Year (25th-27th January) when a constant supply was maintained, the ten hour supply re- mained in operation until 30th April, when the total storage in the island reservoirs had fallen to 680 million gallons. The rain- fall during the first four months of the year had been practically negligible, and further restrictions had become inevitable. On 1st May the hours of supply were reduced to six per diem (6-9 a.m. and 5-8 p.m.) and this arrangement continued until 1st July when a constant supply was resumed. As the normal rains did not fall in August it was found necessary to return to a daily supply of ten hours on 26th August, and on 9th September, when the total island storage was only 1,458 million gallons, the hours were reduced to six daily. Storage began to increase about the middle of September and the daily supply hours were extended to eight on 21st September, whilst on 9th November a further increase to ten hours, which remained in force until the close of the year, took place. During the year, therefore, a 24 hours supply was maintained for 59 days only. At the end of the year there were 63 street fountains in use.
The cross harbour pipe gave no trouble during the year and the leakage was negligible.
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