Defence Corps' Rifle Ranges were maintained in good order. Bell and telephone circuits were re-arranged in various Government buildings. The submarine telephone cable between Victoria and Kowloon was damaged beyond repair on August 9th and was taken out of commission.
Expenditure
$8,177.44
56. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc.-Sewers, storm water drains, and trained nullahs were cleansed, repaired and maintained in good condition. Open nullahs and channels in the City of Victoria and in Shaukiwan district were cleansed by the Sanitary Department. Automatic flushing tanks were operated during periods of low tide. Deposits were cleared as they occurred. Septic tanks at Lugard Road, Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay and F.L's. 29 and 30 Pokfulum were periodically sludged. The septic tank and its pumping plant on the foreshore at North Point were maintained in working order. Many defective traps, gullies, gratings, etc., were renewed.
Expenditure
$17,303.63
57. 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 1,806, a decrease of one as compared with the last year's figures, and in Hill District, 233, an increase of one. In the interests of economy an arrangement was made with the Hong Kong and China Gas Company that, throughout the year, a number of lamps in all, in Barker Road, Belchers Street, Bluff Path, Craigmin Road, Gough Hill Road, Victoria Road, Watson Road, May Road, Magazine Gap Road, Monmouth Path, Po Shan Road, Peak Road and Kotewall Road, were extinguished at midnight instead of at the times specified in the Gas Street Lighting Agreement.
Expenditure
$107,599.20
58. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan:-Traffic Control Lights, in City, seventy-five in number, and traffic island lights, twenty-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. Pier Lamps Public Latrine Lights 852 48 112- Q 12
Defence Corps' Rifle Ranges were maintained in good order. Bell and telephone circuits were re-arranged in various Government buildings. The submarine telephone cable be- tween Victoria and Kowloon was damaged beyond repair on August 9th and was taken out of commission.
Expenditure
$ 8,177.44
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56. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, etc.-Sewers, storm water drains, and trained nullahs were cleansed, repaired and maintained in good condition. Open nullahs and channels in the City of Victoria and in Shaukiwan district were cleansed by the Sanitary Department. Automatic flushing tanks were operated during periods of low tide. deposits were cleared as they occurred. Septic tanks at Lugard Road, Repulse Bay, Deep Water Bay and F.L's. 29 and 30 Pokfulum were periodically sludged. The septic tank and its pumping plant on the foreshore at North Point were maintained in working order. Many defective traps, gullies, gratings, etc., were renewed.
Expenditure
$17,303.63
57. 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 1,806, a decrease of one as compared with the last year's figures, and in Hill District, 233, an increase of one. In the interests of economy an arrangement was made with the Hong Kong and China Gas Company that, throughout the year, a number of lamps in all, in Barker Road, Belchers Street, Bluff Path, Craigmin Road, Gough Hill Road, Victoria Road, Watson Road, May Road, Magazine Gap Road, Monmouth Path, Po Shan Road, Peak Road and Kotewall Road, were extinguished at midnight instead of at the times specified in the Gas Street Lighting Agreement.
Expenditure
$107,599.20
58. Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shauki- wan:-Traffic Control Lights, in City, seventy-five in number, and traffic island lights, twenty-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
Public Latrine Lights
852
48
112
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