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88. Maintenance of Water Works-Lai Chi Kok:-The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 112.76 million gallons, shewing an increase of 16.43 million gallons on 1937 and an average consumption of 309,000 gallons per day.
Details of consumption are given in Table XVIII.
Expenditure $2,527.17
89. Water Meters:-There were twenty-six meters in use at the close of the year, compared with thirty in 1937. The number of meters examined and repaired during the year was thirty-one.
Expenditure $2,675.49
90. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers:-The praya walls and piers were maintained in good condition. Repairs were carried out to Shamshuipo and Kowloon City piers. Two hoists and hoisting machinery at Shamshuipo Ferry pier were maintained in good order.
Expenditure $3,174.70
91. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries:-Work carried out under this head is covered by paragraph 40 of this report.
Expenditure $1,899.77
NEW TERRITORIES.
92. Maintenance of Buildings:-Government buildings were kept in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to twenty-one buildings, in addition to such repairs to other buildings as were found to be necessary.
Electrical installations were maintained in good order. The lightning conductors at the gunpowder depot, Green Island, were renewed.
Expenditure $19,303.74
93. Improvements to Buildings:-The principal improvements carried out were: Ping Shan Land Office-new counter fixed; Police bungalow, Taipo-mosquito proofing and new shutters to windows; Sheung Shui Police Station-two new lavatory basins.
Electrical improvements and additions were carried out at Taipo Police bungalow and Ping Shan Police Station.
Expenditure $1,919.45
94. Maintenance of Lighthouses:-All lighthouses were maintained in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to all lighthouses. Electrical installations at Gap Rock and Waglan Lighthouses were maintained in good order.
Expenditure $9,974.85
95. Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately 87 miles of roads were maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The following items of works were undertaken and completed by the end of 1938 :-Constructing cement concrete culverts and pipes and re-instating surface, Au Tau to Shek Kong Road; re-constructing damaged culvert, Castle Peak Road at 15th Mile; laying kerb, margins, turf and tar macadam, Cha Wan Kok Tsing Lung Tau and Tai Lam Chung Bridge; laying 12′′ Chinese earthenware pipes and 12" cement concrete flat channel, Fanling Road; re-instating surface and tar painting roads at ...
Q 21
88. Maintenance of Water Works-Lai Chi Kok:-The total quantity of water supplied during the year was 112.76 million gallons, shewing an increase of 16.43 million gallons on 1937 and an average consumption of 309,000 gallons per day.
Details of consumption are given in Table XVIII.
Expenditure
$2,527.17
89. Water Meters:-There were twenty-six meters in use at the close of the year, compared with thirty in 1937. The number of meters examined and repaired during the year was thirty-one.
Expenditure
$2,675.49
90. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers:-The praya walls and piers were maintained in good condition. Repairs were carried out to Shamshuipo and Kowloon City piers. Two hoists and hoisting machinery at Shamshuipo Ferry pier were maintained in good order.
Expenditure
$3,174.70
91. Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries:-Work carried out under this head is covered by paragraph 40 of this report.
Expenditure
$1,899.77
NEW TERRITORIES.
92. Maintenance of Buildings:-Government buildings were kept in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to twenty-one buildings, in addition to such repairs to other buildings as were found to be necessary.
Electrical installations were maintained in good order. The lightning conductors at the gunpowder depot, Green Island, were renewed.
Expenditure
$19,303.74
93. Improvements to Buildings:-The principal improvements carried out were: Ping Shan Land Office-new counter fixed; Police bungalow, Taipo-mosquito proofing and new shutters to windows; Sheung Shui Police Station-two new lavatory basins.
Electrical improvements and additions were carried out at Taipo Police bungalow and Ping Shan Police Station.
Expenditure
$1,919.45
94. Maintenance of Lighthouses:-All lighthouses were maintained in a good state of repair. Painting, colourwashing and repairs in accordance with the recurring programme were carried out to all lighthouses. Electrical installations at Gap Rock and Waglan Lighthouses were maintained in good order.
Expenditure
$9,974.85
95. Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements):-The surfaces of approximately 87 miles of roads were maintained in a satisfactory manner.
The following items of works were undertaken and completed by the end of 1938 :-Constructing cement concrete culverts and pipes and re-instating surface, Au Tau to Shek Kong Road; re-constructing damaged culvert, Castle Peak Road at 15th Mile; laying kerb, margins, turf and tar macadam, Cha Wan Kok Tsing Lung Tau and Tai Lam Chung Bridge; laying 12′′ Chinese earthenware pipes and 12" cement concrete flat channel, Fanling Road; re-instating surface and tar painting roads at
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