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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT

road surface having cost in February the sum of £657., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say £24. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon.

Road from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.-This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, £4965l. 14s. Id. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of £2705l. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum £3127. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year 1847, the expenditure during the last year being £1922l. 12s. Id. Upon this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished drains, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required, for at high water pedestrians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to £322l7. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of convict labour, to the sum of £215l. 2s. 6d. for roads and £186l. 10s. Id. for bridges.

2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to £1088l. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure £2598l. 2l. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Department,

For cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of of 1846, the sum of £1367. 12s. Od. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate £341. Os. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same.

Gaols.-On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of £110l. 8s. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure £4045l. 14s. 02., leaving a balance of £423l. 12s. Id. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, £627. 10s. Od., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Est. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satisfactory manner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to £1634l. 3s. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of £637. 15s. Od. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jabb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary, His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of £208l. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year £1152 had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being £157. 17s. 5d.

It having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and completed in June, the cost of the service being £123l. 5s. 2d.

Colonial Church.--This building has not progressed so rapidly as was anticipated, much inconvenience and delay having been caused by the tardiness of the manufacturers of the windows, which have not even yet been received. It is much to be regretted that the funds

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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT road surface having cost in February the sum of £657., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say £24. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon. Road from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.-This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, £4965l. 14s. Id. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of £2705l. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum £3127. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year 1847, the expenditure during the last year being £1922l. 12s. Id. Upon this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished drains, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required, for at high water pedestrians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to £322l7. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of convict labour, to the sum of £215l. 2s. 6d. for roads and £186l. 10s. Id. for bridges. 2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to £1088l. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure £2598l. 2l. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Department, For cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of of 1846, the sum of £1367. 12s. Od. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate £341. Os. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same. Gaols.-On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of £110l. 8s. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure £4045l. 14s. 02., leaving a balance of £423l. 12s. Id. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, £627. 10s. Od., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Est. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satisfactory manner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to £1634l. 3s. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of £637. 15s. Od. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jabb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary, His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of £208l. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year £1152 had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being £157. 17s. 5d. It having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and completed in June, the cost of the service being £123l. 5s. 2d. Colonial Church.--This building has not progressed so rapidly as was anticipated, much inconvenience and delay having been caused by the tardiness of the manufacturers of the windows, which have not even yet been received. It is much to be regretted that the funds

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100 502 Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT road surface having cost in February the sum of 657., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say 24. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon. Road from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.-This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, 49651. 14s. Id. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of 27052. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum 3127. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year 1847, the expenditure during the last year being 19221. 12s. Id. Upon this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished draius, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dan- gerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required," for at high water pedes- trians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to 32217. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of con- vict labour, to the sum of 2151. 2s. 6d. for roads and 1861. 10s. Id. for bridges. 2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to 10887. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure 25981. 21. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Depart- ment, For cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of of 1846, the sum of 1367. 12v. Od. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate 341. Os. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same. Gaols.-On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of 1101. 8. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure 40451. 14s 02, leaving a balance of 4231. 12s. Id. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, 627. 101. Od., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Ect. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satis- factory inanner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to 16347. 3x. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of 637. 15s. Od. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jabb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary, His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of 2081. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year 1152 had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being 157. 17s. 5d. It having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and com- pleted in June, the cost of the service being 1231. 5s. 2d. Colonial Church.--This building has not progressed so rapidly as was anticipated, much inconvenience and delay having been caused by the tardiness of the manufacturers of the windows, which have not even yet been received. It is much to be regretted that the funds

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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT

road surface having cost in February the sum of 657., and the stone arch also was commenced in January; therefore the average rate between the two years should be taken as the general probable amount for repairs in the year, or say 24. per yard. The road being nearly 15 feet wide throughout is the cause of the difference of rate between it and the other roads. It is now in a very good state of repair, and sustained little or no damage during the typhoon.

Road from Aberdeen to Stanley, 7 miles.-This road estimated for, Rep. and Est. amount, 49651. 14s. Id. (No. 1, of 1847) was intended to have been 15 feet wide throughout, with stone arches and parapet-walls in places where they were most required. Sir J. F. Davis, however, reduced the width to 10 feet and curtailed other works, and only authorized the sum of 27052. 14s. 4d. to be expended; of this sum 3127. 16s. 4d. was expended during the year 1847, the expenditure during the last year being 19221. 12s. Id. Upon this line are some of the heaviest stone bridges in the island, which considering the Chinese are not in the habit of building such, have been very tolerably executed, and particularly so, as the hot weather and frequent sickness of the overseers prevented their constant attendance thereon. The greater portion of the road was in the hands of the contractors at the time of the typhoon and previous rains, and therefore the expense of repairs fell upon them, but in general the damage was not excessive considering the unconsolidated state of the filling, unfinished draius, &c. Near the south end of the town of Aberdeen for a distance of 100 yards, and in Deep Water Bay for about the same distance, the wash of the sea carried away a considerable portion of the road; the former had been taken off the contractor's hands, and has not yet been repaired; the latter the contractor was obliged to rectify. In sheltered bays on the coast I formed the roads originally 4 feet above the high-water spring tides and 6 feet in other parts, but I now find that not less than 10 feet should be fixed upon for the level of a coast road, and even more than that if it is much exposed. If this road is to be maintained and properly protected, as indeed most of the roads require, there are several works which I would recommend to be executed, viz., a bridge and causeway at the waterfall in Staunton Valley, a parapet-wall on the hill above Deep-water Bay, and a bridge leading to the Sands, parapet-walls in two other places near Repulse Bay, and a bridge there also; these places are either exceedingly dan- gerous or inconvenient, as the road has either been cut out of the side of the cliff, or a rough retaining wall built, which leaves the drop from the road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 100 feet. The additional bridges are required," for at high water pedes- trians must make a detour to pass the stream, and equestrians must wade or swim their horses over the ford. The details of expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements on the new works in the formation of roads, bridges, and drains have amounted to 32217. 11s. 7d., and repairs, exclusive of con- vict labour, to the sum of 2151. 2s. 6d. for roads and 1861. 10s. Id. for bridges.

2. Buildings. The police station at Aberdeen, although nearly finished at the termination of the year 1847, was not completed until May; the contractor, having far exceeded his time, was fined by his Excellency the Governor in Council in the sum of $100, which was deducted from the balance due on the contract; the work has been satisfactorily executed, and is now occupied by police; the payment on account for the year amounted to 10887. 6s. 9d., making the total expenditure 25981. 21. 5d., exclusive of some stores supplied by Ordnance Depart-

ment,

For cutting the site of the church and Government offices, Report and Estimate, No. 5, of of 1846, the sum of 1367. 12v. Od. has been paid; the balance on the Estimate 341. Os. 10d. will be expended in cutting rock and sloping the ground east of the church, previous to the opening of the same.

Gaols.-On account of Rep. and Est. 5, of 1845, the sum of 1101. 8. 4d. was paid, making the total expenditure 40451. 14s 02, leaving a balance of 4231. 12s. Id. for the construction of some works which it is intended not to carry out; the service may therefore be said to be completed. The final payment, 627. 101. Od., was made during the year on account of the boundary walls to gaol, Rep. and Ect. No. 9, of 1846, which have been completed in a satis- factory inanner. In consequence of the recommendations of a Board, which was appointed by Sir J. F. Davis, to make certain inquiries and suggestions regarding the gaols, for increasing the accommodation, improving the ventilation, supply of water, &c., a Report and Estimate, No. 4, of 1847, was prepared by me, embodying the whole of the propositions, and showing their cost of the same, would amount to 16347. 3x. 4d. At this period the gaol was very crowded, and an expenditure of 637. 15s. Od. was sanctioned for the purpose of increasing the ventilation at once; and the report was transmitted for the consideration of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who, upon the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Jabb, directed further inquiries and examination of the gaol, and it appearing that all the services proposed were not then necessary, His Excellency S. G. Bonham, Esq., in Council, sanctioned the expenditure of 2081. 11s. 7d. for an additional washing-room, and the formation of a covered way to connect the gaols A and B, &c.; at the termination of the year 1152 had been expended upon the service. The gaol buildings sustained very little damage during the typhoon, the estimate of the same being 157. 17s. 5d.

It having been thought advisable, by his Excellency the Governor in Council, that Coolies for hire should be confined to particular districts in the town, and that suitable covered stands or buildings for that purpose should be erected, a Report and Estimate, No. 7, of 1847, was accordingly prepared for the same, and the work commenced upon in March last and com- pleted in June, the cost of the service being 1231. 5s. 2d.

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