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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

114 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT.

wanangudi della Fagunas Victoria. –Roads and Bridges.

The balance due for planting and protecting trees upon the Queen's and some other roads, during the year 1848, was paid in the early part of last year; several of the trees have thriven exceedingly well, and will in a few years be a great ornament to the city; many of the smaller trees have been broken during gales of wind, and wilfully destroyed by drunken sailors or others, and I have still to complain of the frequent injury they sustain from the numerous goats, which are allowed to commit depredations of every kind, over the whole city with impunity. The small grove of fir-trees planted at the back of the Albany Barracks in the year 1845, which were then only 18 inches high, having thriven exceedingly, are now upwards of five feet, and require thinning.

Road at Sukunpu and Causeway Bay, and extension to North Point, Requisition No. 1 of 1849 This service was commenced in April, and £751 was paid on account by Government, in addition to which the inhabitants subscribed £157, and a further amount of £170 was sanctioned for the extension. The work consisted in widening the old road and bridges to an average width of 30 feet, to render it available as a carriage drive; it was completed previous to the termination of the year; but the final payment could not be made in consequence of a misunderstanding and lawsuit instituted by the contractor against the Clerk of Works.

It received some damage during the typhoon on 13th September.

The road round the Wongneichung Valley, Requisition 17 of 1849, also widened for a similar purpose to the above, was commenced in July and finished for an expenditure of £701.

Amount paid for blasting powder, for sundry services, £31, 16s. 8d., Requisition No. 33 of 1849, completes the expenditure on account of roads for construction, amounting in the whole to £1751. 7s. 7d. for the year; but the sum of £3186. 6s. was disbursed for labour performed under old contracts of the previous year for the Aberdeen and Stanley Road, the payment of which His Excellency was obliged to defer.

Repairs to roads (exclusive of convict labour) only amounted to £91. 12s. 8d., Requisitions 3, 6, 8, and 27.

The convict labour during the year consisted in the construction of:

1st. A pathway from the ice-house to the church and Government offices.

2nd. Sundry works round the Government offices.

3rd. Repairs to roads and streets, and

4th. Miscellaneous services.

1st. This pathway is on the side of the hill under the Murray Battery, and is entirely in side cutting and filling; the section of the ground exceedingly irregular and steep; in some places a cutting of 25 feet had to be made, and immediately adjoining a hollow to be filled of an equal depth, thus rendering the execution extremely expensive; the weather also being exceedingly dry during a portion of the working period, rendered the consolidation of the material almost impossible, thus several heavy slips occurred after heavy rains; however, the pathway now is completely finished, the embankment to the Queen's-road grassed over, and a stone channel made in two portions which I hope will preserve it from excessive injury, and prevent any further slips. 6,622 convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £751. 12s.

2nd. The work at the Government offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankment, and making a small pathway to join that previously alluded to from the ice-house, also in assisting to erect the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £161. 7s. 6d.

3rd. Occasionally during the execution of the above works, a portion of the gang were employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal, upon that service; many of the roads and streets had got in very bad repair, indeed, the surface in several places having been entirely washed away; this I hope I will, in a great measure, be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone on hand has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the gaol have prepared; this I have laid down and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface, which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains as the ordinary material with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand, make the best coating I have ever seen; and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here, where there are but few wheel-carriages, and those of light draught. The total length of roads and streets repaired during the year 10,565 yards, or about 6 miles; the convicts employed thereon 5,850, equivalent to an expenditure of £121. 17s. 6d.

Several of the streets, and some damages to the embankments, Queen's-road, West, I have not yet been able to repair, but these I shall easily effect before the change of the monsoon or the rains set in, if I am not obliged to employ the convicts elsewhere on more particular service.

4th. In the repair and construction of rough stone drains, have employed 455 convicts, equal to £94. 7s.; and in general miscellaneous services 173, amounting to £31. 12s. 1d.

I have not had quite so many convicts employed this year as last, the number being 17,846 for the latter, and 18,154 for the former year. The labour performed is equal to £3717. 13s. 0d. from which the repairs to tools, &c., should be deducted; and which having cost £280, reduces the effective or actual value of the whole year's labour to £3484. 13s. 9d., or £186. 16s. 1d. above the value of the previous year 1848, or £441. 17s. 6d. over that of 1847, with nearly an equal number of men in each of the periods.

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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 114 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PAST AND PRESENT. wanangudi della Fagunas Victoria. –Roads and Bridges. The balance due for planting and protecting trees upon the Queen's and some other roads, during the year 1848, was paid in the early part of last year; several of the trees have thriven exceedingly well, and will in a few years be a great ornament to the city; many of the smaller trees have been broken during gales of wind, and wilfully destroyed by drunken sailors or others, and I have still to complain of the frequent injury they sustain from the numerous goats, which are allowed to commit depredations of every kind, over the whole city with impunity. The small grove of fir-trees planted at the back of the Albany Barracks in the year 1845, which were then only 18 inches high, having thriven exceedingly, are now upwards of five feet, and require thinning. Road at Sukunpu and Causeway Bay, and extension to North Point, Requisition No. 1 of 1849 This service was commenced in April, and £751 was paid on account by Government, in addition to which the inhabitants subscribed £157, and a further amount of £170 was sanctioned for the extension. The work consisted in widening the old road and bridges to an average width of 30 feet, to render it available as a carriage drive; it was completed previous to the termination of the year; but the final payment could not be made in consequence of a misunderstanding and lawsuit instituted by the contractor against the Clerk of Works. It received some damage during the typhoon on 13th September. The road round the Wongneichung Valley, Requisition 17 of 1849, also widened for a similar purpose to the above, was commenced in July and finished for an expenditure of £701. Amount paid for blasting powder, for sundry services, £31, 16s. 8d., Requisition No. 33 of 1849, completes the expenditure on account of roads for construction, amounting in the whole to £1751. 7s. 7d. for the year; but the sum of £3186. 6s. was disbursed for labour performed under old contracts of the previous year for the Aberdeen and Stanley Road, the payment of which His Excellency was obliged to defer. Repairs to roads (exclusive of convict labour) only amounted to £91. 12s. 8d., Requisitions 3, 6, 8, and 27. The convict labour during the year consisted in the construction of: 1st. A pathway from the ice-house to the church and Government offices. 2nd. Sundry works round the Government offices. 3rd. Repairs to roads and streets, and 4th. Miscellaneous services. 1st. This pathway is on the side of the hill under the Murray Battery, and is entirely in side cutting and filling; the section of the ground exceedingly irregular and steep; in some places a cutting of 25 feet had to be made, and immediately adjoining a hollow to be filled of an equal depth, thus rendering the execution extremely expensive; the weather also being exceedingly dry during a portion of the working period, rendered the consolidation of the material almost impossible, thus several heavy slips occurred after heavy rains; however, the pathway now is completely finished, the embankment to the Queen's-road grassed over, and a stone channel made in two portions which I hope will preserve it from excessive injury, and prevent any further slips. 6,622 convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £751. 12s. 2nd. The work at the Government offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankment, and making a small pathway to join that previously alluded to from the ice-house, also in assisting to erect the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £161. 7s. 6d. 3rd. Occasionally during the execution of the above works, a portion of the gang were employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal, upon that service; many of the roads and streets had got in very bad repair, indeed, the surface in several places having been entirely washed away; this I hope I will, in a great measure, be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone on hand has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the gaol have prepared; this I have laid down and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface, which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains as the ordinary material with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand, make the best coating I have ever seen; and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here, where there are but few wheel-carriages, and those of light draught. The total length of roads and streets repaired during the year 10,565 yards, or about 6 miles; the convicts employed thereon 5,850, equivalent to an expenditure of £121. 17s. 6d. Several of the streets, and some damages to the embankments, Queen's-road, West, I have not yet been able to repair, but these I shall easily effect before the change of the monsoon or the rains set in, if I am not obliged to employ the convicts elsewhere on more particular service. 4th. In the repair and construction of rough stone drains, have employed 455 convicts, equal to £94. 7s.; and in general miscellaneous services 173, amounting to £31. 12s. 1d. I have not had quite so many convicts employed this year as last, the number being 17,846 for the latter, and 18,154 for the former year. The labour performed is equal to £3717. 13s. 0d. from which the repairs to tools, &c., should be deducted; and which having cost £280, reduces the effective or actual value of the whole year's labour to £3484. 13s. 9d., or £186. 16s. 1d. above the value of the previous year 1848, or £441. 17s. 6d. over that of 1847, with nearly an equal number of men in each of the periods. Page 124

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124 Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941 114 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PASTY AND PRESENT. wanangudi della Fagunas Victoria. –Roads and Bridges. The balance due for planting and protecting trees upon the Queen's and some other, roads, cluring the year 1848, was paid in the early part of last year; several of the trees have thriven exceedingly well, and, will in a few years be a great ornament to the city; (many of the smaller` trees have been broken during gales of wind, and wilfully destroyed by drunken sailors or other, and I have still to complain of the frequent injury they sustain from the numerous goats, which are allowed to commit, depredations of every kind, over the whole, city with impunity. The small grove of fir-trees planted at the back of the Albany, Barracks in the year 1845, which were then only 18 inches high, having thriven exceedingly, are now upwards of five feet, and require thinning.“ð mis mujer med Road at Sukunpu and Causeway Bay, and extension to North Point, Requisition No. 1 of 1849 This 'service was commenced in April, und. 751, paid on, account by Government, in addition to which the inhabitants, subscribed 1157., and a further amount of 1701. was sanc- tioned for 'the extension." The work consisted in widening the old road and bridges to an average width of 30 feet, to render it available as a carriage.drive; it was completed previous to the termination of the year; blit the final payment could not be made in consequence of a misunderstanding and lawsuit instituted by the contractor against the Clerk of Works... 7 It received some damage during the typhoon on 13th September.* : ༔ འ The road round the Wongneichung Valley, Requisition 17 of 1849, also widened for 'z similar purpose to the above, was commenced in July and finished for an expenditure of 701.168dalier pie dilatciókutouhoukup lewe wild von 25 ng kany ན་ Amount paid for blasting powder, for, sundry services, 31, 16s. §d., Requisition: No. 33 of 1849, completes the expenditure on account of roads for construction, amounting in the whole to 1751. Us. 7d. for the year; but the sum of 3186. 6s, was, disbursed for labour performed under old contracts of the previous year for the. Aberdeen and Stanley Road, the payment of which His, Excellency was obliged to defer. 2 Repairs to roads (exclusivo of convict labour) only amounted to.91. 128. 8d., Requisitions 3, 6, 8, and 27,ikea tellanden dLA * The convict labour during the year consisted, in the construction of- 1st. A pathway from, the ice-house to the church and Government offices. 2nd, Sundry works round the Government offices. 3rd Repairs to roads, and streets, and 4th. Miscellaneous services.') Ist. This pathway is on the side of the hill under the Murray Battery, and is entirely in side cutting and filling; the section of the ground exceedingly irregular and steep; in some places a cutting of 25 foot had to be made, and, immediately, adjoining a hollow to be filled of an equal depth, thus, reudering the execution extremely expensive; the weather also being exceedingly dry during a portion of the working period,, rendered the consolidation of the material almost impossible, thus several heavy slips occurred after heavy rains; however, the pathway now is completely finished," the embankment to the Quccu's-road grassed over, and a stone channel made in two portions which, I hope will preserve it from excessive injury, and prorent any further slipsS,622 convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equi- valent to an expenditure of 751. As 12da gentefimploru 2nd: The work at the Government offices consisted in levelling portious of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankment, and making a small pathway to join that previously alluded to from the ice-house, also in assisting to erect the flagstaff, grassing the area, aud completing the walks round the buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work 1611, 75, 6d. ་་ > 943rd. Occasionally during the execution of the above works, a portion of the gang were employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at may disposal, upon that, service; many of the roads and streets had got, in very bad repair, indeed, the surface in several places having been entirely washed away; this hope I will, in a great measure, be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone on installing has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the goal. have prepared; this I have laid down and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface, which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains as the ordinary material with which the pearls are constructed; the two.combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand, make the best coating I have ever seen; and the quickest to cousolidate, which is of some consequence here, where there are, but, few wheel-carriages, and those of light,draught. The total length of roads and streets repaired during the year 10,565 yards, or about 6 miles; the convicts employed thereon 5,850, equivalent to an expen- diture of 1211. 17a, Gd.), Gel BADA *} {* *། is Several of thetstreets, and some damages to the embankments, Queen's-road, West, I have not yet been able to repair, but these I shall easily effect before the change of the monsoon ori the rains set in, if, li am not obliged to employ the convicts elsewhere on moro particular servico, ~*tatusdojilj 12s-1d. “ Atl. In the repair and construction af rough stope drains, have employed 455' convicts, equalto194.77d.;andlingeneralimiscellaneous services 173, amounting to 31:12s 1d I have-not, bath quite so many convicts employed this year as last, the number being 17,846 for the latter, and 18,154for the former year The labour, performed is equal to 3717. 13.0l0d from which the repairs to tools, &c,,should be deducted; and which having cost 280 Lducares the effective or act galue of the whole year's labour 3484. 13s-9d., or '186 16s. Idegboye the value of the previous year 1848, or 441" 176. 6d. over that of 1847, with nearly an equal number of men in each of the periods. KOLKATA REKST:00, hidegrezz: kera

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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

114 REPORTS EXHIBITING THE PASTY AND PRESENT.

wanangudi della Fagunas Victoria. –Roads and Bridges.

The balance due for planting and protecting trees upon the Queen's and some other, roads, cluring the year 1848, was paid in the early part of last year; several of the trees have thriven exceedingly well, and, will in a few years be a great ornament to the city; (many of the smaller` trees have been broken during gales of wind, and wilfully destroyed by drunken sailors or other, and I have still to complain of the frequent injury they sustain from the numerous goats, which are allowed to commit, depredations of every kind, over the whole, city with impunity. The small grove of fir-trees planted at the back of the Albany, Barracks in the year 1845, which were then only 18 inches high, having thriven exceedingly, are now upwards of five feet, and require thinning.“ð mis mujer med

Road at Sukunpu and Causeway Bay, and extension to North Point, Requisition No. 1 of 1849 This 'service was commenced in April, und. 751, paid on, account by Government, in addition to which the inhabitants, subscribed 1157., and a further amount of 1701. was sanc- tioned for 'the extension." The work consisted in widening the old road and bridges to an average width of 30 feet, to render it available as a carriage.drive; it was completed previous to the termination of the year; blit the final payment could not be made in consequence of a misunderstanding and lawsuit instituted by the contractor against the Clerk of Works...

It received some damage during the typhoon on 13th September.*

༔ འ

The road round the Wongneichung Valley, Requisition 17 of 1849, also widened for 'z similar purpose to the above, was commenced in July and finished for an expenditure of 701.168dalier pie dilatciókutouhoukup lewe wild von 25 ng kany

ན་

Amount paid for blasting powder, for, sundry services, 31, 16s. §d., Requisition: No. 33 of 1849, completes the expenditure on account of roads for construction, amounting in the whole to 1751. Us. 7d. for the year; but the sum of 3186. 6s, was, disbursed for labour performed under old contracts of the previous year for the. Aberdeen and Stanley Road, the payment of which His, Excellency was obliged to defer.

Repairs to roads (exclusivo of convict labour) only amounted to.91. 128. 8d., Requisitions 3, 6, 8, and 27,ikea

tellanden dLA

The convict labour during the year consisted, in the construction of-

1st. A pathway from, the ice-house to the church and Government offices.

2nd, Sundry works round the Government offices.

3rd Repairs to roads, and streets, and

4th. Miscellaneous services.')

Ist. This pathway is on the side of the hill under the Murray Battery, and is entirely in side cutting and filling; the section of the ground exceedingly irregular and steep; in some places a cutting of 25 foot had to be made, and, immediately, adjoining a hollow to be filled of an equal depth, thus, reudering the execution extremely expensive; the weather also being exceedingly dry during a portion of the working period,, rendered the consolidation of the material almost impossible, thus several heavy slips occurred after heavy rains; however, the pathway now is completely finished," the embankment to the Quccu's-road grassed over, and a stone channel made in two portions which, I hope will preserve it from excessive injury, and prorent any further slipsS,622 convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equi- valent to an expenditure of 751. As 12da gentefimploru

2nd: The work at the Government offices consisted in levelling portious of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankment, and making a small pathway to join that previously alluded to from the ice-house, also in assisting to erect the flagstaff, grassing the area, aud completing the walks round the buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work 1611, 75, 6d.

་་

943rd. Occasionally during the execution of the above works, a portion of the gang were employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at may disposal, upon that, service; many of the roads and streets had got, in very bad repair, indeed, the surface in several places having been entirely washed away; this hope I will, in a great measure, be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone on installing has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the goal. have prepared; this I have laid down and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface, which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains as the ordinary material with which the pearls are constructed; the two.combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand, make the best coating I have ever seen; and the quickest to cousolidate, which is of some consequence here, where there are, but, few wheel-carriages, and those of light,draught. The total length of roads and streets repaired during the year 10,565 yards, or about 6 miles; the convicts employed thereon 5,850, equivalent to an expen- diture of 1211. 17a, Gd.),

Gel BADA

*} {*

*།

Several of thetstreets, and some damages to the embankments, Queen's-road, West, I have not yet been able to repair, but these I shall easily effect before the change of the monsoon ori the rains set in, if, li am not obliged to employ the convicts elsewhere on moro particular servico, ~*tatusdojilj

12s-1d. “

Atl. In the repair and construction af rough stope drains, have employed 455' convicts, equalto194.77d.;andlingeneralimiscellaneous services 173, amounting to 31:12s 1d

I have-not, bath quite so many convicts employed this year as last, the number being 17,846 for the latter, and 18,154for the former year The labour, performed is equal to 3717. 13.0l0d from which the repairs to tools, &c,,should be deducted; and which having cost 280 Lducares the effective or act galue of the whole year's labour 3484. 13s-9d., or '186 16s. Idegboye the value of the previous year 1848, or 441" 176. 6d. over that of 1847, with nearly an equal number of men in each of the periods.

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