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6. The prospect for the current year is equally satisfactory. I subjoin a financial estimate for 1862, from which it will be seen that, notwithstanding a proposed expenditure during the present year on public works of 50,000l., it is calculated that at the close of the year there will still be a balance to the credit of the Colony of 82,000l..
FINANCIAL ESTIMATE for 1862, corrected up to 1st June 1862.
Receipts. £ Expenditure. £ Excess of Assets on Liabilities on 1st January 1862 70,000 Estimated Ordinary Expenditure 82,000 Estimated Revenue for 1862 120,000 Estimated Expenditure on Public Works 50,000 Total £202,000 Total £120,000 Probable balance on 31st December 1862 82,000 Total £202,000Public Works.
7. The expenditure under this head during the year 1861 has been as follows:
£ s. d. 1. Works and Buildings 28,746 15 4 2. Roads, Streets, and Bridges 12,470 12 10 3. Land and House purchased 4,270 16 8 Total Outlay on Public Works in 1861 £45,488 4 10Works and Buildings.
8. The services upon which the greater part of this expenditure was incurred was the new Gaol, the Victoria Waterworks, the Lock Hospital, and a new schoolhouse and police station at Showkewan, the rest being the various usual and miscellaneous works not requiring any special report. The greater portion of the Gaol as now contemplated on the present site is finished, and but one section now remains to complete what may be designated the Bridewell; this will be finished at the end of the present year. The waterworks are progressing; the reservoirs and tanks are approaching completion; and as the whole of the pipes and other materials have arrived, and the main already laid, there is no doubt that this service also will be satisfactorily finished by the end of the year. The Lock Hospital appears to answer its purpose, and the school-house and police station referred to were for the village of Showkewan, which is increasing and likely to be a place of some importance for the Chinese employed in the export of salt fish.
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
9. The principal work under this head was the Praya opposite the public streets, abutting upon it, and for portions of Government land adjacent also. The work has been carried on in conjunction with the Crown tenants under special arrangements as regards the land reclaimed. A very considerable portion is finished, and both sections, east and west of the parade ground and Military Hospital, will be completed by the end of the year, forming a continuous sea road of one and a quarter miles east and one and a half miles west. The inland roads and streets were principally at the west extension of the city, and intended for the opening up of that area to render it accessible and available for building purposes. A large and expensive undertaking in connexion with the streets was the drainage, not only for the general wants of the houses, but for the discharge of the enormous quantity and rapid flow of rain during floods, a difficult and expensive undertaking on so steep a site, with a rocky, loose, and treacherous soil to deal with. Landing piers for cargo boats and public steps were also provided under this head in suitable localities as the Praya work was in execution.
Land and House purchased.
10. The system of education approved of for Chinese requiring the establishment of a central school, a house with a sufficiency of land attached for additional erections, was purchased in the most convenient locality. The school has been opened since the commencement of the present year, and is giving satisfaction.
11. The proposals for supplying gas to this city, referred to in my Report of last year, and since then approved by your Grace, I fear, will not be carried into effect, as there appears to be an entire misunderstanding between the proposer of the scheme and the company forming in London, who were to furnish the requisite funds. Should the
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6. The prospect for the current year is equally satisfactory. I subjoin a financial estimate for 1862, from which it will be seen that, notwithstanding a proposed expen- diture during the present year on public works of 50,000%, it is calculated that at the close of the year there will still be a balance to the credit of the Colony of 82,000/.
FINANCIAL ESTIMATE for 1862, corrected up to 1st June 1862.
Receipts.
£
Excess of Assets on Liabilities on 1st
January 1862 Estimated Revenue for 1862
Total
Expenditure.
£
Estimated Ordinary Expenditure 82,000 | Estimated Expenditure on Public Works ̧« 120,000
70,000 50,000
£120,000
Probable balance on 31st December 1862
82,000
£202,000
Total
£202,000
Public Works.
7. The expenditure under this head during the year 1861 has been as follows:
£ s. d.
1. Works and Buildings
2. Roads, Streets, and Bridges
3. Land and House purchased
28,746 15 4
12,470 12 10
4,270 16 8
Total Outlay on Public Works in 1861
Works and Buildings.
£45,488 4 10
8. The services upon which the greater part of this expenditure was incurred was the new Gaol, the Victoria Waterworks, the Lock Hospital, and a new schoolhouse and police station at Showkewan, the rest being the various usual and miscellaneous works not requiring any special report. The greater portion of the Gaol as now contemplated on the present site is finished, and but one section now remains to complete what may be designated the Bridewell; this will be finished at the end of the present year. The waterworks are progressing; the reservoirs and tanks are approaching completion; and as the whole of the pipes and other materials have arrived, and the main already laid, there is no doubt that this service also will be satisfactorily finished by the end of the year. The Lock Hospital appears to answer its purpose, and the school-house and police station referred to were for the village of Showkewan, which is increasing and likely to be a place of some importance for the Chinese employed in the export of salt fish.
Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
9. The principal work under this head was the Praya opposite the public streets, abutting upon it, and for portions of Government land adjacent also. The work has been carried on in conjunction with the Crown tenants under special arrangements as regards the land reclaimed. A very considerable portion is finished, and both sections, east and west of the parade ground and Military Hospital, will be completed by the end of the year, forming a continuous sea road of one and a quarter miles east and one and a half miles west. The inland roads and streets were principally at the west extension of the city, and intended for the opening up of that area to render it accessible and avail- able for building purposes. A large and expensive undertaking in connexion with the streets was the drainage, not only for the general wants of the houses, but for the discharge of the enormous quantity and rapid flow of rain during floods, a difficult and expensive undertaking on so steep a site, with a rocky, loose, and treacherous soil to deal with. Landing piers for cargo boats and public steps were also provided under this head in suitable localities as the Praya work was in execution.
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- Land and House purchased.
10. The system of education approved of for Chinese requiring the establishment of a central school, a house with a sufficiency of land attached for additional erections, was purchased in the most convenient locality. The school has been opened since the commencement of the present year, and is giving satisfaction.
11. The proposals for supplying gas to this city, referred to in my Report of last year, and since then approved by your Grace, I fear, will not be carried into effect, as there appears to be an entire misunderstanding between the proposer of the scheme and the company forming in London, who were to furnish the requisite funds. Should the
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