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Public Works.
9. In 1877 I found that the injury inflicted by the typhoon of 1874 on the Praya Wall or principal quay of Victoria Harbour had not been repaired, owing to some necessary delays in getting the local plans revised by Sir John Coode. Under the advice of that eminent Consulting Engineer the plans were modified so as to give the requisite strength to the harbour frontage. This important work was begun in January 1878, and completed in November 1880, at a total cost of 52,160. The piers will be finished I hope this year.
10. Exclusive of the foregoing Expenditure, I authorised an outlay in Public Works :-
1878 1879 £ 21,364 23,38011. The principal Public Works, in addition to the repairs of the Praya Wall, on which this money was expended for three years, 1877, 1878, and 1879, were: the repairs to public buildings, which amounted to 12,5237; the improvement and maintenance of the Waterworks, 14,6567; the submarine cables across the harbour and maintenance of Telegraphs, 1,4061; the drainage and sewerage of the town of Victoria, 12,8734; the building of a new hospital, 1,6857; the building of two houses at the Peak, as a sanitarium for the Government officers, 1,240/; the conversion of some of the large association wards in the gaol into cells on the separate system, 1,2421.; the making and maintenance of Roads, Streets, and Bridges, 15,2731.; and Tree Planting, 3,5711.
12. Of the new roads begun and completed within the last three years, one runs from the old Peak Road at an elevation of 1,500 feet above the sea, and passing along the northern face of the hills winds through a part of the Peak region where of late several villas have been built by European residents. This road, and the branches to it, cost 1,3361. The much needed improvements made for the last two or three years in the streets in the Chinese quarter of the town cost 1,9384
Telegraphs.
13. The system of telegraphs in the Island of Hong Kong was extended to British Kowloong last year by a submarine cable. Two years ago another cable was run across from the main Island to Green Island. All the police stations in the Colony have thus been put in direct communication with the central station in the town of Victoria.
Typhoon Breakwater.
14. Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch of the 14th of October 1874 showed that the typhoon of that year destroyed in a few hours a considerable number of the junk population of this
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
PAPERS RELATING TO
Public Works.
9. In 1877 I found that the injury inflicted by the typhoon of 1874 on the Praya Wall or principal quay of Victoria Harbour had not been repaired, owing to some necessary delays in getting the local plans revised by Sir John Coode. Under the advice of that eminent Consulting Engineer the plans were modified so as to give the requisite strength to the harbour frontage. This important work was begun in January 1878, and completed in November 1880, at a total cost of 52,160. The piers will be finished I hope this year.
10. Exclusive of the foregoing Expenditure, I authorised an outlay in Public Works :-
1878
1879
£
21,364
23,380
11. The principal Public Works, in addition to the repairs of the Praya Wall, on which this money was expended for three years, 1877, 1878, and 1879, were: the repairs to public buildings, which amounted to 12,5237; the improvement and maintenance of the Waterworks, 14,6567; the submarine cables across the harbour and maintenance of Telegraphs, 1,4061; the drainage and sewerage of the town of Victoria, 12,8734; the building of a new hospital, 1,6857; the building of two houses at the Peak, as a sanitarium for the Government officers, 1,240/; the conversion of some of the large association wards in the gaol into cells on the separate system, 1,2421.; the making and maintenance of Roads, Streets, and Bridges, 15,2731.; and Tree Planting, 3,5711.
12. Of the new roads begun and completed within the last three years, one runs from the old Peak Road at an elevation of 1,500 feet above the sea, and passing along the northern face of the hills winds through a part of the Peak region where of late several villas have been built by European residents. This road, and the branches to it, cost 1,3361. The much needed improve- ments made for the last two or three years in the streets in the Chinese quarter of the town cost 1,9384
Telegraphs.
13. The system of telegraphs in the Island of Hong Kong was extended to British Kowloong last year by a submarine cable. Two years ago another cable was run across from the main Island to Green Island. All the police stations in the Colony have thus been put in direct communication with the central station in the town of Victoria.
Typhoon Breakwater.
14. Sir Arthur Kennedy's Despatch of the 14th of October 1874 showed that the typhoon of that year destroyed in a few hours a considerable number of the junk population of this
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