7.
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Less important works in hand are Items No. 2, Additional Storey to the Central Police Station; No. 3, Disinfecting Station, Kowloon; No. 15, Quarters for Officers at Taipo; No. 22, Reclamation at Tai-kok-tsui; and No. 27, the Road across the King's Park which was dealt with in my Despatch No. 346 of the 20th September last. For these $58,200 is required or nearly 3% of the whole vote.
9.
Summarising the figures in the preceding three paragraphs it will be seen that it is proposed to spend on new works, not yet in hand $87,000 or 5% of the vote; on extension of systems of drainage, etc., minor alterations, and on resumptions -$354,500 or 19% do.; on new works, already in hand -$1,373,700 or 76% do. $1,815,200; the discrepancy between this total and the $1,815,300 printed in the Estimates being the nominal sum of $100 inserted as Item 24 for the Store Account.
10.
I have dealt at some length with the figures of the Public Works Extraordinary Vote as this is, I believe, the largest that has ever been passed in the Colony and I wished to show that without stopping important works in hand there was little possibility of reducing it. On the three Public Works Votes — Departmental, Recurrent and Extraordinary — we shall spend 34 per centum of the total estimated revenue. For defence against external aggression (Vote 23), 19 per centum; for maintenance of law and order (Votes 12, 13, 17, 18, 18/a and 18/b), 13 per centum; for the health of the Colony, (Votes 11, 16, 16/a, and 19), 11 per centum; for the Post Office (Vote 7) 5 per centum.
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Less important works in hand are Item s
No. 2, Additional Storey to the Central Police Station; No. 3,
Disinfecting Station, Kowloon; No. 15, Quarters for Officers
at Taipo; No. 22, Reclamation at Tai-kok-tsui; and No. 27,
the Road across the King's Park which was dealt with in my
360 Despatch No. 346 of the 20th. September last. For these $58,200
is required or nearly 3% of the whole vote.
9.
Summarising the figures in the preceding
three paragraphs it will be seen that it is proposed to spend
on new works, not yet in hand
on extension of systems of drainage, etc., minor alterations, and on re- sumptions
on new works, already in hand
$87,000 or 5% of the vote;
-8354,500 or 19%
do.
-$1,373,700 or 76%
do.
$1,815,200;
the discrepancy between this total and the $1,815,300 printed
in the Estimates being the nominal sum of $100 inserted as
Item 24 for the Store Account.
10.
I have dealt at some length with the
figures of the Public Works Extraordinary Vote as this is I
believe the largest that has ever been passed in the Colony
and I wished to show that without stomping important works in hand there was little possibility of reducing it.
On the three Public Works Totes
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Depart-
mental, Recurrent and Extraordinary we shall spend 34 per
centum of the total estimated revenue. For defence against external aggression (Vote 23), 19 per centum; for maintenance of law and order (Votes 12, 13, 17, 18, 18/a and 18/h), 13 per centum; for the health of the Colony, (Votes 11, 16, 16/8, and 19), 11 per centum; for the Post Office (Vote 7) 5 per
centim
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