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the Weihaiwei contingent).
The vote for Passages has accordingly been increased by $10,000. With the completion of the new Kowloon City Police Station it will be necessary to increase the votes for Electric Light, Fans, Coal, and Small stores. Larger suns will be required for the Rent of Stations and Married quarters, as more stations and more Married quarters have been rented.
As I stated when dealing with the Harbour Master's Department there are to be no replacements of launches, which would have been provided for in the normal course of events.
Prisons Department.
The opening of three new halls at Laichikok Prison necessitates an increase in the Staff and provision has been made for an additional Principal larder and ten Warders, and in the Indian Staff of two Warders, twelve Assistant Warders, and eight Guards.
Certain corresponding increases in recurrent charges are necessary. Items are: Cleansing Materials, Clothing and Shoes for Staff, Light, Rations for Indian Warders and Subsistence of Prisoners. The vote for
Gratuities to Prisoners is also increased to meet the extra amounts that will be required as a result of the scale for gratuities having been raised.
It is with great regret that I have been compelled to direct the cessation of work on the New Prison at Ngau Shi Wan. The present makeshift arrangements are very unsatisfactory and uneconomical. I trust that the new Gaol
will be one of the first of the abandoned works to be undertaken when tiles improve.
Medical Department.
The opening of the Kowloon and Victoria Maternity
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