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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925.
51
Hends and bub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Estimated. Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
Brought forward
16,648,525
16,329,865.01
$
1,277,780.20!
97
1,591,439.20
PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
Brought forward
PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY,—Contd.
New Territories,—Continued,
Buildings,—Continued,
Quarters for Government Officers, North
of Kowloon Tong Area
6,713,200
5,549,837.62 1,448,344.69
2,611,707.07
1,702,888.00
I
1,000
Erection of a Brick Bungalow at Tai Po,
for Public Works Department in place of the existing one ....... Block House for Police, Castle Peak
1.000
5,000
4,667.18
District Sanitary Office, Shamshmipo.................
25,000
1,000,00
Kot begun.
1,000,00
382.84
25,000.00
New Lunatic Asylum:-
(a.) Buildings
20,000
20,000.00
(6.) Site....
Police Station, Kowloon City
162,000
201,335.41
Do. Shamshaipo.
162,000
200,014,61
99,935,41 38,014.61
40,000,00 48,000.00
Do.
Not begun
Site abandoned.
Under-estimated. Do.
Cheung Chiu School
1,000
1,000.00
Cu Long School
1,000
1,000.00
Gardeners' Quarters, Sheung Shui
10,000
10,000,00
Taipo School......
20,000
20,000.00
Magnetic Huts
14,000
14,000.0
Not begun.
Open Market, Kowloon City
15,000
15,000.00
Sanitary Inspector's Quarters, Kowloon
City
25,000
25,000,00
J'ublic Latrines, Urinals and Bath-bouses
25,000
8,480.02
21,569.88
Kept down to the minimum,
Communications.
Roads :-
(a) Metalling and tar painting billy portion of Lai Chi Kok-Castle Peak and Taipo Roads......
30,000
16,876.74
(8.) Taipo Market, kerbing and chen-
nelling, &c.
5,000
289.63
19,129,26
4,710,37
Do.
Do.
(c.) Taipo Road,-Widening and im-
proving from 5th milestone to Shatin....
10,000
(d.) Widening eloven bridges
20,000
10,650,80 24,102.58
650.80 4,102.58
1,300.00 4,500,00
More work done than anticipated.
(e) Surfacing and strengthening those
portions of main road running through padaly
20,000
16.197.15
() Extension of Roads in Kowloon
Tong Development Area.... (9.) Waterloo Road extension (190 fest wide) section between Kowloon Boundary to foot of hills S.E. of tuonel (estimate for 150 foot width). (4.) Fanling to Sha-tau-kok Road ................ (4) Path from Ta Ku Ling to Liu Ma
45,000
8,828.81
8,802.8%
98,171.19
Less work done than anticipated.
Do.
5,000
75,000
5,647,50 73,879,00
647.50
1,121.(*)
Hoog for patrol purposes
15,000
() Road to Shun Wan
10,000
(4.) Taipo Market to Kam Shan.
5,000
4,567.23
15,000,000 10,000,00
482.77
*
Do.
2,000.00
(A) Wideuing two bridges at Au Tau
and Kum Tsin
40,000
10.430.94
(m.) Macadamizing Taipo Road between
5th and 9th Mile
(#) Macadamizing roal from Fauling
25,000
to Sheung Shui Train Halt.........
(0.) General Works
25,000 30,000
23,387.74
16,857.87 59,679,00
29,079.00
Carried forward
Carried forward.........
7,560,200 6,236,679.76 1,560,774.54 2,884,294.76
16,648,525 16,329,865.91 1,277,780.20 1,501,489.29
23,589,00
1,612.28
8,142.19
48,500.00
1,886,188.00
4,500.00 40,000,00!
Slow progress due to Railway question on Construction site.
Not begun.
Work cheaper than was anticipated.
Kept down to the minimum.
Necessary to keep pace with the expansion of the Colony.
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