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Were it not for the prosent financial stringency the Government
would recommend a considerably larger grant than the $10,000
provided in the Estimates, under sub-head 30. The other $1,000 is for repairs at the French Convent.
HEAD 29 - KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
The to spare boilers which the Railway have for their
class B locomotives are worn out. It is therefore necessary
to purchase a new sparc boiler before the two old ones are sent
home for reconditioning. The maintenance of the iron fencing
of insurance against loss by theft round the locomotive yard at Hung Hom is in the n ture/of the
valuable stores which are kept there. It has been found that
the fence posts are b dly corroded underground.
The four coaches which were rebuilt this year, nd
the four which are to be rebuilt next year, at a cost of $10,000
cach are twenty years old. Provision was made in the 1931
Estimates for n cxtension to Sheung Shui Station. The work
was however deferred in the interests of economy, and it is
not proposed to make any provision in 1932. The same coplics
to the extension to Yaumati Station Tard and the waiting
shelter, Fanling main platform.
HEAD 31.
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MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
In each of the winter seasons 1923/24, to 1926/27
a geologist from the University of British Colombia worked on the
gcology of Hong Kong.
complete the survey.
Certain work has still to be done to
Having gone so far it would be foolish
to leave the little that remains incomplete. The reason
for the delay in the completion of the work is that the results
of
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