CO129-541-2 Estimates 1931 14-10-1932 - 19-7-1934 — Page 278

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Head 32-PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Head 82.-FUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

Sub-heads:-

1 Personal Emoluments

Other Charges.

Approved Estimate, 1932.

Estimate, 1933.

2,013,014

2,167,359

2 Conveyance and Motor Allowances :- Administrative and General Staff..

Accounts and Stores

Crown Lands and Surveys

Electrical..

$ 34.050

1,440

5,400

35.000

44,190

(1)

1,140

Water Works

2,160

3 Drawing Materials and Mounting Plans

9,000

9,000

4 Electric Fans and Light

5 Incidental Expenses....

6 Library

7 Lifts Maintenance, Government Buildings

8 Maintenance and Supply of Furniture

9 Surveying Instruments and Contingencies

10 Transport and Travelling Expenses

11 Uniforms

12 Upkeep of Government Garage Plant

24,000

9,000

28,000 (1)

9,000

500

(2)

5,000

6,000

(1)

30,000

30,000

3,500

3,500

11,000

11,000

3,000

6,000

(3)

1,000

1,000

13 Upkeep and running expenses of Motor Lorries and Cars

30,000

34,000

(4)

14 Upkeep of Motor and Steam Rollers......

8,000

10,000

15 Upkeep of Quarry Plants

15,000

16 Upkeep of Triangulation Monuments

17,500 (5)

500

500

Radio Telegraph Branch.

17 Incidental Expenses

1,000

18 Repairs, Stores and Current

60,000

19 Transport

4,000

1,000 70,000 (6)

4,000

Total Other Charges

249,000

285,190

Special Expenditure.

20 Harbour Surveying

21 Additional Transmitting Equipment

22 Additional Receiving Equipment

23 Amplifier for Broadcasting.

24 Underground land line between Receiving Station and Radio

Telegraph Offices

25 Two Portable W/T testing sets

26 Coil Winding machine....

27 Automatic Dove-tailing machine

28 Additional Workshop Equipment, Wanchai Workshop

29 Light Petrol Roller

30 Steam Roller (12 tons)

31 Mechanical bitumen sprayer

30,000

20,000 (7) 205,742

68,578

{ (8)

500

24,000 2,000

(9)

(8)

480

2,200

2,000

(12)

5,500 (13)

20,000 (14)

2,000 (15)

32 Twenty Time Recorders for lorries & rollers

3,200

(16)

33 Twenty four garden seats

950

(17)

Alteration to certain W/T. Transmitter

20,000

Spare Generator and Associated Switch Gear..... 1 Band Saw and lathe for Furniture repairs....... Lathe for Electric Workshop in Arsenal Street

15,000

1,000

1,500

1 Motor Mower for use on Recreation Grounds Theodolite.......

Types and palettes

Total Special Expenditure

Total Public Works Department...

(1) Previous provision insufficient.

(2) For purchase of technical books.

(3) Uniforms for motor car & lorry drivers.

(4) Repairs to Government House cars, & repairs & running

expenses of one I. & E. Department car.

(5) More spare parts required.

(6) Increase in traffic.

(7) Considered sufficient.

(8) Expansion.

(9) Improvement to hospital broadcasting.

(10) For Radio workshop.

(11) For furniture workshop.

(12) Air compressor, spray painting outfit, value grinding set,

etc.

(13) Present stock of rollers insufficient.

(14) Heavy roller required for roads for heavy traffic.

(15) For road spraying.

(16) To check running time of lorries and rollers. (17) For Botanical Gardens.

2,700

2,400

500

73,100

2,335,114

357,150

2,809,699

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