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sold as a fertiliser.
Owing to the recent depression in
the silk trade and the depreciation of Chinese silver currency the contractor has been faced with difficulties which eventually rendered him unable to cope with the work even on payment of a monthly subsidy by Government. The Government had therefore no alternative but to under-
take the work departmentally.
The Sanitary Department also proposes to under- take by direct labour the recurrent work of exhumation and a considerable saving on that sub-head is anticipated. The replacement of two deep draft barges and three towing barges is provided for under "Special Expenditure". At present the department is carrying on with the barest minimum of barges, a number which leaves no margin for emergencies and not even a barge in reserve to permit of
In con- one of the fleet being taken off for repairs.
nection with the removal of Kowloon refuse to the new
dump at Kun Tong provision for a refuse boat pier at Ma Tau Kok Road has been made under Public Works Extraordinary.
It is considered that the time has now come for the
creation of a new post of Chief Inspector, Kowloon. will then be one Chief Inspector functioning on either side of the Harbour. A consequent reduction of one has been
made in the cadre of Senior Sanitary Inspectors.
Head 25 Education Department.
There
In connection with sub-head 21 "University Examina- tion Fees" I would explain that the Hong Kong University, in collaboration with the Director of Education, is sub-
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