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HONGKONG ESTIMATES

PUBLIC WORKS.

1.-PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.

A.-PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,—Continued.

Brought forward,

OTHER CHARGES.

Conveyance Allowances to:-

Director of Public Works,..............

1st Assistant Director of Public Works,.

Approved Estimate, 1914.

Estimate, 1915.

397,825

417,691

480

480

360

360

2nd Assistant Director of Public Works,...

360

360

7 Executive Engineers, 6 at $360 each, and 1 at $360 + $180

Pony Allowance,..

2,520

2,700

10 Assistant Engineers, 1 at $360, and 9 at $244 each,

1 Principal Land Surveyor,

2,852

2,556

(2)

360

360

4 Land Surveyors, and 10 Assistant Land Surveyors, 13 at $360,

each, and I at $360 + $120 Pony Allowance,

4,080

1 Drainage Surveyor,

360

5,160 360

(3)

2 Apprentice Surveyors, Crown Lands and Surveys, at

$180 each,

360 (4)

1 Apprentice Surveyor, Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 2 Land Bailiffs, at $360 each,

144

144

720

720

1 Superintendent of Accounts, Correspondence and Stores, ... 1 4th Grade Storekeeper,

180

180

120

120

I Clerk of Works,

270

270

1 Electrician,

360

360

5 Overseers, Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, at

$270 each,

1,350

1,350

6 Overseers, Water Works, 1 at $270 +$180 Pony Allowance,

4 at $270 each, and at $180,

1,890

1,710

(5)

17 Overseers, General Staff, 2 at $360, 9 at $270, and 6 at

$180 each,

3,960

4,230

(6)

3 Foremen, 1 at $120, 1 at $90, and 1 at $72,

282

282

3 Meter Readers, at $180 each,

540

540

1 Clerk and Assistant,

240

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(7)

Drawing Materials and Mounting Plans,.

1,600

3,400 i (8)

Electric Fans and Light,

1,000

1,600

(9)

Furniture,

500

500

Incidental Expenses,

2,120

2,250

(10)

Incidental Expenses, Store,.

1,000

1,000

Land Survey Coutingencies,

1,000

2,000

(11)

Language Study Allowance (Chinese) to 1 Land Surveyor,

180

240

(12)

Kent of Telephone Exchange, (£30),

327

(13)

Surveying Instruments,

1,600

2,150 (14)

Transport and Travelling Expenses,

3,800

4,300

(15)

Uniform for Indian Constables,.

390

390

Total Other Charges,

34,705

432,530

40,672

458,363

Total Public Works Department,

SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.

Typewriter,. Furniture,

275 (16) 1,000 (17)

1,275

Total Special Expenditure,

(1) Pony allowance transferred from Assistant Engineer on

promotion.

(2) 1 at $360 reduced to $244 on new appointment; $180 pony allowance transferred to Exccutive Engineer on pro-

motion.

(3) 3 new posts,-Governor's Despatch No. 172 of 20th May.

1914.

(4) Considered necessary.

(5) Pony allowance to 1 discontinued.

(6) 1 additional at $270,-C.O. Despatch No. 201 of 6th

August, 1914.

(7) New post necessitated by increase of work in the Main-

tenance Office.

(8) More plans required, and more work anticipated.

(9) More fans installed, and provision made for cast of

placing worn-out and damaged electric light bul hitherto charged to "Maintenance of Buildings ",

P.W.R (10) Certain expenditure, properly chargeable to this role, ba hitherto been charged to Miscellaneous Services. Stationery".

(11) More work anticipated.

(12) Increased from $180,--General Order No. 134 (2). (18) Transferred to "Miscellaneous Services-Rent of Tele

phones".

(14) Extra instruments required for Praya East Reclamation. (15) More supervision work expected to be performed. (16) For use of Accounts Office which has no typewriti

machine.

(17) For plan-cases, book-cases and filing cabinets.