Estimates-1915 — Page 85

FOR THE YEAR 1915.

PUBLIC WORKS.

1. PUBLIC WORKS.—Continued.

B.-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT,

HONGKONG.

BUILDINGS.

1 Maintenance of Buildings,

2 Improvements to Buildings,..

3 Maintenance of Lighthouses,

COMMUNICATIONS.

[Class VI]

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Approved Estimate, 1914.

Estimate, 1915.

30

61,000

4,500

66,000 9.000 4,500

(1) (2) (2) (3) (4)

4 Maintenance of Rouds and Bridges in City, 5 Improvements to Roads and Bridge in City. 6 Maintenance of Ronds and Bridges outside City, 7 Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City, 8 Maintenauce of Telephones including all Cables,

66,000

76,000

(1) (2)

25.000

(2) (4) (5)

26,000

30,000

(1) (2)

5.000

(2) (4) (6)

6,500

6,500

DRAINAGE.

9 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullabs. &c..

LIGHTING.

14,000

16,000

(7)

10 Gas Lighting. City and Suburbs and Hill District, 11 Electrie Lighting. City, Hill District and Shankiwan,

48,000 23.500

49.000 24.500 (9)

(8)

MISCELLANEOUS.

12 Maintenance of Prava Wall and Piers.

4,500

6.000 (10)

12 Maintenance of Public Cemetery.

2.500

2.500

14 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,

4,000

4.500

(11)

15 Maintenance of Public Recreation Gronds,

3.000

8,000

16 Dredging Foreshores,

12.000

12,000

17 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,

24.000

24,000

18 Stores Depreciation,

4,800

4,500

19 Upkeep of Plant,

5,000 (12)

WATER WORKS.

20 Maintenance of City and Hill District,

65,000

21 Maintenance of Shaukiwan,....

1,000

75,000 (13)

1,000

22 Maintenance of Aberdeen,

500

23 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),

7,500

500 7.500

Total Hongkong,..

Carried forward,..............

378,300

378,300

457,300

457,300

(1) Increase in cost of work, and previous under-estimate. (2) Based on revised estimmte for 1914.

(6) Hitherto charged to Maintenance of Bublines". (4) It has been considered more satisfactory to separate the

cost of improvements from that of maintenance.

(6) Hitherto charged to Maintenance of Roads and Bridges

in City".

(6) Hitherto charged to "Maintenance of Roads and Bridges

outside City".

(7) Previous under-estimate. and more sewers, etc.. to

maintain.

(8) Increase in number of lights.

(0) Extensions of lighting in lil District and Shaukiwan. (10) Increased cost of maintaining old piers, and previous under-

estimate.

(11) Extra terracing.

(12) For chipping and painting St. Enoch and repairing bot-

tom plates.

(13) Previous under-estimate, and additional pumping and

filtration consequent on increased consumption.

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