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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
PUBLIC WORKS.
1.- PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B.-PUBLIC WORKS. RECURRENT,—Continued.
Brought forward,.........
KOWLOON.
BUILDINGS.
Approved Estimate, 1916.
Estimate, 1917.
451,700
455,700
24 Maintenance of Buildings,
25 Improvements to Buildings,
COMMUNICATIONS.
26 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,.....
13,000 1,000
13,000
1,000
28,000
28,000
27 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,. 28 Maintenance of Telephones................
4,000
4,000
2,500
2,500
DRAINAGE.
29 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,......
6,000
7,000 (1)
LIGHTING.
30 Gas Lighting,...
12,500
13,000
31 Electric Lighting,
2,800
3,600
} (2)⋅
MISCELLANEOUS.
32 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,
1,500
1,500
33 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,. 34 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,.
WATER WORKS.
500
500
4,000
4,000
35 Maintenance of Water Works, 36 Water Account. (Meters, &c.),
10,000
12,000
(3)
4,000
4,000
89,800
94,100
Total Kowloon,.......
NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS."
37 Maintenance of Buildings,
38 Improvements to Buildings,
1,500 500
10,500 (4) 1,000 (5)
39 Maintenance of Buildings,-Mainland and Islands in
Northern District,
9,000
(4)
40 Improvements to Buildings,-Mainland and Islands in
Northern District,
500
(5)
COMMUNICATIONS.
41 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
16,000
16,000
42 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
2,000
2,000
43 Maintenance of Telephones,...
4,000
4,000
DRAINAGE.
44 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,.............
500
500
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LIGHTING.
45 Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo,
600
600
MISCELLANEOUS.
46 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,
47 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
48 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,-Mainland and Islands
100
100
500
in Northern District,
2,500
2,000
(6)
WATER WORKS.
49 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok,
50 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
1,500 200
2,000
(7)
200
Total New Territories,......
Total Public Works, Recurrent,...
38,900
580,400
39,400
589,200
(1) Extensions of sewers and nullahs. (2) Addition of new lamps.
(3) Increase in consumption of water, necessitating filtration
of water.
(4) Items 37 and 39 now combined.
(5) Items 38 and 40 now combined.
(6) Items 47 and 48 now combined.
(7) Repairs to channel for conveying water required.
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