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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS,—Continued.
B.-PUBLIC WORKS, RECURRENT,-Continued.
Brought forward,...
KOWLOON.
BUILDINGS.
26 Maintenance of Buildings,
Approved Estimate, 1923.
Estimate, 1924.
699,300
835,800
22,000
27 Improvements to Buildings,
2,500
25,000 5,000
| (1) (2)
COMMUNICATIONS.
28 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
50,000
60,000 (2) (3)
29 Improvements to Roads and Bridges, 30 Maintenance of Telephones,
5,000
5,000
2,500
2,500
DRAINAGE.
31 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
9,000
9,000
LIGHTING.
82 Gas Lighting,
17,500
29,500
33 Electric Lighting,
7,500
15,000
!} (4)
84 Extensions of Lighting,
1,500
1,500
MISCELLANEOUS.
35 Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers,
5,000
5,000
36 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 37 Maintenance of Recreation Grounds, 38 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
4,000
WATER WORKS.
39 Maintenance of Water Works, 40 Water Account, (Meters, &c.),
16,000
20,000
10,000
12,000 (5)
Total Kowloon,
154,500
195,500
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NEW TERRITORIES.
BUILDINGS.
41 Maintenance of Buildings, 42 Improvements to Buildings,
19,000
20,000 (1)
3,000
3,000
COMMUNICATIONS.
43 Maintenance of Roads and Bridges,
15,000
45,000
44 Improvements to Roads and Bridges,
3,000
3,000
45 Maintenance of Telephones,
5,000
5,000
DRAINAGE.
46 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
600
600
LIGHTING.
3,000
500
500
6,000 (4)
100 15,000
4,000 (5)
· 500
500
300
1,500 (6)
97,750
951,550
104,200
1,135,500
47 Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo.......
MISCELLANEOUS.
48 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 49 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,
2,750
100
15,000
WATER WORKS,
50 Maintenance of Lai Chi Kok,..
51 Maintenance of Fanling Waterworks, 52 Maintenance of Taipo Waterworks, 63 Water Accouut, (Meters, &c.),
Total New Territories.
Total Public Works, Recurrent,
(1) Increased number of buildings. (2) Increased cost of materials and labour, (3) Increased mileage.
(4) Extensions of lighting in 1923.
(5) Increased consumption.
(6) Meterage adopted at Taipo and increase at Fanling and
Lai Chi Kok.
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