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Head 26. KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

Approved Estimate, 1936.

Estimate, 1937.

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,-Continued.

Brought forward

$

CA

715,590

720,300

Special Expenditure.

Sub-heads:-

34 Extension of Platform No. 4, Kowloon Station

3,500 (1)

35 Reinforced Concrete road level crossings

2,300

3,000

(2)

36 Detached Kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts

1,200

CRE

(1) (3)

37 Reconditioning and converting from Saturated to Superheated

steam one Class B Locomotive Boiler........

38 One New" ACFI" Feed Water Heater Pump..

25,000 6,000

(1)

39 Provision of fans in eight 3rd Class Coaches...

1,920

1,600

40 One Twist Drill Grinder

800

41 Two new Typewriters

900 (1)

42 Air-conditioning by ice-cooling one First Class Steel Coach...

Double-Wire Signalling at Yaumati Station

4,000 (1)

4,300

Conversion of Taipo Market Station into a Crossing and Train

Token Station

3,000

...

Re-railing Beacon Hill Tunnel

25,300

Wiring Shatin Station for Electric Light

1,300

(5)

Creosoting Plant

1,500

New Boiler for Class B locomotives

24,000

Reinforced Concrete Gantries in Carriage Shed

340

New Traffic Quarters at Lowu

320

Total Special Expenditure

Total Kowloon-Canton Railway

Personal Emoluments.

Details of the foregoing.

E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.

E-1-3 GENERAL ManageR.

64,280

46,000

779,870

766,300

NUMBERS.

E-1-3-1 Salaries.

1936

1937

1

1

Manager and Chief Engineer, (£1,400 to £1,600 by

£50 annually)

17,889

24,652

(6) (7)

Junior Clerical Service:

1

1

Class II, ($2,700 to $3.300 by $150 annually)..

3,300

3,300

1

1

Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)

1,786

1,800

(6)

2

2

Office Attendants, (1 at $252 to $300 and I at $192

to $240 by $12 triennially)

463

468

(6)

1

porad

1

Messenger ($156 to $204 by $12 triennially)

184

192

(6)

E-1-3-2 Allowances.

Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances

to 3 at $48 each

114

144

Carried forward

23,766

30,556

(1) Considered necessary.

(5) Non-recurrent.

(2) Final part of a 3 year's programme.

(3) First part of a 3 year's programme.

(6) Stipulated increments. (7) Lower rate of exchange,

(4) 2nd year's part of a 3 year's programme.

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