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Head 26.-KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

Approved Estimate, 1937.

Estimate, 1938.

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,—Continued.

Brought forward

€

720,300

710,746

Sub-heads:

Special Expenditure.

33 New Locomotive Staff Quarters at Hung Hom.

34 Improvements to north side of Kowloon Station

35 Detached kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts

36 One Neale's Token Instrument

20,000

7,100

1,200

1,400

(1)

1,350

37 Additional Typewriter for Stores Office

400

38 Double Wire Signalling at Fanling Station

8,000

39 Reconditioning of two Coaches

22,000

40 One new Superheated Boiler for Class B Locomotive

41 Railbus for running a shuttle service between Fanling and

Taipo Market

45,000

8,000

42 Provision of fans in five 3rd Class Coaches

1,600

900

(2)

43 Two new Saloon Motor Cars..

7,000

44 Reinforced concrete road level crossings.

3,000

450

Extension of Platform No. 4, Kowloon Station

3,500

(5)

Reconditioning and converting from Saturated to Superheated

steam one Class B Locomotive Boiler...

25,000

(5)

One New "ACFI" Feed Water Heater Pump..

6,000

(5)

One Twist Drill Grinder

800

(5)

Two new Typewriters

900

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

Total Special Expenditure

Total Kowloon-Canton Railway

(5)

4,000

(5)

46,000

121,600

766,300

832,346

Personal Emoluments.

Details of the foregoing.

E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.

E-1-3 GENERAL MANAGER.

E-1-3-1 Salaries.

NUMBERS.

1937

1938

1

1

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

£50 annually)

24,652

25,452 (6)

Junior Clerical Service:

11

1

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

3,300

3,300

1

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

1,800

1,800

:12

2

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

to $240 by $12 triennially)

468

470

(6)

1

1

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

192

192

E-1-3-2 Allowances.

Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances

to 3 at $48 each

144

144

Carried forward

30,556

31,358

(1) 2nd instalment of a 3 year programme.

(2) Final part of a 3 year programme.

(3) Replacements.

(4) Retention money.

(5) Non-recurrent.

(6) Stipulated increments.

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