Estimates-1939 — Page 47

Head 13. KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,—Continued.

Brought forward

Approved Estimate, 1938.

€

$

710,716

Estimate, 1939.

#A

$

$

896,556

Special Expenditure.

Sub-heads:

34 Detached kitchens for Staff Quarters and Gang Huts 35 Electrical Equipments for Carriages

1,400

1,200

(1)

4,068

36 Four 40-ton Hydraulic Lifting and Traversing Jacks

2,034

38 Installation of Telephones at Level Crossings

Kowloon Station

37 Goods Wagons heavy repairs

39 Locomotive heavy repairs..

40 New Locomotive Staff Quarters at Hung Hom..

41 New Signal Post for Kowloon Station Yard

42 One all gear High Speed Column Drilling Machine

43 One set Neale Token Instruments as replacements

44 Rebuilding of Typewriters

45 Reconstruction of lean-to roofs and gantries of Goods Shed at

46 Re-railing part of Kowloon Station Yard

47 Sidewalk for Bridge No. 47

43 Tarpaulins

49 Two Calculating and Adding Machines

Improvements to north side of Kowloon Station

One Neale's Token Instrument

5,000

3,000

15,000

20,000

1,500

(2)

1,650

1,595

2,800

200

3,500

10,000

1,000

2,000

1,000

7,100

1,350

Additional Typewriter for Stores Office

Double Wire Signalling at Fanling Station

Reconditioning of two Coaches

One new Superheated Boiler for Class B Locomotive

Railbus for running a shuttle service between Fanling and

Taipo Market

Provision of fans in five 3rd Class Coaches

Two new Saloon Motor Cars......

Reinforced concrete road level crossings..

Total Special Expenditure

Total Kowloon-Canton Railway

Personal Emoluments.

Details of the foregoing.

E-1 GENERAL EXPENSES.

400

8,000

..

22,000

45,000

(3)

8,000

900

7,000

450

121,600

55,547

832,346

952,103

E-1-3 GENERAL MANAGER.

NUMBERS.

E-1-3-1 Salaries.

1938

1

1939

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

£50 annually)

25,452

25,600 (4)

Junior Clerical Service:

1

1

Class I, ($3,500 to $4.500 by $200 annually) Class II, ($2,700 to $3 300 by $150 annually) Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually)

3,700 (5)

3,300

(6)

1,800

1,800

2

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

to $240 by $12 triennially)

470

487

(4)

1

1

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

192

196

(4)

E-1-3-2 Allowances.

Office Attendants, and 1 Messenger, Rent Allowances

to 3 at $48 each

144

144

Carried forward

31,358

31,927

(1) Final part of a 3 year programme.

(2) Retention money.

(3) Non-recurrent.

(4) Stipulated increments.

(5) Promoted from Class II. (6) Promoted to Class I.

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