Estimates-1939 — Page 99

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Head 25.--PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT AND WATER WORKS. 99

Head 25.-PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT AND WATER WORKS.

A. PUBLIC WORKS (GENERAL) (1)

Sub-heads

1:-BUILDINGS.

Approved Estimate, 1938.

Estimate, 1939.

$

69

$

ЄA

ЄA

123

Maintenance of Buildings

311,000

2

Improvements to Buildings

28,000

3 Maintenance of Lighthouses

10,000

340,000 34,500 10,000

(2)

(3)

349,000

384,500

2:-COMMUNICATIONS.

1

N

Roads and Bridges (Maintenance and Improvements) Maintenance of Telephones including all cables

297,000

21.100

344,000 (4) 22,100 (5)

318,100

366,100

3: DRAINAGE.

1 Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.

44,000

46,000

44,000

46,000

4:-LIGHTING.

1

Street Lighting

317,000

351,000

(6)

317,000

351,000

5:-TYPHOON & RAINSTORM DAMAGES.

1 Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages

30,000

46,000

(7)

30,000

46,000

6:-MISCELLANEOUS.

1234 10 © 700

Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers

34,000

36,000 (4)

Maintenance of Public Cemetery

2,000

2,000

Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries..

9,500

9,000

Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds

5,000

7,000

|(4)

5

Dredging Foreshores

25,000

25,000

6

Boundary Stones

6,000

6,000

Survey of Colony

4,000

4,000

S

Maintenance of Vehicles Ferry Piers at Jubilee Street and

Jordan Road

18,000

18,000

Stores Depreciation

100

(8)

103,600

I,161,700

107,000

1,300,600

Total A.-Public Works (General)..............

B.-WATER WORKS. (1)

Sub-heads

Maintenance of Water Works

1:-MAINTENANCE.

12分

Water Meters, Upkeep and repairs.......

3

Maintenance of Workshop................

Total Maintenance Charges

2:-

Renewals and Improvements Fund, Contribution to.....................

Total B.-Water Works

346,000 92,500

435,000 (9) 126,000 (10) 7,000 (11)

438,500

568,000

399,907

399,907

967,907

(1) Previously shown under separate sub-heads of Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Kowloon and New Territories.

(2) Increased maintenance, more buildings. (3) Last year's provision insufficient.

4) Increased maintenance.

(5) Increased costs and maintenance.

(6) Last year's provision insufficient and improve-

ments to main road lighting in Kowloon.

(7) Includes $16,000 for work to be completed on

damage caused by 1937 typhoon.

(8) Transferred to separate Head.

(9) Increa ed maintenance and provision for Waste

Detection work.

(10) Increased meterage and higher standard of meter

efficiency.

(11) New item: previously run as Suspense Account.