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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1896.
9. Miscellaneous Works.--The more important works carried out under this heading of account
are:--
Mounting Guns for Signalling purposes at the Gap Rock. C.S.O.983,
Expenditure during 1896. .$ 450.98
Erecting three punishment cells and a kitchen at the West Point Reformatory,
C.S.O. 1893,
37 3
...
.$ 323.87
Re-building Southern Boundary Wall, Police Dock Basin, Kowloon, C.S.O..133, $ 801.24 Completion of Boat Slip, Kowloon, C.S.O. 1338
18951
973
Additional Quarters at Cape Collinson Lighthouse, C.S.O. 13,. Completion of Retaining Wall, South of Inland Lot 509, C.S.O. 4844, Street Improvements, Shaukiwan, C.S.O. 486
18961
1205
Repairs to Shektongtsui Nullah, C.S.O. 1394,... Magazine for explosives, Gap Rock, C.S.O. $3,
435 1896
3076
Po Yan Street Improvement, C.S.O. Store at Central Police Station, C.S.O. 3336.
1895:
2546 1894
.$ 448.02
$2,866.87
.$ 986.90 .$1,885.58
.$ 672.47
$ 912.76
$ 462.91
.$ 659.69
..$2,624.52
Channelling and kerbing Cameron, Granville and Carnarvon Roads, Kowloon,
C.S.O. 440
The whole of the above works have been completed.
10. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria. The macadam surfaces of Queen's Road, Praya East, Praya Central, Bonham Strand and Cleverly Street, and also the concrete surfaces of* Zetland Street, have been renewed.
Garden Road from Queen's Road to St. John's Place, and Battery Path, have been re-laid with
cement concrete.
Kennedy Road has been re-surfaced with decomposed granite.
The usual repairs to the streets and roads have been executed.
The timber bridge which carried Hill Road across the Shektongtsui Nullah has been replaced by a bridge of iron and concrete construction.
11. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria.-Extensive repairs have been executed to the Cape D'Aguilar, Magazine Gap and Mount Kellet Roads. The whole of the roads have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair.
12. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges, Kowloon.-The principal streets in the villages of Yau Ma Ti and Hung Hom have been surfaced with decomposed granite, and the roads in Tsim Sha Tsui have been maintained in a satisfactory state of repair.
The kerbing and channelling and general improvement of some of the roads in this district will shortly require attention.
13. Maintenance of Water Works, City and Hill District.-The water works have been maintained in a satisfactory condition. Particulars of the quantity supplied froin the various sources will be found in appendix A.
The water supply to the City of Victoria and Hill District and the necessity for extending the existing works have been dealt with by me in a special report dated the 9th May.
14. Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon.-The constant supply of water to Kowloon has been maintained. The following tabular statement gives the quantity of water pumped and the quantity supplied by meter during the period under review.
QUANTITY IN GALLONS,
MONTH.
Pumped.
Supplied by meter.
January. February, March, April,
May...
4,721,000
1,549,000
3,531,000
1,992,000
3,983,000
2,387,000
`3,065,000
663,000
3,825,000
868,000
June,
3,207,000
1,651,000
Total,..........
22,332,000
9,110,000
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