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No. 12.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1881.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Public Works for the Month ended 31st December, 1880, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th January, 1881.

FREDERICK STewart,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

RETURN OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE MONTH ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1880.

Description of

Date of Original Order for Commence- ment of

Completion Commence-

of Estimate for

ment of Works.

Present Condition of

Amount Expended

of Estimate. Date.

to

Balance Remaining.

WORKS & BUILDINGS.

2.-Repairs to Buildings,

Governt House- white-washing walls and repairing fire place in Guard Room; providing tables for, and fixing ranges in Cook- house,

Incidental services under $50 each.

Central Police Station-cleaning

drains and chunaming floor of cell Compound. Civil Hospi- tal-repairing floors and block- ing up gateway, &c. Gardener's Quarters-changing fire grates. Post Office-lime-whiting, tar- ring and altering servants' urinals, &c.,...

Building new retaining wall at Government School, Shau-ki- wán village,

3.-Maintenance of Water Works,

Incidental repairs to water fit- tings in Government Buildings; cleaning out sand and stones, &c., from water tanks, water sources and dams during the month of December,.

ROADS, STREETS & BRIDGES.

Re-making Streets in T'ai-p'ing-shán,

Se.

Repairs to Upper Lascar Row,. 13.-Road & Street Contingencies,.

Incidental repairs to Water Lane

and other streets in the City,... § 16.-Watering Streets,.

Supplying manual labour for

watering streets in the City, ...) Praya Works, Piers & Landing Steps, New Timber Wharf, bottom of

Pottinger Street,

New Timber Landing Steps in front of Central Market and White's Lane,.. Repairs to Stone Landing Pier

and Steps bottom of Ship Street, Repairs to Praya Wall, Landing Steps, &c., between the Re- clamation Ground and Great George Street,

$

$

12,000

Nil.

12,000

10th Nov., 6th Dec.,

6th Dec., Completed,

1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,

11th Dec., 18th Dec., 18th Dec., In progress,

5,000

Nil.

5,000

Completed,

9th Nov., 16th Oct., | 10th Nov., Completed,

1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,

1st Dec. to 31st Dec., Completed,

2nd Sept., 6th Sept., | 6th Sept., | completed,

25th Sept., 25th Sept., 25th Sept., completed,

26th Aug., 26th Aug., 26th Aug., Completed,

11th Dec., 13th Dec., 13th Dec., In progress,

The cost of this work was paid out

of last year's Estimate. 6,000 Nil.

6,000

220

Nil.

220

19,500

7,180

12,320

Hongkong, 6th January, 1881.

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