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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH NOVEMBER, 1881.

RETURN OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE MONTH ENDED 30TH September, 1881.

971

WORKS & BUILDINGS.

Description of

Date of Original Order for Commence- ment of

Completion Commence-

of Estimate for

ment of Works.

Present Condition of

Amount of Estimate.

Expended

to

31st Aug.

Balance Remaining.

1881.

1881.

1881.

$ C.

C.

12,000

9,742.23

2,257.77

Near completed.

26th July, 9th Aug., 30th Aug., Near

completed. 17th Sept., In progress.

2.- Repairs to Buildings,

Fixing shutters in Police Officers'

quarters,

Forming new Office for Chief Inspector of Police in Central Station,

Government House, general re- pairs, colouring and painting, Incidental services under $50 each,-

Repairing roofs of Nos. 7 and 9 Police"

Stations, repairing fence and verandah floor Central Police Station, general repairs to New Lock & Civil Hospital, Quarters of Supt. Botanical Gardens, East and West Villas, repairing wood work, and clearing Land Slip at North & South Pavillions, repairs to shutters No. 3 Police Station, general repairs to Harbour Offices & Harbour Officers' Quarters, concreting stalls at No. 1 Station (stables) general repairs to Stables Government Offices, making new steps to Registrar General's Office, general repairs to Government Offices Wán-tsai & Yau-má-ti Markets, 3.—Maintenance of Water Works,

Incidental repairs to Hydrants, Fire and Stop Cocks, Water Mains, cleaning out Sand from Dams, Sand Pits, Water Courses, &c., during the month, 4.—Maintenance of Telegraphs,

Securing the shore ends of Tele-

graph Cable near Whitfield Police Station and Hung-hòm, ROADS, STREETS & BRIDGES. 10.-Maintenance of Piers,

Repairs to Peddar's Wharf, and Timber Jetty at Kau-lung ren- dered necessary by the late storm 11.-Drainage and Sewerage,

Constructing a new sewer between Second and Third Streets, Sai- ying-p'ún,

Cleaning Drains and Pipe Holes in Eastern & Western Districts, 12.-Roads out of Victoria,.

Repairs to Pok-fú-lam Road, Peak Road,"

Wong-nai-ch'ung Valley Road, Plan- tation Road, Kennedy Road, Wan-tsai Gap Road, Little Hongkong Road, Little Hongkong New Road, Aberdeen Road, Stanley Road, Mount Kellett Road, Robinson and Kimberley Road, Sea Wall Shan-ki-wán Road, Sea Wall Aberdeen Road, retaining and parapet Wall on Pok-fú-lam Rd., reconstruct- ing culvert under Shau-ki-wán Rd., &c. J 13.-Road & Street Contingencies,.

Incidental Services under $50 each,- Repairs to Hospital Rd., Western Street," Pok-fú-lam Road, Albert Road, Caine Road, Upper Albert Road, Morrison Hill Rd., High Street, Wilmer Street, Morrison Street, Square Street, Tank Lane, and T'ai-p'ing-shán St., clear- ing Land Slip from Govt. Gardens,...] 14.-Re-making Streets in T'ai-p'ing-

shán, Sc..... Reconstructing Road, from Pok-

to Battery Road,}

Rebuilding Bowrington Bridge,—

Sanctioned in C.S.Ö. No. 2227 of1880, Harbour of Refuge at Causeway Bay,

Construction of,

Special Works paid for by Crown

Lessees,

Deviation of Ice House Lane, Changing line of and re-construct- ing portion of the Sewer at the upper end of Duddell Street,... Reconstructing a portion of the Duddell Street Sewer which passes under the Queen's Road,

16th July, 26th July, 17th Aug.,

:..

31st Aug., 1880.

1st Sept., 1880. 21st May, 7th June,

:

Completed.

5,000 1,917.43

3,082.57

Completed.

1,300

726.46

573.54

Completed.

300

25.26

274.74

Completed.

In progress.

13,000 6,095.54 6,904.46

Completed.

8,000

3,572.39 4,427.61

Completed.

Completed.

6,000

4,405.51 1,594.49

9,000 6,014.47

2,985.53

Nil.

In progress. 28th Jan., In progress,

1,500

1,500.00 28th June, In progress, 100,000 12,000.00 88,000.00

2nd Mar., In progress, 22nd July, In progress,

6,000

2,000

3,000.00 3,000.00

500.00 1,500.00

22nd July, In progress,

550

Nil.

550.00

Hongkong, 27th October, 1881.

E. Bowdler, Acting Surveyor General,