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Pound Lane Bathhouse-General repairs, painting, colourwashing and limewashing throughout, Shektongtsui Market-General repairs, painting and

limewashing throughout,

Sanitary Department Stables, Pokfulam Road,- General repairs, painting, colourwashing and lime- washing throughout,

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Government Villas-Substituting reinforced concrete

roof to verandah for defective tiled roof,

No. 5 Police Station-Renewing floors and sundry

repairs,

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Postmen's Quarters (behind old Land Office)-Fitting

up iron bunks and small repairs,

Mountain Lodge-Washing down painted walls,

Tsat Tsz Mui Police Station-General repairs, painting

and colourwashing throughout,

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$380

348

344

312

297

276

239

201

49. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-The following sums were expended upon various lighthouses

Gap Rock :-

Repairing derricks, &c.,

General repairs, painting and lime-

washing externally,

Lightning conductors,

Flag cupboard,

Lyemun Beacon :-

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- $1,000

282

200

91

$1,573

Constructing reinforced concrete band

round beacon where fractured,

1,013

Green Island :-

General repairs, painting and lime-

washing throughout,

659

Miscellaneous small items,

222

881

Waglan:

General repairs, painting and lime-

washing externally,

680

Lightning conductors,

46

726

Cape Collinson :-

General repairs, painting and lime-

washing throughout,

268

A considerable amount of damage was caused to the light- houses or their appurtenances by the typhoon of the 17th August, especially in the case of Gap Rock. There, the lantern was damaged, several Muntz metal shutters were badly twisted, prac- tically the whole of the iron railings fencing the various paths, etc., were destroyed, several doors and windows were carried away and