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Public Works Department Annual Report 工務司署年報 All AI Reviewed

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1913.

Expenditure.

1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:-

Amount voted. Supplemen-
Estimates. tary Votes. Actual Expenditure. Total. $ $ $ $ $ (i.) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 378,886.00 20,421.71 399,307.71 366,107.07 (ia.) Special Expenditure:- Surveying Instruments, &c., 1,765.00 1,765.00 1,447.56 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, 435,600.00 190,520.65 626,120.65 750,684.48 (iii.) Extraordinary Works, 1,693,300.00 116,965.23 1,810,265.23 1,247,857.06 Total, $2,509,551.00 327,907.59 2,837,458.59 2,366,096.17

Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.

With regard to (i), the saving is due to vacancies in the Staff, lapsing pay of Officers on leave and refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies.

In the case of (ii), savings occurred under the following sub-heads as set forth below:

Hongkong. Maintenance of Telephones, including all cables, $ 771.47 Maintenance of Public Cemetery, 469.03 Maintenance of Recreation Grounds, 1,930.04 Maintenance of Shaukiwan Water Works, 436.75 Maintenance of Aberdeen Water Works, 261.08 Kowloon. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., 787.81 Gas Lighting, 628.04 Electric Lighting, 151.20 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 1,287.02 Dredging Foreshores, 1,841.24

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1913. Expenditure. 1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:- Amount voted. Supplemen-Estimates. tary Votes. Actual Expenditure. Total. $ $ $ $ $ (i.) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 378,886.00 20,421.71 399,307.71 366,107.07 (ia.) Special Expenditure:- Surveying Instruments, &c., 1,765.00 1,765.00 1,447.56 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, 435,600.00 190,520.65 626,120.65 750,684.48 (iii.) Extraordinary Works, 1,693,300.00 116,965.23 1,810,265.23 1,247,857.06 Total, $2,509,551.00 327,907.59 2,837,458.59 2,366,096.17 Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B. With regard to (i), the saving is due to vacancies in the Staff, lapsing pay of Officers on leave and refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies. In the case of (ii), savings occurred under the following sub-heads as set forth below: Hongkong. Maintenance of Telephones, including all cables, $ 771.47 Maintenance of Public Cemetery, 469.03 Maintenance of Recreation Grounds, 1,930.04 Maintenance of Shaukiwan Water Works, 436.75 Maintenance of Aberdeen Water Works, 261.08 Kowloon. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., 787.81 Gas Lighting, 628.04 Electric Lighting, 151.20 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 1,287.02 Dredging Foreshores, 1,841.24

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR. 1913. Expenditure. 1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually ex- pended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:- In Amount voted. Supplemen- Estimates. tary Votes. Actual Expenditure. Total. $ $ $ $ (i.) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 378,886.00 20,421.71 399,307.71 366,107.07 (ia.) Special Expenditure:- Surveying Instru- ments, &c., (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, (iii.) Extraordinary Works,. 1,693,300.00 1,765.00 1,765.00 1,447.56 435,600,00 190,520.65 626,120.65 750,684.48 116,965,231,810,265.23 1,247,857.06 Total,...$2,509,551.00 327,907.59 2,837,458.59 2,366,096,17 Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B. With regard to (i), the saving is due to vacancies in the Staff, lapsing pay of Officers on leave and refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies. In the case of (ii), savings occurred under the following sub- heads as set forth below: Hongkong. Maintenance of Telephones, including all cables, $ 771.47 Maintenance of Public Cemetery, 469.03 Maintenance of Recreation Grounds, 1,930.04 Maintenance of Shaukiwan Water Works, 436.75 Maintenance of Aberdeen Water Works, 261.08 Kowloon. Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., 787.81 Gas Lighting, 628.04 Electric Lighting, 151.20 Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries, 1,287.02 Dredging Foreshores, 1,841.24

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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR. 1913.

Expenditure.

1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually ex- pended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:-

Amount voted.

Supplemen-

Estimates. tary Votes.

Actual Expenditure.

Total.

(i.) Personal Emoluments

and Other Charges, 378,886.00 20,421.71 399,307.71

366,107.07

(ia.) Special Expenditure:-

Surveying Instru- ments, &c.,

(ii) Annually Recurrent

Works,

(iii.) Extraordinary Works,. 1,693,300.00

1,765.00

1,447.56

435,600,00

190,520.65 626,120.65 750,684.48

116,965,231,810,265.23 1,247,857.06

Total,...$2,509,551.00

327,907.59 2,837,458.59 2,366,096,17

Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.

In the case of (ii), savings occurred under the following sub- heads as set forth below:

Hongkong.

Maintenance of Telephones, including all cables,

$ 771.47

Maintenance of Public Cemetery,

469.03

Maintenance of Recreation Grounds,

1,930.04

Maintenance of Shaukiwan Water Works,

436.75

Maintenance of Aberdeen Water Works,

261.08

Kowloon.

Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,

787.81

Gas Lighting,

628.04

Electric Lighting,

151.20

Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,

1,287.02

Dredging Foreshores,

1,841.24

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