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Sand deposits were removed from the storm-water drains in Cadogan and Collinson Streets, Kennedy Town, and from the nullah near the market at Aberdeen. A considerable amount of sludge deposit was removed by the aid of divers from opposite the Hillier Street and Eastern Street sewer outfalls. Several old drains were uncovered and removed in Queen's Road Central, between D'Aguilar and Pottinger Streets, and in Chamberlain Road opposite the upper terminus of the Peak Tramway.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, $10,720.69
Repairs, 5,037.79
Tools for cleansing operations, 877.33
General incidental expenditure, 29.00
$16,664.81 as against $16,827.51 in the previous year.
54. Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,059, an increase of 9 over the previous year and in Hill District 128, an increase of 1. The positions of the various additional lamps and a note of any lamps removed will be found in paragraph 111 of this Report.
55. Electric Lighting, City.-The number of arc lamps in the principal roads remains unaltered, namely, 75. The number of incandescent lamps has been increased to 16 by installing 6 new lamps on the path from Bowen Road to May Road.
56. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.-The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this vote :-
Blake Pier-Painting and general repairs, $2,857
Murray Pier--Reconstructing pier head in hardwood timber and general repairs, 1,748
Kennedy Town Pier-Forming rubble mound underneath pier and executing general repairs, 1,179
Statue Square Pier-General repairs, 186
$5,970
57. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The construction of two new terraces, with the necessary stone retaining walls, was proceeded with in the western portion of the Cemetery, but neither of them was quite completed at the end of the year. The terrace formed last year was extended westwards. An improvement was effected by trimming and turfing the bank of the terrace in Section 21.
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Sand deposits were removed from the storm-water drains in Cadogan and Collinson Streets, Kennedy Town, and from the nullah near the market at Aberdeen. A considerable amount of sludge deposit was removed by the aid of divers from opposite the Hillier Street and Eastern Street sewer outfalls. Several old drains were uncovered and removed in Queen's Road Central, between D'Aguilar and Pottinger Streets, and in Chamberlain Road opposite the upper terminus of the Peak Tram way.
The details of expenditure under this heading are as follows:-
Labour for cleansing operations, Repairs,
Tools for cleansing operations, General incidental expenditure,
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$10,720.69
5,037.79
877.33
29.00
as against $16,827.51 in the previous year.
$16,664.81
54. Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District.-The total number of lamps in use at the end of the year in the City and its precincts was 1,059, an increase of 9 over the previous year and in Hill District 128, an increase of 1. The positions of the various additional lamps and a note of any lamps removed will be found in paragraph 111 of this Report.
55. Electric Lighting, City.-The number of arc lamps in the principal roads remains unaltered, namely, 75. The number of incandescent lamps has been increased to 16 by installing 6 new lamps on the path from Bowen Road to May Road.
56. Maintenance of Praya Walls and Piers.-The following is a statement of the principal items of expenditure under this
vote :-
$2,857
1,748
Blake Pier-Painting and general repairs, Murray Pier--Reconstructing pier head in hard-
wood timber and general repairs, .... Kennedy Town Pier-Forming rubble mound
underneath pier and executing general repairs, 1,179 Statue Square Pier-General repairs,
186
$5,970
57. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The construction of two new terraces, with the necessary stone retaining walls, was proceeded with in the western portion of the Cemetery, but neither of them was quite completed at the end of the year. The terrace formed last year was extended westwards. An improvement was effected by trimming and turfing the bank of the terrace in Sec- tion 21.
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