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for amahs and some additional accommodation for the caretaker in connection with the old school building. A large portion of the old retaining wall adjoining Gough Street had to be reconstructed.
1913 Estimates, ...$38,000.00 | Total Estimates,......
Expenditure
1913 Expenditure,... 32,770.64 31/12/13,
$55,000.00
to
40,945.64
A sum of $8,813.29 remained to be paid in 1914 under the Contract.
101. Western District--Sanitary Office.-This building, including coolie quarters, was completed in May. It occupies a vacant piece of land adjoining the stables, situated at the intersection of Pokfulam Road and Third Street, now occupied by the Sanitary Department but formerly by the Police, when mounted patrols were employed in suburban districts. Retaining walls were constructed along the west and north sides of the site so as to render available for occupation as large an area as possible.
The main building contains a basement, ground and upper floors. The basement is occupied by an ambulance shed, 21′ 3′′ × 20′ 0′′, with entrance from Second Street; the ground floor by an office, 35' 9" × 13' 6", a bath and dressing room for Inspectors, 13′ 6′′ × 5′ 0′′, and a boy's room, 10′ 0′′ × 7' 0"; and the upper floor by 3 living rooms ranging from 15′ 0′′ × 13′ 6′′ to 13′ 6′′ × 10′ 0′′, a bath-room, 7′ 0′′ × 6′ 0′′, and a kitchen, 15′ 0′′ × 7′ 0′′. A balcony extends along the north and portion of the east fronts. The coolie quarters comprise a covered-in shed, 25' 0" × 11' 0"; a coolies' room, 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′; kitchen, 10′ 0′′ × 10' 0"; bath-room, 14' 0" × 10' 0"; latrine, urinal and coal shed. The upper floor of the main building is connected with the yard by a ferro-concrete flight of steps.
The walls are of Canton red brick in lime mortar, pointed in cement mortar, and the roofs are of double pan and roll tiling. The basement floor of the main building and the floors of the coolie quarters are covered with Deep Water Bay salt-glazed tiles, laid on lime and cement concrete. The other floors of the main building are of hardwood boarding laid on hardwood joists with the exception of those of the bath-rooms and kitchen which are of cement concrete, covered with cement tiles. The balcony floors are of cement concrete, the pillars and brackets being of iron.
1913 Estimates, ... $6,000.00 | Total Estimates,......$11,500.00
1913 Sup. Vote,...... 2,000.00 | Expenditure to
1913 Expenditure,
$8,000.00 7,958.31
31/12/13,
11,529.41
102. Quarters for Subordinate Officers,- Breezy Point and Mount Parish :-
Breezy Point.-As mentioned in last year's Report (paragraph 133), Inland Lot 805 was resumed at a cost of $2,100 in order to
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for amahs and some additional accommodation for the caretaker in connection with the old school building. A large portion of the old retaining wall adjoining Gough Street had to be reconstructed.
1913 Estimates, ......$38 000,00 | Total Estimates,..
Expenditure
1913 Expenditure,... 32,770.64 31/12/13,
.$55.000.00
to
40,945.64
A sum of $8,813.29 remained to be paid in 1914 under the Contract.
101. Western District--Sanitary Office.-This building, includ- ing coolie quarters, was completed in May. It occupies a vacant piece of land adjoining the stables, situated at the intersection of Pokfulam Road and Third Street, now occupied by the Sanitary Department but formerly by the Police, when mounted patrols were employed in suburban districts. Retaining walls were con- structed along the west and north sides of the site so as to render available for occupation as large an area as possible.
The main building contains a basement, ground and upper floors. The basement is occupied by an ambulance shed, 21′ 3′′ × 20′ 0′′, with entrance from Second Street; the ground floor by an office, 35' 9" x 13' 6", a bath and dressing room for Inspectors, 13′ 6′′ × 5′ 0′′, and a boy's room, 10′ 0′′ × 7' 0"; and the upper floor by 3 living rooms ranging from 15′ 0′′ × 13′ 6′′ to 13′ 6′′ × 10′ 0′′, a bath-room, 7′ 0′′ × 6′ 0′′, and a kitchen, 15′ 0′′ × 7′ 0′′. A balcony extends along the north and portion of the east fronts. The coolie quarters comprise a covered-in shed, 25' 0" x 11' 0"; a coolies' room, 10′ 0′′ × 10′ 0′′ ; kitchen, 10′ 0′′ × 10' 0"; bath-room, 14' 0" x 10' 0"; latrine, urinal and coal shed. The upper floor of the main building is connected with the yard by a ferro-concrete flight of steps.
The walls are of Canton red brick in lime mortar, pointed in cement mortar, and the roofs are of double pan and roll tiling. The basement floor of the main building and the floors of the coolie quarters are covered with Deep Water Bay salt-glazed tiles, laid on lime and cement concrete. The other floors of the main building are of hardwood boarding laid on hardwood joists with the exception of those of the bath-rooms and kitchen which are of cement concrete, covered with cement tiles. The balcony floors are of cement concrete, the pillars and brackets being of iron.
1913 Estimates, ... $ 6,000.00 | Total Estimates,......$11,500.00 1913 Sup. Vote,...... 2,000.00 | Expenditure to
1913 Expenditure,
$8,000.00 7,958.31
31/12/13,
11,529.41
102. Quarters for Subordinate Officers,- Breezy Point and Mount Parish :-
Breezy Point.-As mentioned in last year's Report (paragraph 133), Inland Lot 805 was resumed at a cost of $2,100 in order to
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