(v) Six new fire services of 3" and 4" diameter were connected to the mains at the Asiatic Litho Printing Press, Victory Building, Union Building, Olympic Motors, China Bus Co.'s garage and Granville House.
(vi) General maintenance was continued throughout the year and all plant and structures were maintained in reasonably good condition.
(vii) Remedial works were undertaken to eliminate the considerable leakage from the Gardens Service Reservoir. The damage was confined to one corner of the reservoir, which was cut off by means of a reinforced concrete retaining wall. Work was carried out by Messrs. Wan Hin & Co., under Contract No.124 of 1947 and was successfully completed on 20th September, 1947. The total cost of the work was about $60,000.00. The resulting capacity of the reservoir is 4.6 million gallons, a reduction of about 0.33 million gallons from its original capacity.
(viii) Some leakage developed at Wong Nei Chong Reservoir. At the close of the year borings were being taken in an attempt to locate the cause of the leakage.
(b) On the Mainland, the numbers of metered and unmetered services in respect to house and general services were:
Type of Supply Connected at 31.3.48 Disconnected at 31.3.48 No. of Services at 31.3.48 No. of Services at 31.3.47 Increase or Decrease Domestic 1,528 73 7,183 5,728 +1,455 Trade 457 36 2,841 2,420 +421 Shipping 25 25 Construction 103 67 49 13 +36 Government 44 32 29 +3 Main 7 6 1 TOTALS 2,133 217 10,137 8,221 +1,916In addition, 520 requisitions were received for work to be carried out for consumers at their cost, including reconnections; 1,377 applications from licensed plumbers for permission to carry out work on inside services were dealt with; 2,246 inspections of services were carried out; ten new fire services were connected to
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(v) Six new fire services of 3" and 4" diameter were connected to the mains at the Asiatic Litho Printing Press, Victory Building, Union Building, Olympic Motors, China Bus Co.'s garage and Granville House.
(vi) General maintenance was continued throughout the year and all plant and structures were maintained in reason- ably good condition.
(vii) Remedial works were undertaken to eliminate the considerable leakage from the Gardens Service Reservoir. The damage was confined to one corner of the reservoir, which was cut off by means of a reinforced concrete retaining wall. Work was carried out by Messrs. Wan Hin & Co., under Contract No. 124 of 1947 and was successfully completed on 20th September, 1947. The total cost of the work was about $60,000.00. The resulting capacity of the reservoir is 4.6 million gallons, a reduc- tion of about 0.33 million gallons from its original capacity.
Reservoir.
(viii) Some leakage developed at Wong Nei Chong At the close of the year borings were being taken in
an attempt to locate the cause of the leakage.
(b) On the Mainland, the numbers of metered and unmetered services in respect to house and general services were:
Type of Supply Connected
Dis- connected
No. of Services
No. of Services
Increase or
Decrease
at 31.3.48. at 31.3.47
Domestic
1,528
73
7,183
5,728
+1,455
Trade
457
36
2,841
2,420
+421
Shipping
25
25
Construction
103
67
49
13
+
36
Government
44
41
32
29
+
3
Main
7
6
1
TOTALS
2,133
217
10,137
8,221
+ 1,916
In addition, 520 requisitions were received for work to be carried out for consumers at their cost, including reconnections; 1,377 applications from licensed plumbers for permission to carry out work on inside services were dealt with; 2,246 inspections of services were carried out; ten new fire services were connected to
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