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office, workshops and stores. Loose leaf stores ledgers were introduced as an essential preliminary to the functioning of a suspense account to cover labour and materials.
120. On the experimental side, a metalisation plant was installed for the purpose of protecting steel work against corrosion.
121. On the 31st March, 1949 the number of Government-operated vehicles totalled 217 cars, 406 lorries and 105 motor cycles. A pool of vehicles and drivers was maintained from which requests served amounted to thirteen cars and seventeen lorries daily. Applicants tested for posts as Government drivers numbered 295 out of which 176 passed and were engaged.
122. A total amount of over $148,000 was collected on outstanding accounts adjudged payable for petrol supplied to private individuals and firms during the Military Administration.
PORT WORKS OFFICE.
123. During the year under review a concentrated effort was made to complete the long programme of urgently required work to arrest deterioration of structures, and in this respect considerable success was achieved with the aid of additional plant which came to hand.
124. In other cases where lack of maintenance over so long a period had resulted in such deterioration as to make repairs uneconomical, structures were demolished making room for new development.
125. With increased staff, rehabilitation was pushed ahead and numerous new works were initiated with considerable time and effort devoted to planning. This applied particularly to reclamations.
126. With the assumption on 16th November of full responsibility for the runways of Kai Tak Airport transferred from the R.A.F. to Government, the work of the office was considerably increased.
Public Works Recurrent,
127. Maintenance of Sea Walls and Piers:-General Maintenance on all sea walls and piers in the Colony was carried out.
128. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment:-With additions to plant and equipment, the expenditure on this item naturally increased.
129. Dredging: With one dredging unit in operation for a full year and a second unit operating for 5 months, some 128,500 cu. yds. were dredged from sewer outfalls and in the vicinity of refuse piers where heavy silting had occurred,
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office, workshops and stores. Loose leaf stores ledgers were intro- duced as an essential preliminary to the functioning of a suspense account to cover labour and materials.
120. On the experimental side, a metalisation plant was installed for the purpose of protecting steel work against corrosion.
121. On the 31st March, 1949 the number of Government- operated vehicles totalled 217 cars, 406 lorries and 105 motor cycles. A pool of vehicles and drivers was maintained from which requests served amounted to thirteen cars and seventeen lorries daily. Applicants tested for posts as Government drivers num- bered 295 out of which 176 passed and were engaged.
122. A total amount of over $148,000 was collected on out- standing accounts adjudged payable for petrol supplied to private individuals and firms during the Military Administration.
PORT WORKS OFFICE.
123. During the year under review a concentrated effort was made to complete the long programme of urgently required work to arrest deterioration of structures, and in this respect consider- able success was achieved with the aid of additional plant which came to hand.
124. In other cases where lack of maintenance over so long a period had resulted in such deterioration as to make repairs uneconomical, structures were demolished making room for new development.
125. With increased staff, rehabilitation was pushed ahead and numerous new works were initiated with considerable time and effort devoted to planning. This applied particularly to reclamations.
126. With the assumption on 16th November of full respon- sibility for the runways of Kai Tak Airport transferred from the R.A.F. to Government, the work of the office was considerably increased.
Public Works Recurrent,
127. Maintenance of Sea Walls and Piers:-General Main- tenance on all sea walls and piers in the Colony was carried out.
128. Maintenance of Harbour Plant and Equipment:-With additions to plant and equipment, the expenditure on this item naturally increased.
129. Dredging: With one dredging unit in operation for a full year and a second unit operating for 5 months, some 128,500 cu. yds. were dredged from sewer outfalls and in the vicinity of refuse piers where heavy silting had occurred,
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