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No. 20.

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No. "

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HONGKONG.

APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF COST OF CONTEMPLATED PUBLIC WORKS.

Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, on the 4th February, 1887.

SIR,

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

HONGKONG, 18th January, 1887.

I have the honour to transmit you the enclosed approximate Estimates of the larger works and buildings which the Government has in contemplation or which have been under consideration.

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable F. STEWART, LL.D:,

Acting Colonial Secretary,

&c..

&c.

&C.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

J. M. PRICE,

Surveyor General.

APPROXIMATE ESTIMATE OF COST OF NEW PUBLIC WORKS,

HONGKONG.

New Prison,

Slaughter House,

Supreme Court and Offices,

Praya Junction,

Drainage of Happy Valley,

+

New Central Market,

New Western Market,

Police Buildings Extensions,......

Gap Rock Light House,....

Kelletts Bank Breakwater,

Filter Beds, Service Reservoir and Water-mains,

Sanitary Works,..

Total,..

$400,000.00

50,000.00

75,000.00

438,000.00

*

25,000.00

150,000.00

200.000.00

100,000.00

90,000.00

1.50,000.00

170,000.00

600,000.00

$ 2,448.000.00

Equal to £408,000.0.0

J. M. PRICE,

Surveyor General.

*This amount may be increased to $50,000 or $60,000 by works of ornamentation and landscape gardening according to the scale on which it is contemplated to carry out this project.

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