287
22. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Victoria.-The work under this heading has been principally confined to repairing main thoroughfares. Several of the streets and roads suffered during the heavy rains which accompanied the typhoon of October last, the retaining wall supporting Seymour Road on Inland Lot 509 collapsed and the road slipped away, a portion of the retaining wall on the north side of Upper Richmond Road was knocked down and carried away part of the roadway, a portion of the roadway in Glenealy was also carried away, a large landslip occurred on the south side of Morrison Hill Road opposite Morrison Hill, and numerous smaller slips throughout the City. The macadamised surface of Praya Central was considerably broken up by the heavy seas which broke over the Praya wall.
The expenditure under this heading of account has been $22,292.24.
23. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges out of Victoria.-Thorough repairs have been executed to the new and old Aberdeen roads, the road from Deep Water Bay to Stanley, the road to Cape D'Aguilar, the road from Victoria Gap to Pokfulam, Wanchai Gap Road and Magazine Gap Road.
24. Several of the old timber bridges in the outside districts have been removed and replaced by bridges constructed of iron rails and concrete.
The expenditure under this heading of account has been $11,928.56.
25. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in Kowloon.-Until after the heavy gales of September and October last all the roads and streets in Kowloon were in good repair. The heavy rains which then occurred and the seas which broke over the Des Voeux Road caused considerable damage to the surface. Des Voeux Road has now been concreted for a width of twelve feet between East and Austin Roads.
The expenditure under this heading of account has been $5,537.10.
26. Maintenance of Waterworks.-The waterworks both in the City of Victoria and at the Peak have been maintained in a satisfactory condition without any exceptional expenditure.
27. It is, however, with regret that I have again to record that the consumption, (in this term I include legitimate use, misuse, and waste,) of water necessitated the introduction of the intermittent system from March 14th to May 16th.
The following tabular statement shews the hours of supply and the consumption during the period referred to:-
Month.
Date.
Hours of Supply,
Daily Consumption.
per
Consumption
head per diem.
March,
1st to 13th
Constant.
3,176,700
16.7
14th to 23rd
5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
2,739,200
14.4
March-April,
April-May,......
24th to 4th
6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
1,927,000
10.1
5th to 8th
6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
1,555,600
8.2
May,
9th to 16th
6 a.m. to 8 a.m.
1,287,200
6.7
28. The water in the reservoirs at Tytam and Pokfulam fell below overflow level on the 1st and 8th November respectively and reached its minimum level on the 15th and 16th May respectively.
The following is a comparative statement shewing the condition of the reservoirs and the date of the introduction of the intermittent system of supply during the dry seasons of 1891-1892, 1892-1893,
1893-1894:-
DATE ON WHICH WATER
PERIOD.
Fell below over-
flow level.
Attained its mini- mum level.
Date of introduction
of intermittent supply.
QUANTITY OF WATER IN RESERVOIRS.
Duration
of
dry season.
Tytam.
Pokfulam.
Tytam. Pokfulam. Tytam.Pokfulam.
Rainfall.
1891-1892,
Nov. 15 Nov. 12 | Ap. 20 Mar. 28 | Not introduced
1892-1893,
Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Ap. 28| Ap. 28 9th March
Nov. 10-April 19 10.13
(162 days)
31,600,000 | 12,930,000|Sep. 22-April 27 | 9′′.365
(218 days)
1893-1894,
Nov. 1 Nov. 8 May 15 May 16 14th March
65,514,000 | 21,964,000| Oct. 19-May 16 5.035
(208 days)
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.