Salaries charged in
Expenditure on Public
Works.
Govt. Buildings exclusive of Gaol & Police Stations.
Years.
Total.
Total.
Pay Sheets. Pay Lists.
Recurrent. Extraordinary
No.
Appendix J.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Statement of Salaries, Expenditure, &c. for the Years 1878, 1883, 1888, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895.
Communications from Colonial Secretary,
Lotters despatched
(Exclusive of Notices, l'ermits, Certificates, &c., issued under Building and Water Works Ordinances, occupation of Crown Land by Squatters, References. Official to Govt. Departments.
Miscellaucous.
Cost of
Repairs of
Roads.
Cost of Repair.
Separate
Papers.
#
$
1878,
36,113
5,504
41,617
1883,
38,216
5,477
(1) 43,693
1888,
40,258
8,265
48,523
Included
in Extraor-
dinary.
142,022
142,022
29
11,560
22,660
158
No register
190
556
Approx.
kopt.
238,044 | (1) 258,041
61
16,213
30,000
266
342
254
493
401,383
401,883
68
25,102
10,381
167
374
260
369
1891,
73,166
12,960
86,126
93,297 (2) 358,099 (2) 451,396
102
(4) 24,506 | (4), 38,209
1892,
73,978
15,312
1893, (5)
72,329
Nil.
89,290 | (3) 166,718 | (2) 402,701 |(2,3)569,422 72,329 | (3) 149,669 |(2,6}204,040 |(2,3)353;709
106
33,981
40,246
:
107
24,762
40,355
573
1,122
433
922
1894,
1895,
70,616
Nil.
(7) 73,518
1,538
70,616
75,056
177,277
213,510
271,553
201,536 | (8) 415,046 110
448,830
108
21,371
39,758
782
1,201
551
655
29,991
36,216
1,022
1,779
649
655
FRANCIS A. COOPER,
Director of Public Works.
(1) These figures are exclusive of expenditure on Taitam Water Works. All Charges in connection therewith including supervision being charged direct to the Vote. (2) Exclusive of Expenditure on Praya Reclamation Works.
(3) In and sinec 1892, the cost of Gas and Electric Lighting for the City of Victoria and Kowloon has been charged to Annual Recurrent Works. (4) Prior to 1890 it was usual to obtain special votes for the repair of storm damages during every Summer.
(5) The extension of the Water Works necessitated additional expenditure.
(6) The falling off in the expenditure on Extraordinary Public Works in 1893 is accounted for to some extent by the Officers' time being taken up in the preparation of Plans, &c. for Govern- ment Office Extension, Slaughter-House, Pig and Sheep Depôts, Government Stores, Kowloon Water Works, Water Supply Aberdeen and Shau-ki-wan, Sewerage of the Eastern District of the City of Victoria, Gaol Extension, Naval and Military Reclamation. The proposal to stop the Praya Reclamation Works.
In 1892 the offices of Surveyor Genoral and Resident Engineer, Water and Drainage Department, were amalgamated under the title of Director of Public Works at the salary previously attached to the office of Surveyor General alone. The present systems of Store Accounting and General Accounting were first introduced into the Department.
(7) Exchange Compensation--$19,017.41.
(8) Exclusive of Crown Agents' Accounts.
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