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Station and the Animal Depôts at Kennedy Town, and a telephone instrument was added at the Disinfecting Station. The line to Tai Po, which was originally constructed along the route of the old pathway over the hills, was diverted to follow the new road from Shatin Inlet onwards.

19. Maintenance of Public Cemetery.-The Cemetery was maintained in good order, with the exception of one or two places where landslips occurred in conse- quence of the heavy rainstorms. The damage caused by these was fortunately not of a very serious nature. Permits to the number of 92 were issued for the erection

or repair of monuments.

20. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.-The sea-wall suffered damage in several places on the Kowloon side during the typhoon season. Repairs were executed to a number of the timber piers belonging to Government, and Blake Pier was cleaned and tarred.

21. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-Gap Rock and Waglan Lighthouses under- went repairs and were painted and done up. The fresh-water tank at Gap Rock was divided into two sections by constructing a wall across it, so as to enable it to be cleaned out without emptying the whole tank at once.

22. Dredging Foreshores.-32,600 cubic yards of material were excavated by the Government Dredger, of which 5,400 cubic yards, being suitable, were deposited in the Praya Reclamation, and the balance was deposited at sea. 2,600 yards were excavated by coolie labour from Bowrington Canal and disposed of by the con-

tractor.

The Dredger was hired by Messrs. PUNCHARD, LOWTHER & Co., for work on the Naval Yard Extension, from 15th October to the end of the year.

23. Miscellaneous Works.-The following are the principal items of expen- diture under this vote representing, in some cases, only a part of the cost of the work, in consequence of its execution extending into more than one year :-

Quarters for chair coolies at Victoria Gap,

$4,153

Forming and concreting paths at the Governor's Peak

Residence,

3,444

Fittings for Kowloon British School,..

1.794

Carrying on operations for ridding malarial districts of

the anopheles mosquito,

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1,591

Boundary Wall at the Asylum,

1,259

Electric fans at the Magistracy,

1,164

Do..

Supreme Court,

825

Providing materials for alterations of Victoria Gaol,. Alterations and fittings at the General Post Office,

738

617

Sheds for steam-roller and for stores at Wanchai,

601

Altering ground-floor windows of Central Market in

order to improve lighting,

585

Alterations at the Treasury,

548

Workshop at Wanchai store-yard,

543

Railings on Wanchai Gap Road,............

533

Improving matshed quarters at Tai Po,..........

495

Flagstaff at the Governor's Peak Residence,

438

Shelves at Tai Po Police Station for Land Court records,

400

Fixing wire gauze, &c., at Inspector's Quarters, Ken-

nedy Town,

360

Furniture for Sanitary Board Offices,

346

322

Cattle pound at No. 1 Police Station,

24. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City. The process of removing the blue stone metalling and replacing it with grey granite was continued and most of the principal roads were restored to good condition. A new steam-roller-the second obtained for road-maintenance work-arrived during the year and was kept well employed. Many of the roads suffered greatly from the heavy rainstorms, the effect of which was intensified by the rat-proof grids on the street gullies, which