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Aberdeen Police Station--Doing up buildings, Kowloon British School-Doing up internally and fixing

desks, &c.........

.$ 550

524

Green Island Signal Station-Doing up building and

general repairs,

462

General Post Office-Colour-washing, &c.,

458

Staff Quarters, Government Civil Hospital-Partly doing up building, providing screens, half-doors, &c., Mount Gough Police Station-Repairing roof and doing

up buildings,.

442

431

Aberdeen School-Doing up building,

420

No. 1 Police Station-Doing up buildings and fixing stove, 416

18. Maintenance of Buildings, New Territory.-In the case of the New Terri- tory buildings, the following are those which entailed considerable expenditure:--

Sai Kung Police Station-Surfacing pathway with con-

crete, &c........ Kowloon City do.

.$1,229

-Doing up buildings,

989

Au Tau

do.

Do.,

920

Ping Shan

do.

Do.,

912

Sha Tin

do.

Repairing roof, matshed, &c.,

582

Yung Shi Wan do.

-Doing up buildings,

513

673

617

Cheung Chau

do. -New floors, &c.,.

517

517

Lai Chi Kok old Customs Station-General repairs, Sha Tau Kok Police Station-Doing up buildings,

Tai Po

do. -Doing up buildings, &c.,

19. Maintenance of Telegraphs.-A direct telephone line was run from Victoria Gaol to Belilios Reformatory on account of the latter being converted into a branch prison, and communication was established between the Government Exchange at the Central Police Station and the following places:-Victoria Hospital, the Princi- pal Civil Medical Officer's residence at the Peak and the Bacteriologist's residence at Castle Road. The work of moving the lines running in the direction of Kowloon City, so as to bring them alongside the main road, was proceeded with.

Considerable trouble was experienced with the cables crossing the Harbour. The one to the Observatory was fouled by a ship's anchor and broken and, after being repaired, was found to be still in an unsatisfactory condition. As the result of an examination and tests, it was condemned, taken up and sold, and arrangements were made with the Joint Telegraph Companies for the use of one of their cables pending the laying of a new one, which was ordered from England. The service through the Police cable having been interrupted, an inspection showed that it had been cut near North Point and a portion of it stolen. The two ends having been recovered, a new length of cable was spliced in and the service has since been satisfactorily maintained.

20. Maintenance of Telegraphs in New Territory.—The principal item of work under this heading was the construction of a line from the Water Police Station at Tsim Sha Tsui Point to cai Kung Police Station, thus bringing the latter into tele- phonic communication with the Exchange at the Central Police Station.

21. Maintenance of Public Cemetery. The Cemetery was maintained in good order with the exception of a few places where landslips occurred during heavy rainstorms, causing damage to several monuments, The work of reinstating these was undertaken. Permits to the number of 86 were issued for the erection or repair of monuments. In December, the care of the Cemetery grounds was handed over to the Botanical and Afforestation Department.

22. Maintenance of Praya Wall and Piers.--The following were the principal works defrayed out of this vote :—

Tsim Sha Tsui Pier-Repairs,

$1,085

Blake Pier-Cleaning and painting and erecting matshed

shelter,.

852

Fuk Tsun Heung --Repairing sea-wall and pier, Yaumati-Rebuilding sea-wall adjoining Kowloon

Marine Lot 39,

851

787