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692

601

Victoria Hospital-General repairs and doing up quarters,................. $ 603 Stanley Police Station-General repairs and doing up internally, Chair Coolie Quarters at the Peak-General repairs and doing up

internally,

564

Shaukiwan Police Station--General repairs and doing up intern-

ally,

520

Victoria Gaol, Assistant Superintendent's Quarters-General re-

pairs and doing up internally,

No. 2 Police Station-General repairs and doing up internally, Public Laundries-Reconstructing roofs of outbuildings, Central Police Station-General repairs,

Aberdeen Police Station-General repairs,

510

499

491

482

475

Government Pavilions-Sundry repairs and renewing decayed

timber,

429

Government Civil Hospital, B. Block--General repairs and doing

up internally,

419

Central Police Station,

401

24. Maintenance of Buildings, New Territories.—In the case of the New Territories Buildings, the following are those which entailed considerable expenditure :---

Sheung Shui Police Station-General repairs and painting, Tai Po Police Station--General repairs and painting, &c., Tai O Police Station-General repairs and painting,

Sha Tau Kok Police Station-General repairs and painting, Sha Tin Police Station--General repairs and painting, Ping Shan Police Station-General repairs,

.

$1,647 1,278

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1,142

1,028

728

527

25. Maintenance of Lighthouses.-The following sums were expended upon the various Lighthouses--

Gap Rock,

Waglan,

Green Island,

Cape Collinson,

$2,561

1,264

47

37

All these structures were maintained in good condition, except Gap Rock Lighthouse which suffered severely from the typhoon of the 29th September. It suffered practically no damage from the typhoon of the 18th September, which was peculiar in respect of the cir- cumscribed area over which its destructive effects were felt, but, in the later storin. the seas broke over the lighthouse, breaking some of the glass of the lantern and damaging some of the lens prisms. The derricks at the two landing places on the Rock were disabled and partly washed away and the cable was broken. Telegraphic communication with the Rock had however been interrupted since the 18th September when the land lines in Hongkong were destroyed. The cost of repairing these damages was charged to a special vote which was taken to cover the storm damages generally.

The First Order light on Green Island, which was transferred from Cape d'Aguilar and converted into an occulting light, was brought into operation on the 1st January. Work was in progress for extending the lighthouse pier at Green Island when the typhoon of the 18th September caused the loss of the crane barge and other craft employed and effectually put a stop to the work. It was not found possible to resume operations again during the remainder of the year.

26. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City.—The laying of Rider Mains and underground telephone and electric light cables was continued during the year, causing much disturbance of the roads. Openings for gas and water mains and services were also of fre- quent occurrence and much damage to the surfaces of roads adjoining the harbour was occasioned by the typhoons during September. The small encroachment caused by the old Provost Prison, which had greatly delayed the completion of the Queen's Road widening