300
FOR THE YEAR 1915.
[ Class II]
43
LAW AND Order.
JUDICIAL AND LEGAL DEPARTMENTS,- Continued.
A. SUPREME COURT,-Continued.
PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS,— Continued.
Approved Estimate, 1914.
*
Estimate, 1915.
Brought forward..........
93,867
96,512
Watchmen, 1 at $216, and 24 at $132 each,
3,384
3,384
Do.,
Good Conduct Allowances to 18 at $36, I at $24,
and 3 at $12 each,...
516
Messenger for Bailiffs,
108
708 108
(1)
+
Do.,
Good Conduct Allowance,
12
24 (1)
Do.,
House Allowance,
24
24
4 Messengers, at $108 each,
432
432
(2)
Do.,
Good Conduct Allowances to 2 at $36 each, 1 at
$12, and 1 at $11,.......
81
95
(1)
Do.,
House Allowances to 3 at $24 each,
72
72
Do..
Allowance to I as Caretaker,
24
24
1 Temporary Messenger for Appeal Judge,
30
30
Lift Attendants, at $156 each,
312
312
Fireman for Heating Apparatus,
180
180
Coolies, at $108 each,
540
540
Do., Good Conduct Allowances to 1 at $31, and 2 at $9 each,
24
49 (1)
Do., House Allowances to 5 at $24 each,
120
120
Chinese Constables, 2nd Class, at $150 each,
300
300
(3)
Total Personal Emoluments,..
100,026
102,914
OTHER CHARGES.
Administration of Justice,
1,800
400
(4)
Appeal Judge:-
Subsistence Allowance at $15 a day,
525
600 (5)
Travelling Expenses,
200
200
Conveyance Allowances to :-
First Bailiff,
240
264
(6)
Second Bailiff,
27
4th Grade Bailiff,
27
(7)
Clerk and Usher,
27
Electric Fans and Light,
900
900
Fees to Counsel and Solicitors for Prisoners in Capital Cases, Furniture,
400
400
50
100
(5)
Incidental Expenses,
560
560
Incidental Expenses of Appeal Judge,
100
100 (8)
Law Reports,
1,500
1,500
Library,
1,000
1,000
Lifts Maintenance,
800
800
Newspapers,
144
216
(9)
Rent of Telephone Exchange, (£10),
109
(10)
of Extra Watchmen,.
Uniform for Chinese Constables,
Uniform for Messengers, &c.,
Total Other Charges,
Total Supreme Court,
Carried forward,
Short-haud Reporting,
Travelling Expenses of Watchmen, and temporary engagement
240
(11)
1,000
(12)
34
34
80
80
8,682
8,235
108,708
111,149
108,708
111,149
Stipulated allowances.
Free quarters to 1.
(8) Former designation" Expenses for Typing Judgments of
Appeal Judge".
Free quarters and light.
$105 transferred to Conveyance Allowances to Bailiffs, &c.; $1,295 not required, employment of outside counsel to prosecute in criminal cases being no longer necessary. Previously under-estimated.
$24 transferred from "Administration of Justice". Transferred from "Administration of Justice".
(9) 2 extra copies for Chief Justice.
(10) Transferred to "Miscellaneous Services- Rent of Tele-
phones".
(11) Transferred to Personal Emoluments as "Shorthand Al-
lowance to Clerk and Usher".
(12) Hitherto charged to Possession Fees which are now paid
into Revenue.