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Head 43-COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE SCHEMES
Nature of grant
Approved Revised Estimate Estimate 1949-50 1949-50
Estimate
1950-51
Sub-heads
$
$
$
1 Reclamation at Aberdeen (D.924) 2 Agricultural village depots - capital
expenditure (D.994)
Free grant of $800,000
650,000
686,890
50,000
Free grant of $144,000
94,000
2,070
40,700
3 Agricultural village depots-recurrent
expenditure (D.994)
Free grant of $150,000
4 Upper air reporting stations (D.1060) 5 Fisheries research station (R.282) 6 Irrigation in the New Territories
(D. 1242)
Free grant of $80,000
7 Piers in the New Territories (D. 1243)... Free grant of $80,000
1,100,000
and loan of $150,000 free of interest until the end of 1954. Free grant of $412,840 Free grant of $2,160,000
60,000
67,275
100,000
412,480
20,000
200,000
1,820
20,000
80,000
80,000
Total Expenditure
2,316,480
778,055
570,700
Note. All expenditure is covered by receipts under revenue.