Head 20-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
Sub-heads
Approved Estimate 1950-51
Estimate 1951-52
Recurrent Expenditure
1 Bonuses for examinations
$
$
$
$5
5,000
2 Charges by Cable and Wireless Ltd.
3 Chinese New Year bonuses
250,000
4 Commission, remittances, etc.
10,000
5 Compensation
20,000
6 Conferences, committees, etc.
12,000
10,000 (1)
1,398,000 (2)
320,000| (3) (4)
100,000 (5)
15,000 (6) 12,000
7 Cost of living allowances
31,000,000
32,000,000 (4)
8 Film censorship
60,000
9 Hong Kong Government office in London
50,000
10 Hong Kong students liaison officer in United Kingdom.
119,000 (7)
70,120 (8) 8,936 (2)
11 Interest
22,000
20,000 (6)
12 Languages study allowance
100,000
100,000
13 Official entertainment
16,000
16,000
14 Other miscellaneous services
40,000
30,000 (6)
15 Public band concerts
16 Public Services Commission expenses
17,000 (2)
51,000
43,000 (8)
17 Recruiting expenses
41,000 (9)
18 Refunds of revenue
150,000
150,000
19 Rent and compensation for premises leased to public.
35,500
29,900 (10)
20 Rent of non-departmental accommodation
650,000
600,000 (10)
21 Telegrams
160,000
200,000 (4)
22 Telephone rents and services
100,000
170,000 (11) (12)
23 Transport of Government officers
Courses of instruction abroad
Currency expenses
Hong Kong Government agency in India Printing and binding
2,000,000
2,000,000
20,000
(13)
1,250,000
(14)
10,000
(15)
1,000,000
(16)
Total Recurrent Expenditure
37,011,500
37,469,956
Special Expenditure
24 Civil measures for defence
100,000
3,850,000 (17)
25 Contribution towards cost of reinforcing the garrison. 26 Occupation period salaries and ex-gratia awards 27 Post occupation claims
28 Refurbishing Hong Kong Court of Imperial Institute. 29 Reinstatement of pre-war deposits
200,000 10,000
200,000
8,500,000 (2)
200,000 (18)
7,500 (18) 2,400 (2)
50,000 (18)
Total Special Expenditure
Total Expenditure
510,000
37,521,500
12,609,900
50,079,856
(1) More officers studying
(2) New item
(3) Title changed from New Year bonuses to
Chinese employees
(4) Previous provision inadequate
(5) More remittances to United Kingdom
(6) Previously overestimated
(7) Full-time censors appointed
(8) Personnel changed
(9) Previously provided for departmentally
(10) Fewer premises occupied
Subheads will be controlled by the following officers:
Accountant-General
Colonial Secretary Financial Secretary Postmaster General Public Relations Officer Quartering Authority
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(11) More telephones
(12) Title changed from telephones (13) Provided for departmentally (14) Not required
(15) Agency discontinued
(16) Provided for under Stores Department (17) Title changed from Security measures (18) Balance of claims still outstanding
subheads 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 29 subhead 24 subheads 13 and 25 subheads 2 and 22 subhead 8
subheads 19 and 20