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Head 37-STORES DEPARTMENT
Approved Estimate 1952-53
Estimate 1953-54
Sub-heads
1 Personal emoluments
Other Charges
General
$
$
$
1,105,740
1,161,867
2 Advertising
3 Cleaning of offices
3,000 1,000
4 Daily-rated staff
147,200
5 Demurrage
1,000
3,000 1,000 156,450 (9)
1,000
6 Fuel, light, and power
14,500
18,000 (10)
7 Furniture for offices and quarters
800,000
300,000 (11)
8 Handling and storage of seized and confiscated goods...
100,000
60,000 (12)
9 Incidental expenses
5,000
5,000
10 Maintenance of plant and equipment
5,000
6,500 (13)
11 Maintenance of typewriting and calculating machines,
etc.
12,000
12,000
12 Maintenance of workshop
2,000
2,000
13 Office equipment (all departments)
250,000
250,000
14 Publications
800
15 Running expenses of petrol pumps
4,800
16 Running expenses of vehicles
17 Stationery
18 Transport of stores
19 Travelling expenses
20 Uniforms
10,000
400,000
88,000
5,000
800
2,000 (12) 4,000 (12) 400,000 175,000 (14) 10,000 (15)
3,000
3,000
Sand Monopoly
21 Collection and storage of sand
22 Fuel, light, and power
23 Maintenance of depots and equipment
24 Travelling expenses
1,200,000
1,000
1,200,000 1.000
5,000
2,000 (12)
4,500
4,500
Unallocated stores
25 Purchase, freight and other charges
Deduct value of stores to be issued to
other subheads and services
$16,000,000
15,500,000
500,000
500,000
Workshop Account
26 Workshop charges
$2,000,000
Deduct value of issues to other subheads
and services
1,950,000
50,000
50,000 (16)
Total Other Charges
3,612,800
3,167,250
Special Expenditure
27 Furniture for new offices and quarters
28 Dictaphones
Installation of wood saw Motor transport
15,000 15,000
Total Special Expenditure
Total Expenditure
30,000
4,748,540
900,000 (17)
6,000
906,000
5,235,117
(1) 1 supernumerary post not required
(2) Salary scale corrected
(3) Title changed from Pharmacist & Storekeeper (4) 1 Senior Executive Officer Class II provided
for under Executive Grade Officers
(5) 1 new post
(6) Staff now itemised
(7) Previously provided for under Temporary staff (8) Previously provided for under Miscellaneous
Services
(9) Increments in wages and Chinese New Year
bonuses
(10) More electrically-operated equipment
(11) Provides for repairs and minor additions only (12) Previously overestimated
(13) More maintenance
(14) Previously underestimated
(15) Hire charges for pool vehicle increased
(16) Estimate of expenditure and receipts each
increased by $500,000
(17) Previously provided for in part under Furni-
ture for offices and quarters