2 Clerks
New posts
1 Office/Workshop Assistant
1 Messenger
1 Executive Grade Officer
5
Existing posts deleted
1 Woman Typist Registrar
1 Woman Junior Typist
1 Clerk
Temporary Staff
3
173
One temporary post of Executive Grade officer and one post of Messenger are provided to cope with extra work in the department.
Two additional posts of clerk are offset by the reduction of one post of Woman Typist Registrar and one post of Woman Junior Typist.
One additional post of Office/Workshop Assistant is offset by the reduction of one post of clerk.
HEAD 91 — DIRECTORATE OF MANPOWER
Estimate 1958/59
Revised estimate 1957/58
Approved estimate 1957/58
$64,900
82,000
63,100
Actual expenditure 1956/57
80,244
1957/58 1958/59
Difference
Permanent staff
6
6
Temporary staff
1
1
Supernumerary staff
1
Net decrease
2
The difference of $18,900 between the approved estimate and revised estimate for 1957/58 is due principally to the Director of Manpower taking over the additional duties of Commissioner, Essential Services Corps at an increased honorarium.
HEAD 9J — DEFENCE: MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Estimate 1958/59
Revised estimate 1957/58
Approved estimate 1957/58
Actual expenditure 1956/57
$18,175,000
18,577,000
19,852,200
18,731,080
The reduction of over $1,500,000 in this year's estimates is largely due to a reduction in anticipated expenditure on reserve stocks, and to the removal from Subhead 4 (Non-recurrent defence works) of provision for the C.A.S. Training Centre and other building projects, now to be included in the Public Works Non-Recurrent building programme.
The increase in Subheads 3 (Radio Monitoring Unit) and 5 (Special defence expenditure) is caused largely by non-recurrent provision for new equipment. Subhead 5 is sub- stantially higher on account of the proposed installation of fire hydrants on the Kowloon trunk mains.