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Head 48-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
Estimate 1969-70
$
Approved Estimate 1968-69
$
Cable and Wireless services
Sub- head
1234
Recurrent Expenditure
Agents commission and expenses
280,000
300,000
10,000,000
10,000,000
Commission, difference in exchange, etc.
20,000
410,000
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Hong Kong
Branch)
100,000
100,000
10
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Compensation
100,000
100,000
6
Consultations, conferences, committees, etc.
400,000
370,000
Incentive awards for suggestion schemes
2,500
2,500
8
Interest
140,000
120,000
9
Loss of cash and stores
1,000 e
1,000
Office of Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative
Councils
91,800
85,600
11
123
Official entertainment
23,000
21,000
Other miscellaneous services
10,000 | e
10,000
Quartering:-
(1) Hotel, private tenancy and service flats
expenses
$ 2,500,000
2,800,000
(2) Removal allowance
100,000
(3) Rent of non-departmental quarters
$ 2,100,000
2,200,000
4,700,000
14
Recruiting expenses
720,000
600,000
15
16
Recruitment and In-Service examination expenses
Refunds of revenue
150,000
150,000
1,200,000
1,200,000
17
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Safe-keeping of essential records
21
Relief and assistance to Government officers
18 Royal Institute of Public Administration
19
20 Stamp duty
Telegrams
Telephone rents and services
10,000 e
15,000
700
700
11,800
11,800
60,000
60,000
300,000
220,000
3,636,000
3,581,000
23 Training of Government officers: (1) Bonuses for examinations
$
25,000
35,000
(2) Government Chinese Language Section
230,000
250,000
(3) Government Training Scholarships
955,000
790,000
(4) Language study
20,000
10,000
(5) Merit trips
150,000
180,000
(6) Government English Language Section
155,000
j
200,000
(7) Post-qualification courses
2,640,000
2,780,000
(8) Publications and equipment
35,000
20,000
4,210,000
22235
24
Transport of Government officers
13,500,000
12,500,000
Urban Council election expenses
10,000
65,000
Total, Recurrent Expenditure
39,676,800
| 39,188,600
Special Expenditure
222
26
Advances to tenants of condemned buildings
3,000,000
27
Coinage expenses
1,850,000
3,000,000 2,150,000
28
Irrecoverable advances written-off
10,000 e
10,000
Total, Special Expenditure
4,860,000
5,160,000
Total Expenditure
44,536,800
44,348,600
Control of expenditure is vested in the following officers:-
Subheads 4, 6, 7, 10, 13(1) & (2), 15, 17-19, 23.
Colonial Secretary
Financial Secretary
Accountant General
Commissioner of Rating & Valuation
Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Postmaster General
Commissioner of Registration
Secretary for Home Affairs
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