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HEAD 23 - AUDIT DEPARTMENT
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1969-70
1967-68
1968-69
1968-69
$
Personal Emoluments
1,618,998
1,746,700
1,876,000
2,025,100
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
60,175
Other Charges Special Expenditure
61,400
8,000
58,000
61,200
8,000
Total
1,679,173
1,816,100
1,942,000
2,086,300
Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent, provision for "Subsistence Allowances" has been decreased due to re-organization of the audits in the New Territories.
The contribution to the Overseas Audit Department is based on the amount needed in the current year, but as changes are due to United Kingdom salary awards and constitutional changes in other territories within the Overseas Audit System, accurate forecasting is not possible.
HEAD 24- CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1969-70
1967-68 $
1968-69
1968-69
Personal Emoluments
593,944
2,338,100
2,203,000
2,927,700
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
84,302
649,400
1,007,000
829,300
Other Charges Special Expenditure
48,210
Total
726,456
2,987,500
3,210,000
3,757,000
The actual expenditure for 1967-68 is for only 4 months as this department was set up in December, 1967. The approved estimates for personal emoluments for 1968-69 include a frozen amount of $135,120 transferred to the Colonial Secretariat and Legislature as a result of the transfer of part of the machine room staff to the Government Computer Bureau.
Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent, the increase in the Rent vote is due to the renting of new office accommodation in the International Building while the decrease in the Data Processing Equip- ment vote is due to the Government Computer Bureau taking over most of the work formerly done by this department.
HEAD 25 — CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
1967-68
1968-69
estimate 1968-69
1969-70
Personal Emoluments
5,162,655
5,948,500
6,070,000
6,795,100
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
1,614,852
2,161,600
2,311,000
2,251,600
Other Charges Special Expenditure
257,673
2,522,000
1,384,000
2,105,800
Total
7,035,180
10,632,100
9,765,000
11,152,500
The overall increase in the provision for Other Charges Annually Recurrent for 1969-70 reflects generally the continuing expansion of the activities of the Department.
Provision under Special Expenditure includes $707,800 for the acquisition of baggage weighing scales, crash removal equipment and additional fire fighting appliances for the Airport Fire Contingent.
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