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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 5, 1926.
Brought forward,
3,205,563
Royal Observatory,
35,275
Fire Brigade,
230,799
Supreme Court,
149,777
Attorney General,
22,538
Crown Solicitor's Office,
38,704
Official Receiver,
9,546
Land Registry,
23,633
Magistracy, Hong Kong,
2,206
Magistracy, Kowloon,
2,248
Police Force,
1,826,592
Prisons Department,
512,167
Medical Department,
781,991
Sanitary Department,
695,363
Botanical and Forestry Department,
98,320
Education Department,
1,163,943
Public Works Department,
1,492,281
Public Works, Recurrent,
1,540,400
Public Works, Extraordinary, -
3,706,264
Kowloon-Canton Railway,
650,033
Volunteer Defence Corps,
64,209
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
40,000
Miscellaneous Services,
Charitable Services,
Pensions,
677,223
96,475
675,903
TOTAL,
-$ 17,741,543
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this
4th day of November; 1926.
S. B. B. MOELDERRY,
Clerk of Councils,
APPOINTMENTS, &c.
No. 601.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. WILLIAM JAMES CARRIE to act as an Assistant Superinten lent of Imports and Exports, with effect from 1st November, 1926.
4th November, 1926.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 602.-It is hereby notified that permission has been given to The China Light & Power Company, (1918) Limite 1, to increase the voltage of their supply from 110 to 200 volts for lighting and from 200 to 350 volts for power upon the following conditions :-
(1) The change to be carried into effect without any expense whatsoever to the
consumers.
(2) New lamps to be supplied, and all fans, motors and heating appliances re-wound free of cost to the consumers, and full efficiency after such change to be guaranteed.
(3) All consumers' existing wires to be tested for insulation resistance, which shall not be less than ten thousand ohms. (10,000 ohms). In the event of the resistance being less than 10,000 ohms, any alterations or repairs necessary to bring the resistance above this quantity to be carried out by the China Light & Power Company (1918) Limited free of cost to the consumers.
The permission granted in no way modifies the provisions of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 18 of 1911, or the regulations contained in the Schedule thereto.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
5th November, 1926.
Colonial Secretary,