No. S. 293.—The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 19th October, 1911 :-
A
BILL
ENTITLED
Short title.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Five million eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and seven y-one Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1912.
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1912 has been estimated at the sum of Five million eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Dollars:
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Ordinance for 1912".
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Appropriation
2. A sum not execeding. Five million eight hundred and ninety-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-one Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1912 in addition to the sums to which such Revenues and and other funds are liable under the provisions of the Pen- sions Ordinance 1862, the General Loan and Inscribed Stock Ordinance 1893, the Public Loan Ordinance 1893, the Defence Contribution Ordinance 1901, the Railways Loan Ordinance 1905, the General Loan and Inscribed Stock (Amendment) Ordinance 1905, the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Ordinance 1908 and the Ordinance amending the same, and the said sum so charge may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
EXPENDITURE.
Governor,
86,658
Colonial Secretary's Departinent and Legislature,
82,436
Do..
Special Expenditure,
200
Registrar General's Department,
46,256
Audit Department,
30,817
Treasury,
63,770
Harbour Master's Department,
217,904
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
175
Observatory,
22,364
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
275
Miscellaneous Services,
202,221
Judicial and Legal Departments,
259,156
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
1,240
Police and Prison Departments,
747,799
Do., Medical Departments,- Sanitary Department,
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
13,915
237,595
-
841,096
Special Expenditure,
1,000
Botanical and Forestry Department,
44,256
Education,
264,453
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
535
Military Expenditure,-
Military Contribution,
Volunteers,
1,372,089 40,920
Public Works,—
Public Works Department,
353,958
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
575
Public Works, Recurrent,
429,100
Public Works, Extraordinary, Post Office,
1,147,980
653,450
Kowloon-Canton Railway,
200,973
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
65,000
Charge on account of Public Debt,
726,263
Pensions,
273,869
Charitable Services,
24,380
Total,
$7,852,678
Deduct sums provided in accordance with
law -
Military Expenditure,
-
-$1,372,089
Charge on account of Public Debt, 306,949
Pensions,
278,869
1,952,907
$5,899,771