THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 15, 1937. 773
DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST JULY, 1937.
Estimates
Heads of Expenditure.
1937.
Expenditure
from 1st to 31st July, 1937.
Expenditure for same period of preceding
year.
Actual Expenditure
to 31st
July, 1937.
TREASURY.
Expenditure
for same period of preceding
year.
CA
$
C.
c.
C.
H. E. the Governor
196,786
16,872.24
12,516.07
100,346.14
79,793.83
Colonial Secretary's Office
Secretariat
and Legislature
for
347,553
25,448.85
27,150.95
171,191.27
170,375.04
Chinese
Affairs
166,682
10,158.73
11,746.02
76,443.56
78,662.53
Treasury
292,474
27,728.40
21,238.28
168,165.14
139,777.13
Audit Department
124,473
10,122.57
8,185.87
69,359.46
58,151.57
District Office, North
90,742
5,916.05
6,535.29
44,171.50
38,772.34
Do., South
55,213
4,499.65
4,009.99
29,524.90
25,607.84
Communications :-
(a) Post Office
819,432
54,877.90
56,516.22
387,488.00
305,083.57
(b) Do. Wireless
Telegraph Service.
183,956
15,269.71
13,916.64
101,799.89
95,047.93
Imports and Exports
Office
486,782
53,111.59
33,858.22
279,235.91
236,531.13
Harbour Department
1,136,235
79,053.43
78,447.06
552,021.01
635,201.42
Do.
Air
Service
70,148
5,629.59
2,712.06
27,473.36
23,362.78
Royal Observatory
85,635
7,064.80
6,305.49
46,900.77
39,128.43
Fire Brigade...
311,797
27,508.21
25,780.80
189,307.54
165,727.97
Supreme Court.....
200,412
19,853.68
17,763.72
142,554.90
134,661.02
Attorney General's Office..
78,065
7,926.13
5,589.51
45,444.08
37,038.41
Crown Solicitor's Office
63,000
3,433.50
3,882.77
36,751.60
24,577.15
Official Receiver's Office...
25,745
911.22
2,008.54
14,205.03
13,960.88
Land Office
65,930
5,871.58
4,735.08
37,891.69
28.654.44
Magistracy, Hong Kong...
71,886
5,626.23
5,053.69
39,978 01
34,790.63
Do., Kowloon
70,002
4,059.32
5,007.89
26,686.65
30,387.43
Police Force .
3,288,226
265,097.94
227,564.76
1,810,349.04
1,631,415.09
Prisons Department..
1,018,559
76,664.36
71,612.46
541,966.55
487,197.27
Medical Department
2,140,665
190,435.60
126,566.90
1,134,558.31
Sanitary Department
1,081,939
83,284.52
76,833.95
564,805.65
Botanical and Forestry
Department
141,189
11,719.06
10,046.25
76.258.11
Education Department
2,138,140
141,729.85
129,153.65
1,248,991.44
Kowloon-Canton Railway..
766,300
59,184.29
54,232.97
421,113.07
907,130.52 525,355.30
- 66.750.06 1,141,657.13 405,855.68
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer
Defence
Corps
158,369
8,545.36
8,853.21
80,201.47
72,041.50
(b) Naval Volunteer
Force
42,914
2,161.64
1,586.10
16,773.56
13,438.50
(c) Military
Contribu-
tion
5,379,660
417,319.58
Miscellaneous Services
1,632,830
272,862.54
Charitable Services
182,927
Charge on Account of
Public Debt
Pensions
Public Works Department. Do., Recurrent................
6,655.03
1,371,231 952,310.98 2,200,000 216,896.11 2,584,733 209,156.13 1,486,500 79,624,60
382.337.42 250,489.79
4,051.08.
962,111.00 1,274,470.98 200,670.34 1,523,854.17 188,898.78 1,351,172.85 102,671.67 656,318.14
3,499,817.44
2,369,552.84
1,142,692.27
1,089,540.97
160,136.81
34,406.91
1,294,071.00
1,292,310.19
1,281,202.36
525,082.50
30,617,130 3,384,590.97
Do., Extraordinary. 1,642,030
60,023.26
3,150,640.49 18,090,420.36 | 15,532,304.29
255,479.70 925,759.40 1,824,457.23
TOTAL.... $ 32,259,160 3,444,614.23
3,406,120.19 | 19,016,179.76| 17,356,761.52
S. CAINE,
Financial Secretary & Treasurer.