THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1937.
869
TREASURY.
DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31st AUGUST, 1937.
Estimates
Heads of Expenditure.
1937.
Expenditure from 1st to 31st August, 1937.
Expenditure for same period of preceding year.
Actual Expenditure
to 31st August, 1937.
Expenditure for same period of preceding
year.
€9
C.
0.
$
c.
$
C.
H. E. the Governor
196,786
17,957.11
14,048.91
118,303.25
93,842.74
Colonial Secretary's Office
and Legislature
347,553
25,906.99
26,895.78
197,098.26
197,270.82
Secretariat
for Chinese
Affairs
166,682
10,133.00
12,378.45
86,576.56
91,040.98
Treasury
292,474
25,328.46
20,702.95
193,493.60
160,480.08
Audit Department
124,473
10,213.34
9,049.00
79,572.80
67,200 57
District Office, North
90,742
6,006.74
6,602.99
50,178.24
45,375.33
Do., South
55,213
4,100.87
3,904.08
33,625.77
29,511.92
Communications :-
(a) Post Office
819,432
61,928.56
41,160.09
449,416.62
346,243.66
(b) Do. Wireless
Telegraph Service.
183,956
15,605.42
13,681.61 117,405.31
108,729.54
Imports and Exports
Office
486,782
34,048.66
34,586.47 313,284.57
271,117.60
Harbour Department
1,136,235
96,642.25
83,481.76
648,663.29
718,686.18
Do.
Air
Service
70,148
4,511.11
2,583.64
31,984.47
25,946.42
Royal Observatory
85,635
7,235.83
5,935.06
54,136.60
45,063.49
Fire Brigade...
311,797
28,760.22
21,430.88
218,067.76
187,158.85
Supreme Court..
260,412
18,960.35
18,872.93
161,515.25
153,533.95
Attorney General's Office..
78,065
6,856.01
7,029.64
52,300.09
44,068.05
Crown Solicitor's Office
63,000
7,047.79
4,148.81
43,799.39
28,725.96
Official Receiver's Office...
25,745
911.80
2,012.29
15,116.83
15,973.17
Land Office
65,920
5,916.72
4,387.54
43,808.41
33,041.98
Magistracy, Hong Kong...
71,886
5,680.69
5,669.70
45,658 70
40,460.33
Do., Kowloon
70,002
4,091.28
5,136,67
30,777.93
35,524.10
Police Force.
3,288,226
266,488.06
239,799.67
2,076,837.10
1,871,214.76
Prisons Department..
1,018,559
106,931.10
76,186.80
648,897.65
563,384.07
Medical Department
2,140,665
159,129.31
132,421.90
1,293,687.62
1,039,552.42
Sanitary Department
1,081,939
90,894.06
79,319.06
655,699.71
604,674.36
Botanical and Forestry
Department
141,189
9,968.95
9,865.59
80.227.06
76,615.65
Education Department
2,138,140
135,568.19
128,665.33
1,384,559.63
1,270,322.46
Kowloon-Canton Railway..
766,300
63,956.91
53,069.28
485,069.98
458,924.96
Defence:---
(a) Volunteer
Defence
Corps
158,369
11,088.52
9,041.28
91,289.99
81,082.78
(b) Naval
Volunteer
Force
42,914
2,429.59
1,447.25
19,203.15
14,885.75
(c) Military
Contribu-
tion
5,379,660
417,319.58
382,337.42
3,917,137.02
2,751,890.26
Miscellaneous Services
1,632,830
109,681.51
110,678.32
1,252,373.78
1,200,219.29
Charitable Services
182,927
3,507.45
122,692.45
163,644.26
157,039.36
Charge on Account of
Public Debt
1,371,231
96,760.00
96,760.00*
1,371,230.98
1.390,831.00
Pensions
2,200,000
179,556.69
170,477.48
1,703,410.86
1,462,787.67
Public Works Department.
2,584,733
220,218.47
177,107.06
1,571,391,32
1,458,309.42
Do., Recurrent...
1,486,500 140,815.20
61,949.76
797,133.34
587,032.26
30,617,130 2,412,156.79
Do., Extraordinary. 1,642,030 84,144.12
2,195,457.90 20,502,577.15 17,727,762.19
225,969.55 1,009,903.52 2,050,426.78
TOTAL......
32,259,160 2,496,300.91
2,421,427.45 21,512,480.67 19,778,188.97
S. CAINE, Financial Secretary
and Colonial Treasurer.