FOR THE YEAR 1940.
EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1941.
TREASURY.
Estimate
Heads of Expenditure.
Actual Expenditure from 1st January,
Expenditure
for
Increase.
Decrease.
1940-41.
1940 to 31st March, 1941.
preceding year.
C.
..
$
C.
H. E. the Governor
218,528
255,982.84
212,282.89
43,699.95
Colonial Secretary's Office and
Legislature-
682,818
571,235.92
604,710.84
Audit Department
149.332
137,035-75
140,651.86
33.474.92 3,616.11
Botanical & Forestry Dept.
196,466
209,397-42
178,460.20
Charitable Services
797,579 1,658,992.55
1,402,249.62
30,937.22 256,742.93
Defence :-
(a) Volunteer Defence Corps.
(b) H. K. Naval Volunteer Force
(c) Air Raid Precautions
(d) Defence Contribution
(e) Special War Expenditure
District Office, North
329,167
398,157.74
585,322.64
65,303
56,077.86
210,831.28
187,164.90 154,753.42
1,111,627
1,748,263.86
875.646.29
872,617.57
7,500,000 7,500,000.00
7,551,926.07
51,926.07
1,000,000
Do.,
South
95,042 57.315
88,151.18
95.226.60
7,075.42
59,159.05
54,580.40
4,578.65
Education Department
2,969,517
2,730,540.46
2,637,442.23
93,098.23
Fire Brigade
425,295
423,717.92
396,921.59
26,796.33
Harbour Dept. & Air Services:-
(a) Harbour Dept.
1,802,312
1,857,093.60
1,523,697.42
343,396.18
(b) Air Services
143,968
100,337.89
120,166.92
19,829.03
Imports & Exports Office
628,594
1,168,278.62
666,015.55
502,263.07
Judiciary :-
(a) Supreme Court-
291,610
272,054.92
277.576.70
5,521.78
(b) Magistracy, Hong Kong
107,498
91,831.09
90,196.51
1,634,58
(c)
Kowloon
"}
79,316
79,284,39
75,790.30
3,494.09
Medical Department
Kowloon-Canton Railway
Legal Departments
Miscellaneous Services
Pensions
Police Force-
852,896
938,025.63
940,066.+4
2,040.81
330,160
302,625.21
315.574.66
12,949.45
3,635,709 3.522,224.01
3,059,320.36
462,903.65
2,362,445
2,400,259.40 2,130,622.19 3,620,000 3,367,831.00 3,350,853-55 4,620,397 4,611,440.95 4,428,635.80
269,637.21
16,977-45
182,805.15
Post Office, Wireless and
Broadcasting
(a) Post Office
1,245,203
(») Wireless
979-533.61 1,071.777.84 749.422 536,804.85
92,244.23
412,572.94
124,231.91
(e) Broadcasting
127,350
112,191.21
97-479-35
Prison Department
1,220,972
1,166,598.61
1,133,242.43
Public Debt
1,595,391
1,801,716.00
1,624,791.00
14,711.86 33.355.18 176,925,00
Public Works Department &
Water Works:-
(a) Public Works Dept.
2,384,105
2,281,904.19
2,296,647.49
14,743.30
(b) Water Works
393,568
Public Works Recurrent :-
(a) General
(b) Water Works
Royal Observatory
Sanitary Department
1,552,224
374,633.91
1.737.450 1,783,898.95 1,488,132.18 1,245,501 1,531,993.17 1.369,955.34
162,954
136,260.80 1,530,095.43
371,462.41
3.171.50
295.766.77
162.037.83
138,051.66
1,790.86
1,453,846.50
76,248.93
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
and Labour Office :-
(a) Secretariat for Chinese
Affairs
178,227
201,958.29
206,783.38
Stores Department
(b) Labour Office
Treasury, etc.
Public Works Extraordinary
Fisheries Research Station
War Expenditure Immigration Department
92,431 448,894 1,123,366.68
59,750.46
54,925.37
1,607,228.85
483,862.17
352,042
354,393.67
315,171.30
39,222.37
47,558,628 48,533,099.09 45,511,911.58
4,092.179.98
1,070,992.47
3,583,550 3,190,403.56 1.978,078.03
1,212,325.53
160,000
17,171.16 12,865,346.97 1,874,653.71 | 10,990,693.26
181,536.16
181,536.16
17,171.16
TOTAL
-
51,302,178 64,787,556.94| 49,364,643.32
16,493,906.09
1,070,992.47
Deduct
$1,070,992.47
Nett
-
$15,422,913.62
ERIC W. PUDNEY,
Accountant-General.