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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1915.
HONGKONG.
No. 25 OF 1915.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Nine million eighty-one thousand two hun- dred and nine Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1916.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
Short title.
[29th October, 1915.]
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1916 has, apart from the contri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure and Charges on account of Public Debt, been estimated at the sum of Nine million eighty-one thousand two hundred and nine 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 " Appropriation Ordinance for 1916".
2. A sum not exceeding Nine million eighty-one thousand two hundred and nine Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1916 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :—
Governor,
EXPENDITURE.
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,
Do.,
Special Expenditure,-
85,873 500 86,951
250
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
57,452
Do., Audit Department,
Special Expenditure, -
100
34,146
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
100
Treasury,
66,006
Harbour Master's Department,
181,267
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
140,200
Imports and Exports Department,
967,774
Royal Observatory,
+
22,649
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
Miscellaneous Services,
Judicial and Legal Departments,
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
250 1,113,289 280,532 830
Police and Prison Departments,
977,459
Do., Medical Departmeut,
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
3,860
-
247,095
Special Expenditure, -
2,674
Sanitary Department, -
379,748
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
5,850
Botanical and Forestry Department,
49,216
Education,
357,782
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
2,300
Carried forward,
5,064,153
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