THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 25, 1938.
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DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1937.
Expenditure
Heads of Expenditure.
Estimates
1937.
Expenditure from 1st to 31st December,
for same period of preceding
1937.
year.
TREASURY.
Actual Expenditure
to 31st December, 1937.
Expenditure
for same period of preceding
year.
C.
C.
C.
H. E. the Governor
196,786
29,700.22
13,070.52
191,814.98
148,206.83
Colonial Secretary's Office
Secretariat
and Legislature
for
347,553
24,731.87
24,443.71
297,082.33
298,056.67
Chinese
Affairs
166,682
11,774.80
9,645.74
130,757.37
139,948.00
Treasury
292,474
26,128.21
24.411.40
301,692,79
249,412.48
Audit Department
124,473
8,517.40
9,357.26
121,973.02
103,475.36
District Office, North
90,742
5,018.38
8.070.45
75.107.19
76,712 39
Do., South
55,213
3,158.56
5,379.74
48,189.50
48,207,58
Communications :-
(a) Post Office
819,432
115,857,05
41,942 44
787,756.06
497,480.28
(b) Do. Wireless
Telegraph Service.
183,956
16,065.60
13,850.00
181,934.17 162,473.44
Imports and Exports
Office
486,782
35,889.80
26,783,38
Harbour Department
1,136,235
131,758.28
112,851,10
458,006.78 428,609.81 1,035,967.77
1,071,595.55
Do.
Air
Service
70,148
5,566.11
4,80130
51.930.16
41,303.58
Royal Observatory
85,635
8.250.84
7,37246
83,970.09
71,416.17
Fire Brigade..
311,797
37.311.19
30,446.17
328,892.56
293,162.54
Supreme Court..
260,412
14,324.97
19,306.41
234,819.59
227,937.26
Attorney General's Office..
78,065
6,898.29
5081.88
79,864.88
66,665.52
Crown Solicitor's Office
63,000
4,436.30
3,983.25
57,718.06
44,532.29
Official Receiver's Office...
25,745
2,138.80
2,289.60
21.270.10
24,884.40
Land Office
65,930
6,334.20
3,704.26
67,992.54
51,649.56
Magistracy, Hong Kong...
71,886
7,609.34
5,540.97
74.494 80
62,112.57
Do., Kowloon
70,002
6,817.80
4,308.57
51.766.36
56,870.92
Police Force.
3,288,226
268,096.78
263,871.62
3,109,696.18
2,830,635.56
Prisons Department..
1,018,559
95,594 98
Medical Department
2,140,665
172,123.64
94,156.46 136,719.41
1,021,593.04
884,851.02
2,018,137.44
1,584,327.25
Sanitary Department
1,081,939
95,421.68
83,788.68 1,009,439.35
929,189,28
Botanical and Forestry
Department
141,189
13,255.87
11,554.32
132,193.47
125.355.53
Education Department
2,138,140
173,154.74
162,493.15
2,034,562.00
1,861,899.93
Kowloon-Canton Railway..
766,300
105,564.69
64,936.69
831,129.04
720,173.59
Defence:
(a) Volunteer
Defence
Corps
158,369
25,535.29
21,264.15
153,373.62
137,707.79
(b) Naval
Volunteer
Force
42,914
13,315.37
11,389.98
39,220.86
32,296.18
(e) Military
Contribu-
tion
5,379,660
417,319.58
382,337.42
5,586,415.34
4,281,239.94
Miscellaneous Services
1,632.830
105,866.60
100,919.26
1,628,719.69
1,485,702.98
Charitable Services ....
182,927
38,928.11
5.065.95
214,920.04
183,635.87
Charge on Account of
Public Debt
Pensions
Public Works Department. Do., Recurrent...........
1,371,231 2,200,000 195,123.38 2,584,733 234,054.70 1,486,500 480,651.59
1,371,230.98 156,202.49 2,559,809.79 2,287,745.64 203,984.53 2,436.112.31 2,245,004.29 378,995.12 1,768,369.96 1,309,311.51
1,390,831.00
DO.,
30,617,130 2,942,295.01
Extraordinary. 1,642,030 254,378.15
2,454,919.84 30,600,924.21 26,460,620.56
414,078.93 1,510,298.07 3,052,899.52
TOTAL........
32,259,160
3,196,673.16
2,869,598.77 | 32,111,222.28 | 29,513,520.08
T. BLACK, Accountant-General,