FOR THE YEAR 1937.
EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1937.
Expenditure
Estimates,
Heads of Expenditure.
1937.
Actual Expenditure to 31st December,
for same
1937.
period of preceding year.
C.
TREASURY.
Increase.
Decrease.
C.
C.
H. E. the Governor
196,786
194,814.98
148,206.83
+6,608.15
Colonial Secretary's Office
and Legislature
347-553
297,082.33
298,056.67
974 34
Secretariat for Chinese
Affairs
166,682
130,757.37
139.948.00
9,190.63
Treasury -
292,474
301,692.79
249,412.48
52,280.31
Audit Department
124,473
121,973.02
103,475.36
18,497.66
District Office, North -
90,742
75,107.19
76,712.39
1,605.20
Do.,
South -
55,213
48,189.50
48,207.58
18.08
Communications :--
(a) Post Office
819,432
787,736.06
497,480.28
290,275.78
(4) Do. Wireless
Telegraph Services-
183,956
181.934.17
Imports & Exports Office -
162,473.44
19,460.73
486,782
458,006.78
428,609.81
29,396.97
Harbour Department
1,136,235
1,035,967.77
1,071,595-55
35,627.78
Do.
Air
Service
70,148
51,930.16
4,303.58
10,626.58
Royal Observatory-
85,635
83.970.09
71,416.7
12,553-92
Fire Brigade
31,797
328,892.56
293,162.54
35.730.02
Supreme Court -
260,412
234.819.59
227,937.26
6.882.33
Attorney General's Office
78,065
79,864.88
66,665.52
13,199.36
Crown Solicitor's Office
63,000
57,718.06
44,532.29
13.185.77
Official Receiver's Office ·
25,745
21,270.10
24.884.40
3.514.30
Land Office
65.930
67.992.54
51,649.56
16,342.98
Magistracy, Hong Kong
71,886
74.494.80
62,112.57
Do., Kowloon
12,382.23
70.002
51,766.36
56,870.92
5,104.56
Police Force-
3,288,226
3,109,696.18
2,830,635.56
279.060.62
Prisons Department
1,018,559 1,021.593-04
884,851.02
136,"+2.02
Medical Department
2,140,665
2,018,137.4+
1,584,327.25
433.810.19
Sanitary Department -
1,081,939
1,009,439.35
929,189.28
80,250.07
Botanical and Forestry
Department -
141,189
132,193.47
125.355.53
6,837.94
Education Department
2,138,140
2,034,562.00
1,861,899.93
172,662.07
Kowloon-Canton Railway
766,300
831,129.04
726,173.59
104.955.45
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer Defence
Corps
158,369
153,373.62
(6) Naval Volunteer
137.797.79
15,665.83
Force-
42,914
(c) Military Contribu-
tion
5,379,660
Miscellaneous Services
39,220.86
5,586,415.34 4,281,239.94
32,296.18
6,924.68
1,305,175.40
1,632,830
1,628,719.69
1,485,702.98
143,016.71
Charitable Services
182,927
214,920.04
183,635.87
31.284.17
Charge on
Account of
Public Debt-
Pensions -
1,371,231 1,371,230.98 2,200,000 2,559,809.79
1,390,831.00
19,600.02
2,287,745.64 272,064.15
Public Works Depart-
ment
Public Works, Recurrent-
2,584.733 2,436,112.31 2,245.004.29 1,486,500 1,768,369.96 1,309,311.51 459,058.45
30,617,130 30,600,924.21 26,460,620.56
Do., Extraordinary 1,642,030 1,510,298.07 3,052,899.52
191,108.02
TOTAL
4,216,038.56
75.734-91
1,542,601.45
32,259,160
32,111,222.28 29,513,520.08 4,216,038.56 1,618,336.36
Deduct
1,618,336.36
Nett
J
$2,597,702.20
T. BLACK, Accountant-General.