THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 15, 1938.
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DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MAY, 1938.
Heads of Expenditure.
Estimates
1938.
Expenditure from 1st to 31st
May, 1938.
Expenditure
for same period of preceding
year.
TREASURY.
Actual Expenditure
to 31st May, 1938.
Expenditure
for same period of preceding
year.
C.
C.
C.
C.
H. E. the Governor
181,897
14,585.95
10,073.47
71,871.98
63,356.17
Colonial Secretary's Office
Secretariat
and Legislature
for
308,038
23,122.50
24,843.58
119,612.31
121,300.68
Chinese
Affairs
146,094
10,643.37
9,793.04
53,426.45
50,505.50
Treasury
322.001
25,995.31
20,957.96
126,972.05
110,784.85
Audit Department
125,443
12,701.66
11,504.44
46,315.98
49,768.21
District Office, North
75,788
5,626.75
5,810.02
29,208.38
32,914.22
Do., South
53,506
6,058.19
4,421.27
32,043.12
20,988.20
Communications :-
(a) Post Office.
820,546
44,295.28
42,192.30
270,242.38
288,110.34
(b) Radio Traffic Office..
183,065
Cr. 7,259,20
14,575.20
30,721.30
70,561.57
(c) Wireless
279,929
20,576.05
Imports and Exports
98,393.87
Office
496,314
39,141.89
38,850.11
187,970.58
190,965.01
(a) Harbour Department
1,314,654
93,424.08
114,565.20
470,374.30
393,315.12
(b) Air Service
120,271
5,036.01
3,708.30
39,433.42
17,340.03
Royal Observatory
94,003
7,054.94
6,640.48
35,269.69
33,232.43
Fire Brigade...
378,786
23,936.95
24,037.13
112,020,84
137,246.94
Supreme Court.
237,906
19,398.50
19,515.74
106,228.92
103,683.90
Attorney General's Office..
88,043
7,778.54
6,238.60
33,028.99
31,276.04
Crown Solicitor's Office
66,945
5,333.96
4,775.29
26.373.39
20,307.40
Official Receiver's Office...
25,849
2,235.61
2,426.82
11,524.03
10,858.57
Land Office
74,011
6,170.90
5,572.88
30,246.43
25,873.04
Magistracy, Hong Kong...
74,380
11,376.52
5,729.12
42,617.06
28,911.68
Do., Kowloon
51,457
4,929.67
4,368.89
29,924.14
18,647.66
Police Force
3,307,395
230,747.05
237,205.51
1,328,124.68
1,285,239.72
Prisons Department.
983,622
91,122.71
81,945.78
397,228.10
379,454.92
Medical Department
2,177,835
173,251.16
167,097.41
939,396.71
771,056.75
Sanitary Department
1,123,136
84,762.18
81,439.90
419,719.87
Botanical and Forestry
403,657.95
Department
139,579
8,799.80
12,768.71
56,566.19
54,179.15
Education Department
2,276,736
139,818.99
128,597.95
1,026,721.57
922,735.36
Kowloon-Canton Railway..
832,346
257,159.69
59,766.12
619,508.90 300,888.29
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer
Defence
Corps
161,932
12,312.25
(b) Naval Volunteer
Force
49,164
(e) Military Contribu-
tion
5,689,578
2,472.81
1,090,415.43
12,467.25
1,498.35
995.899.96
67,466.00
62,862.38
16,311.11
2,832,345.75
12,974.27
2,665,178.28
(d) Air Raid Precau-
tions
50,000
Miscellaneous Services
1,752.435
Charitable Services..
214,774
1,461.01 265,778.72 33,685.77
7,639.07
303,836.22 7,477.72
860,560.64
730,017.82
223,596.42
148,473.08
Charge on Account of
Public Debt
Pensions
Public Works Department. Do., Recurrent......
1,351,631 2,500,000 274,481.80 2,371,510 183,666.13 1,600,200 186,718.62
312,360.00
322,160.00
166,623.94
1,233,065.80
1,105,515.33
191.905.73
89,527.67
869,155.10 523,148.35 445,084.48
949,720.22
32,101,699 3,418,817.55
Do.. Extraordinary. 1,277,850
136,100.35
2,918,658.06 13,736,733.93 12,385,175.56
200,402.00 467,226.82 771,850.21
TOTAL.....
33,379,549
3,554,977.90
3,119,060.06 | 14,203,960.75 | 13,157,025.77
T. BLACK, Accountant-General.