394
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 235.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 17th October, 1916:-
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1917.
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1917 Kas, 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 Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five 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 1917".
2. A sum not exceeding Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1917 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
EXPENDITURE.
$
Governor,
85,011
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,
79,169
Do..
Special Expenditure, -
1,150
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
57,345
Audit Department,
35,294
Treasury,
67,460
Harbour Master's Department,
189,454
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
740
Imports and Exports Department,
977,999
Royal Observatory,
22,750
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
6,100
Miscellaneous Services,
714,213
Judicial and Legal Departments, Police and Prison Departments,
272,478
-
1,000,361
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
134
Medical Department,
264,030
Sanitary Department,
381,899
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
39,000
Botanical and Forestry Department,
51,838
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
650
Education,
338,011
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
1,900
Military Expenditure,-
Volunteers,
Public Works,—
70,152
Public Works Department,
464,981
Public Works, Recurrent,
589,200
Public Works, Extraordinary,
1,545,400
Post Office,
438,350
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
400
Kowloon-Canton Railway,-
Working Expenses,
366,381
Pensions,
Special Expenditure,
Charitable Services,
158,896
340,700
44,159
Total,
8,605,105