THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 26, 1917.
HONGKONG.
No. 26 or 1917.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY, Governor.
25th October, 1917.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eight million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1918.
[26th October, 1917.]
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1918 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 Eight million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten 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 Short title. Ordinance for 1918".
2. A sum not exceeding Eight million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upou the revenne and other funds of the Colouy for the service of the year 1918 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
EXPENDITURE.
Governor,
84,088
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,
81,072
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
650
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
57,487
Audit Department,
-
36,581
Treasury,
67,622
Harbour Master's Department,
200,316
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
500
Imports and Exports Department,
850,627
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
300
Royal Observatory,
23,252
Miscellaneous Services,
446,700
Judicial and Legal Departments,
268,138
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
180
Police and Prison Departments,
-
1,032,734
Do., Medical Department, Sanitary Department,
Special Expenditure,
700
276,897
398,166
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
3,000
Botanical and Forestry Department,
52,564
Education,
376,052
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
4,350
Carried forward,
4,261,776
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