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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 253. The following Bill was read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 11th October, 1917:-
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
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.
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 uine hundred and ten Dollars :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Comïïeil thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Ordinance for 1918 ".
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Appropriation
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 upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony 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,
$1,072
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.,
Special Expenditure,
700
Medical Department,
276.397
Sanitary Department,
398,466
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
3,000
Botanical and Forestry Department,
52,564
Education,
376,052
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
4,850
Military Expenditure,--
Defence Corps,
97,448
Public Works,—
Public Works Department,
471,612
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
280
Public Works, Recurrent,
608,700
Public Works, Extraordinary,
1,685,800
Post Office,
397,354
Kowloon-Cauton Railway,—
Working Expenses,
392,335
Pensions,
Special Expenditure,
Charitable Services,
76,885
334,630
42,590
Total,
8,368,910