THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 12, 1940.
589
TREASURY.
DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST JANUARY, 1940.
Expenditure from
Heads of Expenditure.
Estimates 1940-41.
1st to 31st January, 1940.
Expenditure for same period of preceding
year.
Actual Expenditure
to 1940,
Expenditure for same period of preceding
year.
C.
C.
H. E. the Governor
218,528
12.827.44
13,613.12
Colonial Secretary's Office
and Legislature
682,818
46.140.39
38,262.82
Audit Department
149,332
8,998.30
12,165.05
Botanical & Forestry Dept...
196,466
7.940.06
8,753.86
Charitable Services
797,579
40.521.06
189.451.57
Defence:--
(a) Volunteer Defence
Corps
329,167
16.460.97
5,473.97
(b) Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force...
65,303
909.45
3,162.40
(e) Air Raid Precautions
1,111,627
7,903.40
3,546.66
(d) Defence Contribution
7,500,000
500,000.00
500,000.00
(e) Special War Expen-
diture
1,000,000
89,934.96
District Office, North
95,012
5,722.72
5,428.30
Do., South
57.315
3,042.86
3,624.68
Education Department
2,969,517
144,918.44
140,615.22
Fire Brigade
425,295
18,060.63
18.340.00
Harbour Department and
Air Services :-
(a) Harbour Department
1,802,312
71.202.66
69,181.36
(b) Air Services.
143,968
6,744.85
6,142.40
Imports & Exports Office
628,594
52,669.64
35,584.55
Judiciary: --
(a) Supreme Court
291,610
16.734.83
18,268.50
(b) Magistracy, (Hong
Kong)
107,498
5,003.90
0,226.97
(c) Do.,
(Kowloon)
79,316
5,018.26
1,928.42
Kowloon-Canton Railway...
852,896
60,652.75
31,500.05
Legal Departments
330,160
19.487.82
29,054.88
Medical Department
3,635,709
165,031.14
168,181,55
Miscellaneous Services
2,862,445 274,616.86
264,082.52
Pensions
3,620,000
247,267.29
266.464.54
Police Force
4,620.397
260,986.69
253,075.57
Post Office, Wireless and
Broadcasting:-
(a) Post Office
1,245,203
57,339.00
104,070.01
() Wireless
749,422
28,000.45
21,878.49
(c) Broadcasting
127,850
4,132.75
8,092.70
Prison Department
1,220,972
68.883.88
63,150.32
Public Debt
1,595,391
196.000.00
205,800.00
Public Works Department
and Water Works:-
(a) Public Works Dept...
2.384,105
147,212.51
115,622.21
(b) Water Works
393,568
99,576.94
21,519.12
Public Works Recurrent :
(a) General
1,737,450
53,508.80
10.661.61
(b) Water Works.
1,245,501
12,311.98
19,115.09
Royal Observatory..
162.954
9,116.67
7,101.46
Sanitary Department....
1,552,224
83,055.81
76,761.75
Secretariat
for
Chinese
Affairs & Labour Office:--
(a) Secretariat for
(b) Labour Office
Chinese Affairs
Stores Department
178,227
12,720.63
92,431
3,731.10
14,630.80
448,894
Treasury, etc.
352,042
199,246.07 21,115.57
102,847.35
19,985 94
47,558,628
Public Works Extraordinary
Fisheries Research Station
TOTAL.
$
3,583,550 160,000
51,302.178
3,014,82162 9,979.86
2.966,371.90
27,759.30
3,024,80148
2,994,131.20
C.
ERIC W. PUDNEY, Acting Accountant-General.
C.