THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 16, 1940.
1293
TREASURY.
DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MAY, 1940.
Heads of Expenditure.
Estimates 1940-41.
Expenditure from 1st to 31st
May, 1940.
Expenditure
for same period of preceding year.
Actual Expenditure
to 31st May, 1940.
Expenditure for same period of preceding
year.
$
C.
C.
C.
H. E. the Governor
218,528
12,675.81
14,023.36
65,412.17
69,262.51
Colonial Secretary's Office
and Legislature
682,818
39,651.48
38.764.61
200,862.31
176,074.00
Audit Department
149,332
10,924.09
9,711.20
49,804.23
48,207.82
Botanical & Forestry Dept...
196,466
12,226.31
12,887.56
59,106.06
58,951.68
Charitable Services
797,579
224,218.20
52.487.36
489,098.08
557,813.27
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer Defence
Corps
329,167
52,771.87
17,073,06
178,602.35
65,155.05
() Hong Kong
Volunteer Force...
Naval
65,303
1,176.20
3,502.49
6,986.60
22,541.55
(c) Air Raid Precautions
1,111,627
(d) Defence Contribution
7,500,000
225,360.37 500,000.00
69,256.53
272,206.04
97,064.11
500,000.00
2,500,000.00
2,551,926.07
(e) Special War Expen-
diture
1,000,000
District Office, North
95,042
5,723.15
Do., South
57,315
3,478.50
5,611.27 3,448.97
29,902.32
29,599.15
17,057.46
18,511.14
Education Department
2,069,517
147,540.23
144,853.54
1,075,680.75
1,023,711.02
Fire Brigade
425,295
30,757.46
25,712.69
128,359.67
112,327.77
Harbour Department and
Air Services :-
(a) Harbour Department
1,802,312
180,687.72
68,152.53
579,224.44
418,332.96
(b) Air Services ..
143,968
6,234.28
6,797.34
33,620.42
42,024.04
Imports & Exports Office
628,594
37,193.54
34,751.86
229,253.14
186,885.22
Judiciary
(a) Supreme Court
291,610
19,402.70
17,479.77
105,426.29
97,931.50
(b) Magistracy, (Hong
Kong)
107,498
5,449 07
6,328.64
26,761.51
30,726.89
(c) Do.,
(Kowloon)
79.316
5,402.44
4,94151
26,434.48
24,791.32
Kowloon-Canton Railway...
852,896
55,549.69
82,340.20
311,885.34
347.290.42
Legal Departments
330.160
19,271.70
20,762.38
95,451.60
109,194.37
Medical Department
3,635,709
325,619.48
177,787,54
1,131,372.11
966,269.19
Miscellaneous Services
2,362,415
85,992.90
228,537.98
758,209.97
757,211.18
Pensions
3,620,000
Police Force
4,620,397
221,668.79 354,232.06 296,579.90
237,417.15
1,122,310.69
1,169,629.41
1,507,784.69 1,448,651.87
Post Office, Wireless and
Broadcasting:-
(a) Post Office
1,245,203
(b) Wireless
749,422
148,625.60 31,088.66
49,723.79 24.891.25
355,269.06
392,154,24
155,755.12
116,246.20
(e) Broadcasting
Prison Department
127,350
4,816.19
3,544.54
29,680.34
33,053.59
1,220,972
72,252.17
81,098.55
377.385.33
379,874.06
Public Debt
1,595,391
292.760.00
302,560.00
Public Works Department
and Water Works :-
(a) Public Works Dept...
2,384,105
137,143.91
147,189.05
718,150.53
723,769.36
(b) Water Works
393,568
23,459.81
23,984.17
126,262 45
116,085.56
Public Works Recurrent :-
(a) General
1,737,450
94,202.44
93.973.10
422,815 81
354,281.23
(b) Water Works.
1,245,501
162,422.38
61,444.54
744,796.56
573,888.53
Royal Observatory
162,954
8,512.86
9,187.53
45,026.63
39,472.94
Sanitary Department.......
1,552,224
96,683.39
86,854.72
475,863.48
437,210.47
Secretariat for Chinese
Affairs & Labour Office:-
(a) Secretariat for
Chinese Affairs
(b) Labour Office
Stores Department
Treasury, etc.
178,227
13,050.55
64.181.12
15,118.93
92,431
3,841.71 448,894 | Cr. 182,949.11
76,434.44
18,899.60
352,042
24,731.63
121,219.36 22,074.67
964,913.69
442,004.54
112,249.61
100,085.01
47,558,628
Public Works Extraordinary Fisheries Research Station War Expenditure
3,227,091.52 3,583,550 156,107.99
160,000
2,819,513.64 70,026.46
15,904,852.08 456,024.82
14,512,804.28
330,278.40
138.944.39
2,137,719.28
TOTAL.
51,302,178
3,522,143.90 2,889,540.10 | 18,498,596.18 14,843,082.68
ERIC W. PUDNEY,
Acting Accountant-General.