THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH DECEMBER, 1896.
No. 22 of 1896.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Fifty-nine thousand Seven hundred and Eighty- nine Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1897.
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WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[22nd December, 1896.]
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service
of this Colony for the year 1897 has, apart from the contribution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure, been estimated at the sum of Two Millions Three hundred and Fifty-nine thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-nine Dollars: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. A sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Fifty-nine thousand Seven hundred and Eighty-nine Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1897, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :—
EXPENDITURE.
so on account of Public Debt,
143.000
Tensions,"
"129,000
Governor and Legislature,
42,903
Colonial Secretary's Department,
30,616
Audit Department,
10,000
Treasury,
22,742
Public Works Department,
90,826
Post Office,
207,361
Registrar General's Department,
12,957
Harbour Master's Department,
62,313
Lighthouses,
16,870
Observatory,
12,876
Stamp Office,
3,572
Botanical and Afforestation Department,
18,698
Legal Departments,
73,168
Ecclesiastical,
2,200
Education,
76,043
Medical Departments,
98,257
Magistracy,
Police,
19,652
239,560
Gaol,
60,086
Sanitary Department,
96,622
Charitable Allowances,
5,260
Transport,
3,000
Miscellaneous Services,
136,607
Contribution towards Barrack Services,
49,000
Colonial Defences-Expenses of the Volunteers, Public Works, Recurrent,
12,000
203,000
Carried forward, $ 1,878,189