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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
No. S. 304.--The following Bill was read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 16th October, 1919:-
A BILL
Short title.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eleven million one hundred and seventy- three thousand two hundred and twenty-six Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1920.
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1920 has, apart from the coutri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure and Charges on account of Public Debt, been estimated at the sum of Eleven million one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and twenty-six
Dollars:
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the " Appropriation Ordinance for 1920".
2. A sum not exceeding Eleven million one hundred and seventy-three thousand two hundred and twenty-six Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1920, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
EXPENDITURE.
Governor,
78,321
Do., Special Expenditure,
10,000
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,
81,264
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
650
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,
57,836
Audit Department,
37,585
Treasury,
68,237
Harbour Master's Department,
204,348
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
350
Imports and Exports Department,
557,675
Royal Observatory,
23,671
Miscellaneous Services,
667,251
Judicial and Legal Departments,
267,931
Do.,
Special Expenditure,
150
Police and Prison Departments,
1,093,614
Do..
Special Expenditure,
20,933
Medical Department,
295,439
Sanitary Department,
411,741
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
25,360
Botanical and Forestry Department,
55,091
Education,
467,048
Do.,
Special Expenditure, -
10,000
Military Expenditure,-
Defence Corps,
71,481
Public Works,—
Public Works Department,
492,406
Public Works, Recurrent,
785,600
Public Works, Extraordinary,
Post Office,
-
Kowloon-Canton Railway,-
Working Expenses,
Special Expenditure,
Pensions,
-
Charitable Services,
3,973,700
291,345
420,167
372,904
266,320
64,778
Total,
- $ 11,173,226