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Appendix I

(Chapter 4: Public Finance and Taxation)

Colonial Development and Welfare

Details of locally-administered Grants and Loans made by the United Kingdom Government towards schemes in progress during

1956.

Schemes No.

Title of Scheme

Research

R. 480A

Fisheries Research

up to 31.12.56.

£

Grant Loan

Estimated expenditure

£

£

Unit,

33,975 9,077

33,975

8,288

Hong Kong University: Capital expenditure Recurrent expenditure (Original grant of £11,000

for recurrent expenditure reduced in September 1956).

Development

D. 944

Village Agricultural Depots,

Capital expenditure

9,000

9,000

D. 1967

Loans to fishermen for

mechanization

50,000 42,310

(Interest-free

Repay-

ment of capital by annual

instalments of £5,000 (to start in 1958).

D. 2061

Site development for low-

D. 2341

cost housing, Hung Hom. Site development for low- cost housing, Healthy

62,500

50,592

Village

25,000

13,412

D. 2487

Construction of Pathology

Institute, Hong Kong

University

80,781

14,539

(Administered by Univer-

sity).

D. 2539

Development Schemes in

New Territories

263,500

141,113(1)

D. 2594

Aeronautical telecommunica-

tion

....

16,800

4,400(2)

(Approved

in October

1955).

D. 2663 & A

Notes:

Site development for low-

cost housing, Kennedy

Town

(Grant

approved

1955.

52,500

50,000

of

£43,750,

in

December

Supplementary

grant of £8,750, approved

in August 1956).

£553,133 £50,000 £367,629

(1)-Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (85%) of estimated

expenditure.

(2)--Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (80%) of estimated

expenditure.

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