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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.