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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT
and ultimately the problem of finding the means to finance new projects.
Actual Expenditure on education by the Education and other departments from August 1956 to July 1957 may be briefly summarized as:
Total $
Recurrent Expenditure:
Personal emoluments
$15,727,647
Other Charges
3,236,880
Maintenance and Repairs of
School buildings (Public Works
Department)
352,120
19,316,647
Grants and Subsidies:
33,733,786
(recurrent and capital, and
including the University)
י
Capital Expenditure:
Furniture & equipment for new
government schools
462,268
New school buildings (Public
=
Works Department)
4,886,452 5,348,720
$58,399,153
Expenditure by other Departments:
Medical Department
1,018,691
Kowloon-Canton Railway
92,849
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry Depart-
ment
155,783
$ 1,267,323
Legislation. All colleges, schools and other institutions of learning, with the exception of a small number of schools for the children of members of Her Majesty's Forces, are subject to the provisions of the Education Ordinance, 1952. The Director of Education, who, under the Ordinance, has general control over education in the Colony, is chairman of the Board of Education, which has advisory functions, its members being appointed by the Governor. The Director is required to keep registers of schools, teachers, and man- agers of schools, and to ensure that satisfactory standards