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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
1957. Schemes
No.
Title of Scheme
Research
R. 480A
Fisheries Research
Grant Loan
£
£
Unit,
4?
Estimated expenditure
up to 31.12.57. £
Hong Kong University: Capital expenditure
Recurrent expenditure
Development
..
33,975
9,077
33,927
8,664
D. 994
Village Agricultural Depots,
Capital expenditure
9,000
9,000
D. 1967
Loans to fishermen for
mechanization
50,000 46,250
(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-
62,500
62,500
cost housing, Healthy
Village
25,000
18,349
D. 2487
Construction of Pathology
Institute, Hong Kong
University
80,781
69,650
(Administered by Univer-
sity).
D. 2539
Development
schemes in
New Territories
263,500
177,767 (1)
D. 2594
Aeronautical telecommunica-
tion
16,800
3,789 (2)
D. 2663 & A
Site development for low-
cost
housing, Kennedy
Town
52,500
51,562
D. 2990
Site development for low-
cost housing, So Uk (Grant of £100,000 approved in October 1956, and reduced in March
88,875
46,648(3)
1957).
£642,008 £50,000 £528,106
Notes: (1)
Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share of estimated expendi- ture varies with the items comprising this scheme as follows:
Item 1. Road on South Lantao
2.
Six feeder roads
3.
Piers in the New Territories
4. Irrigation schemes
42%
50%
85%
85%
85%
5. Survey party
(2) Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (80%) of estimated
expenditure.
(3) Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (75%) of estimated
expenditure.