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HONGKONG.
QUARTERLY RETURN OF EXCESSES ON SUBHEADS MET BY SAVINGS UNDER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.
(For the 3rd Quarter of 1912.)
No. 18
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, October 24th, 1912.
Head and Subhead of Service.
Amount.
Explanation.
1912
$ C.
Public Works, Extraordinary, Miscellaneous,
S.S. Stanley, Electric Light.
113.50
Cost of
new
installation
under-estimated.
Sanitary Department, Other Charges, Sanitary Staff, Burial of Infected Bodies, $350, Head Stones, $350.
700.00
Prevalence of
infectious
diseases especially Plague and Small-pox.
50.00
Under-estimated.
Judicial and Legal Departments, A.-Supreme Court, Other Charges, Rent of Telephone Exchange.
Harbour Master's Department, A.-Harbour Office, Other Charges, Paint and Brushes.
475.00
Police and Prison Departments, A.-Police, 2,000.00
Other Charges, Secret Service.
Judicial and Legal Departments, B.-Magis- tracy, Other Charges, Incidental Expenses.
150.00
Medical Departments, B.-Hospitals and Asy- lumns, Other Charges, Civil Hospital, In- cidental Expenses.
222.82
Harbour Master's Department, C.-Imports and Exports Office, Other Charges, Inci- dental Expenses.
250.00
Police and Prison Departments, C.-Prison, Other Charges, Gratuities to Prisoners for Incidental Labour.
283.00
Under Ordinance No. 48 of 1911, Section 39 (6), the painting of the licence num- ber on the sails of Fishing Junks is now necessary. The allowance for painting has therefore been increased from 15% to 22 % of the fees charged.
Rewards to informers in lot- tery, arms and opium divan
cases.
Heavier bills for electricity
owing to extra work.
Refund of tuition fees paid by Dr. W. B. A. Moore to the London School of Tro- pical Medicine while on leave in England.
Hydrometers ordered in 1911 but not charged for till 1912. Solicitors' fees in connection with the cases in which Revenue Officers were charged with assault and for unlawful arrest.
More prisoners discharged
than expected.