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HONGKONG.
QUARTERLY RETURN OF EXCESSES ON SUB-HEADS MET BY SAVINGS UNDER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.
(For the 4th Quarter of 1916.)
No.
4 1917
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency
the Governor, March 8th, 1917.
Head and Sub-head of Service.
Amount.
Explanation.
Police and Prison Departments, C.-Prison, Other Charges, Repairs to plants used for industrial undertakings.
Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Expenses,
Other Charges, Contigencies.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Other Charges, In- cidental Expenses, Medical Attendance. on, and Medicines for 2 Unpassed Cadets at Canton.
Medical Department, D.--Government Labora- tory, Other Charges, Apparatus and Chemicals.
Harbour Master's Department, A.---Harbour Office, Other Charges, Repairs to Boats, Buoys, etc.
Harbour Master's Department, A.--Harbour Office, Other Charges, Uniform for Board- ing Officers, Constables and Boatmen.
Harbour Master's Department, C.---Govern- ment Marine Surveyor's Office, Other Charges, Launch, Coal.
Judicial and Legal Departments, A.--Supreme Court, Other Charges, Fees to Counsel and Solicitors for Prisoners in Capital Cases.
$
C.
130.00 Found necessary.
18.00 Owing to unforeseen expen-
diture.
200.00 Under-estimated.
200.00 The excess is principally due to an increase in the cost of articles through the Crown Agents and partly as a result of the increased amount of metallurgical work performed in the Laboratory.
150.00 Under-estimated.
70.00 Owing to rise in price of
material.
350.00 Under-estimated.
400.00 Unforeseen.