THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932.
THE CHINA MAIL.
being allotted. The Sinking Fund amounted to £98,036 38 against £75,749 at the end of 1930.
General,
The Colony's Finance In Past Year
The estimates for the year were based on $1.-18./4d, and a deficit of approximately $2,300,000 was budgeted for. To reduce this deficitit WES decided that
274 More Prisoners Than In 1930
the basis of conversion of COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR PAST
Revenue Surplus Of $1,985,950 ng aniaries inte
Over Expenditure ·
THE TREASURER'S
REPORT
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The report of the Colonial Treasurer, the Hon. Mr. Edwin Taylor, on the Finance of the Colony for the year 1931 makes interesting reading, and com- parative figures are given for the past decade.
Was
sterling
Into dollara should be altered, half be ing converted at the Treasury rate of exchange and half at 15./6d.
to the dollar. The adoption of this
saving of $388,000 in the expendi- ture reducing the deficit to $1,912 000. The opening rate of exchange: for 1931 was however 15./0d to the dollar and it was estimated 1/4d. to 1/- would increase ex-
that the fall in the dollar from
to
DECADE
The report of the Superintendent of Prisons, for the year 1931, shows that 274 more prisoners were received into prison than during the year 1930. Interesting comparative figures for the past decade are contained in the report.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES.
The number of prisoners received into prison during the year and the corresponding number for were as follows:-
penditure during 1931 by $1,838,000 allowance having already been The Revenue for the year amount and $480,000 to the increased scale made for the payment of salaries. ed to $38,146,724 and the Expendi- of Liquor and Tobacco Duties im- in the manner indicated. Steps had:
therefore to be. taken. both ture
$31,160,774. Revenue posed in September. The approv therefore exceeded Expenditure by ed estimate of expenditure for the to reduce expenditure and
revenue. The Estim- " $1,985,050. The approved estim-year was shown as $29,787,855 and increase
ates were accordingly prun Convicted by Ordinary ated revenue for the year was the revised estimate amounted to
ed the
to the extent of $27,488, 759 while the revised figure $31,152.500 or $8,274 below
$950,- 1000 and extra revenue was obtain was $31,204,368, an increase of ectual expenditure. $3,715,609. The actual revenue The following statement shows ed by increase. therefore exceeded the revised es- the, Revenue and Expenditure for timate by $1,942,856 of which each of the years of the last de-i $877,000 was due to Land Sales | cade:
1902
Year
1923
1924
1925
Revenue Expenditure Surplus Deficit $22,291,065 $18,563,003 $4,728,062 21,571.900 3,211,858 24,783,763 24,209,640 26.720,428 23,244,360 28,266,818
1026
21.131.582
1927
24,058.399 21,230,242 23,554,475 21,983,257 1,571,213
23,524,716 21,344,536 20,845,065 499,471 8,738,157
$2,516,788 5,022,452 2,393,134
27,818.473 28,119,048 33,146,724
301,173
31,160,774 1.985,350
of
192
1929
1420
1031
Revenue
The largest individual item revenue is derived from the assess-
$3,679,088.
Trade Quieter..
Intendent and Medical Officer befrig over sixteen years of age. In three 1930
corporal punishment awarded by courts in addition to 1930 1931. sentences of imprisonment.
Courts Debtors...
5,624
73
On remand or in de-
fault of finding surety 796
cases
WAB
The percentage of convicted pri- 5,921 aoners admitted to prison with pre- 44vious convictions recorded against them was 21.8 as compared with 802 22.8 for 1930. Trade as a whole in Hong Kong may be described as about the same
Total
6,493 6.767 with a quieter tendency. From
Fifty-three boys were admitted as statistics however, the import trade would appear to have been slightly Juveniles ie. under sixteen years of during the year with better than in 1930. The exportage.
from trade did not shew any signs of in-sentences varying creasing in spite of the low dollar. days' detention to twelve months'
hard labour. Of this The political troubles. in China
were added to by serious floods dur ber twenty-three only
five
266 prisoners were convicted byl Public Courts in the New Terri-} tories against 260 for the previous year.
the
The following table shows number of convicts in custody on December 31 for the past ten years, Bum- and the percentage of the total were number of prisoners in custody, to
ing the earlier part of the year in treated as Juvenile Offenders; the the estimated population of Hong the Southern Provinces and later others in the opinions of the Super-Kong:- on by the overflowing of the Yang-
land sales. Stamp duties (includ-te River causing disease and the Chinese ing estate duties) follow with tariffs were increased. A feature
famine and finally In the following table the actual worth recording was the boycott of ment tax, the sum of $5,814,017 be- revenue for the year 1931 is com- Japanese goods during the last ing collected in 1931. This repre-pared with the revenue of the pre-quarter of the year. The effect of sents 17.5% of the total revenue or vious year and with the Estimates this was a large falling off in im- 19.4% of the revenue exclusive of for 1931.
Heads of Revenue.
Light Dues
Liccrces and Internal Revenue
otherwise specified
Year.
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SHOWING TO-DAY
at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30 PM.
THE GREATEST CHINESE, TRIUMPH ON THE SCREEN
HUMANITY
With the GREAT SHENSI FAMİNE OF 1980 “AS BACK- GROUNDS. A PICTURE NOT EITHER THE CHINESE- OR THE FOREIGNERS CAN AFFORD TO MISS
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Actual 1930.
Estimates
1931.
329,913.46 $ 648,740 $
not
ports from Japan which together with the higher dollar during the last three months deflected tho Actual
1931. trade in piece goods to the United 658,337.30 Kingdom. It is indeed a source of
how satisfaction to record
well
1922
662,200
269
.089
-787-
.119
1923
691,800
204
.0.18
361
.126
1924
799,550
345
.043
1,066
.183
1925
874,420
304
.045
1,116
.128
1926
786,920
409
.052
1,054
.184
1927
890,400
392
.044
1,189
.136
1928
1,075,690
352
.033
1,071
..100
1929
1,076,630
381
.081
1,075
100
1930
1,143,510
256
022
1,175
.103
1931
* 840,761
202
,024
1,102
130-
44
MADONNA
... 16,169,268.40 18,568,075 20,934,508.19 Hong Kong has stood up against
Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimburse- ments in Aid
2,113,862.02
Post Office
1,376,207,08
973.128.03
Rent of Government Properly, Land
and Houses
1,541,895.59
...
2,285,102 1,300,000 348,550
1,432,420 300,799.73 133,000 2,000,103.05 $22,872
Kowloon-Canton Railway
Interest
Miscellaneans Receipts
Total (exclusive of Land Sales)
world depression and unrest. 2,621,425.94) The year from A Treasurer's 2,035,938.60 point of view has been most dif 1,095,098.77, cult, and arduous. A shilling dollar in January and every prospect of a 1,587,942.43
224.460.46 very large deficit by December call- 811,114.04 ed for the greatest care in expendi-
* From 1931 Census. Population. In previous years over estimated.
ture. The subsequent increases in WAR $24,053,575.89 $25,388,750 129,068,916.79 taxation especially in the many 1,500,000 3,177,807.94 minor licences and fees as enumer- Land Sales (Premiu on, New Lenses) 2,864,807.03
.$27,878,472,92 $27,488,75 $33,140,723.73 ated earlier in this report were not
done without a great deal of care! Ordinary Expenditure $28,785,848 and consideration. Extraordinary Expen-
Total
Each Head of Revenue showed an increase over the Estimates for 1931 and with the exception of In- terest and Miscellaneous Receipts over the Revenue for 1930.
Expenditure.
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ture, Public Works 2,374,931, Statement of Assets and Ordinary Expenditure for the Liabilities on December
$28,785,843 against
31, 1931. year $25,269,147 in the preceding year showing an increase of $3,516,696. In the following table actual expenditure for the year 1931 in
The expenditure for the year amounted to $31,160,774 against an estimate of $29,787,965 an increase compared with the expenditure of of $1,372,919. The total sum of the previous year and with the Es- $31,160,774 is made up as follows:-timates for 1931.
3
Heads of Expenditure.
H.E. the Governor
Cadet Service
Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff
Junior Clerical Service .....
Liabilities,
Contractors and Officers Deposits Suitors Fund...." Miscellaneous De-
posita
Deposits:-
Actual 1930 Estimates, Actual 1931 Postal Agencies
Suspense Account 636,078.97 Exchange Adjust- 341,045.84 ment 871,431.71 Trade
serve
Loan *Re-
68.228.05 Praya East Re-
1931 150,450.32 155,800 170,605,97 517,810.01 566,221 384,113 323,750.12
916,050 860,845.52
Colonial Secretary's Office and Lėgis-
68,438.13
18,896.25
60,025 10,620
34,189.04
54,035
07,919.44
72,604
24.317 24,844.96 13,752.01 12,340
359,689.81 408,405 406,215.30
lature Chinese Affairs Secretariat for
Treasury *** Audit Department District Office, North
da,
South....
Communications:-
(a) Post Office
(b) do. Wireless Telegraph
Service#
Imports and Exports Office Harbour 'Department
Royal Observatory
Fire Brigade
Court
Supreme Cou
Attorney Geners?
Crown Solleitar's Office
Official Receiver
Lond Office
Alr Service
Magistracy, Hong Kong
do.
Police Force
Kowloon
Prisons Department
Medical Department
Sanitary Department
Botanical & Forestry Department
Education Department
Public Works Department
do.
Recurrent
do. Extraordinary
Kowloon-Canton Railway
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer Defence Corps
(h) Military Contribution
Miscellaneous Services
Charitable Service
Pensions...
Charge on Account of Public Debt
Total
47,499.98 21,220
47,911.9%
21,308,43 71,280.57
clamation 81,080.71 Coal Account
22,958.36 Crown Agents— 11,041.82 Overdraft
71,012 326,479 178,254 47,228 50,822 18,001
20,711.14 38,754 42,103.90 1,990.87 1,892.66
Total Liabilities Excess of Assets over Liabilities..
PREDICTED BY DR. KOO.
Threat to Asia and the World.
TRADING JUNK
ASHORE.
THE POSITION IN MANCHURIA.
Peking. Yesterday.
Badly Holed at Fu
Tau Mun.
CREW REMAIN ABOARD.
Yesterday afternoon, the Water In an exclusive interview with Reuter to-day, Dr. Wellington Koo, Police Station received a wire- 415,261.81 Chinese assessor with the League | less message from the officer-in- 590,712.07 of Nations Mission to Manchuria,
painted a gloomy picture of the charge of No. 4 Police launch to 2,611,171.02 situation in Manchuria. He be- the effect, that a trading junk, 1,451.91 lieves that war, not only in East No. T23238H, of about 3,000 was ashore at
923,010.85, Asia, but throughout the world, la picula capacity,
imminent unless a solution is quick-
Attempts to refloat the vessel were found impossible as she was badly holed.
332,099.29 ly found, based on solemn Interna-Fu Tau Mun.
tional agreements and justice to 1,045,389.41 China, as explosion in Manchuria would cause repercussions in the 142,642.33 rest of the world. Distance would 2,672.58 no longer be an insulator of shock.
Dr. Koo said that the Commia 1,957.16 sion and its Chinese delegates were 6,065,768.53 considerably bampered in their movements by constant surveillance, 11,347,629.47 and thus much evidence from Chin
ese witnesses was prevented.
This evening Dr. Koo, accom panied by the Earl of Lytton, the Italian and German commission- ers and the Japanese assessor, will leave for Tsingtao to enable the 3,484,014.01 Commissioners to decide the place where they can draft their final report-Reuter.
120,997.00 149,981 148,677.96 903,191.60 871,194 1,031,294.48 999,606.03 1,104,894 962,618.12
Total .... $17,418,398.00 $3,896,70 154,588 26.691.12. 54,138.40
74,187.85
Assets. 315,431.08.
305,016.77 185,318.02 Advances:-
50,682.92 On account of
Future Loan... Purchase of three Locomotives, for Chinese Section Kowloon-Canton 778.119.73
Railway... 1,336,028.89
Miscellaneous 251,751.68
Building Loans 116.658.84 1,707,587.94 Imprest Account 2,306,478.48 Subsidiary Coin 1,581,020.75 Investments:---
2399 24190 2,190 2,569,684.42 2,710,962
677,585.16
718.309
888.840
126,191.99
119,087 1,652,169.88 1,789,708,
2,033,300.08 2,088,928
1,564,118.48 1,588,150 2,850,498.88 2,500,000
826,405.47 947,547
98,842.05
103,060
3,863,769.31 4,784,280
1,788,444.10
235,186,50 142,295 1,588,117.82 1,438,230 1,080,821.90 1,228,000
2
2,374,081.09 Surplus Fund
879,211.25 Crown Agents Re-
97,088.28 mittances 4,932,508.38Trade Loan
Out-.
2211,125.69 standing 1,400,955
174,588.90 1894.290.75 Unallocated Stores, 1,541,441.41 (P. W. D.)
Unallocated Stores,
(Railway)
-$28,119,045.54 $29,787,855 $87,166,774.00 The excess of Assets over Lia-1.788 and the Sinking Fund stood at bilities on the 1st January 1980 £761,447 as against $719,664 at the was 39,861,679. On the 31st De end of 1980, cember 1981 this sum had increas The Public · Worky-Loan (Or-
a to 311,847,629 the difference dinance No 14 of 1927)
of 31,885,990 is the excess of re- to $4,927,000, $9,000,000†
ounted
A recorded Jon was issped locally at par
Lorry Haulage® Ac-
Account Cash Balance.
Treasurer
447,468.26
Soviet Supplying Arms?
Harbin, Yesterday. Allegations that the insurgent 83,086.70 forces in Manchuria are being kept 1,058,92431 regularly supplied with arms and 6,830.81 ammunition from Soviet Russia are 1,296,805.90 suggested In Japanese military de-
spatches. 1,863,434.80 General Ma Chan-shan has not
given up his fight against the Jap 41,588-44 anese nor has he been captured as recently reported. It is stated 1,282,579.76 that Genera) Ma is now at Edi-an- chen, to the north-east of Koshan 517,248.14 and the Japanese, report that about five thousand of his troops. are 168,546.81 marching south Reuter
1748.26
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