Foothills road. Similar reports on reclamations at Gin Drinker's Bay and Sha Tin were ready in February and March, respectively. By the end of March, work on the two remaining development reports (Junk Bay and Castle Peak) were well advanced.
337. In June, the Consulting Engineers were asked to report on the reprovisioning of the Kai Tak Rifle Range at a site in the Shing Mun Valley, but by October this project had been abandoned.
338. In October, the Consulting Engineers were instructed to prepare a contract for the Kowloon Foothills road, and by the end of March this contract approached the tendering stage.
EXPENDITURE
339. The total expenditure under all heads including works carried out by Consultants amounted to $201,004,000 compared with $174,614,000 for the previous year. Major public works (including Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes, local development projects and $29,092,000 on recurrent maintenance) accounted for some $145,026,000 of this amount. Administrative costs, salaries and other charges accounted for $26,886,000.
340. The following comparative statement, illustrated graphically on the following page, shows expenditure on Public Works during the year 1950/51 to 1958/59.
Financial Year Personal Emoluments & other charges $ Recurrent Expenditure $ Non-Recurrent $ Total $ 1950/51 4,051,000 14,473,000 28,324,000 46,848,000 1951/52 7,401,000 14,937,000 25,010,000 47,348,000 1952/53 12,742,000 17,887,000 44,971,000 75,600,000 1953/54 16,277,000 19,629,000 39,146,000 75,052,000 1954/55 16,888,000 17,480,000 48,477,000 82,845,000 1955/56 18,646,000 18,629,000 86,215,000 123,490,000 1956/57 21,048,000 21,113,000 118,051,000 160,212,000 1957/58 22,957,000 30,563,000 121,094,000 174,614,000 1958/59 26,886,000 29,092,000 145,026,000 201,004,000 1959/60 (Estimated) 34,459,000 30,970,000 185,102,000 250,531,000REVENUE
341. Revenue collected by the Department totalled $54,977,000, the principal items being premia from sales of Crown land $28,239,000, fees for temporary occupation of similar land $2,982,000 sale of water