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- THE CHINA MAIL, 'FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1940, (203)
MEMORANDUM ON THE 1949-50 BUDGET
Twelve Millions
On Rolling Stock
The sum of $12,000,000 has been carmarked out of Loan expenditure for now rolling-stock for the Kowloon-Canton, Railway, the Financial Secretary, Mr. C. G. S. Follows, ravaals in a Memorandum on the Colony's Budget.
Railway
The nett effect of these changes ||ganisation, it has been consider-alarm system, and a new _sub-、 Head 16. Kowloon-Canton is to increase expenditure on the ed desirable to show the cost of head is shown under Other Read by $72,201.
operating these two organisations Churges for the maintenance of | under a separate and new Hend | this system when it is installed
of expenditure,
in the coming year.
Estimate 1049-50..... $5,443,095 The net Increase on the head! Revised Estimate 1948- is $80,029,
Approved Estimate 1948-
Head 5. Colonial
Secretariat And
Legislature
Estimate 1949-30
Revised Estimato
1940-49
Approved Estimate
1948-49
Actual Expenditure
1547-48
$1,084,828
A.-Fish Marketing Organisation
Estimate 1049-50 ........ $73,027
000,000 Revised Estimate 1948-49 Approved Estimate 1940-
000,100
The Memorandum also reveals that an additional
001,378 A large increase of $211,850 for sum of $5,500,000 has been set aside for the personal emeluments le partiy new cost of living allowances which were in-accounted for by the transfer of troduced on January 1, 1949.
Extracts from the Financial Secretary's Memorandum:-
Head 1. His Excellency The Governor
Estimate 1949-50 Revised Estimate
1048-49
Approved Estimate
1048-49
exclusively accounts for the In- crease of expenditure under this | heați of $284,143.
Hood 3. Audit
Department
$231,297
Estimate 1940-50 200,000 Revised Estimate
1948-49 218.070 Approved Entimate
1048-49 Actual Expenditure
1947-48
ctual Expenditure
1947-48
240.574 The of Custodian, the oc-
past cupant of which has been seconded to duty
One
of The
And
A
40
Actual Expenditure 1947-
48
The staff of this organisation
has been detached from the per- connel of the Fisheries Depart- Cadet Omeers on leave to the ment and the Directorate of the Colonial Secretariat and the pro- former Development Secretariat. vision for four unpassed Cadet It is not therefore possible to give Omeers studying Cantonese. In comparative Agures of expendi- addition, as a result of the abali-
ture.
B-Vegetable Marketing Organisation
40
to
give
$70,852
Department
Head 11. Fisheries
Estimate 1949-50
$121,503
Revised Expenditure
1948-49
60,000
Approved Expenditure
1948-49...
130,400
71,737
Actual Expenditure
1047-10
The Increase of $14,700 in Other Charges reflects the effect of the amalgamation of portions of three sub-departments into a single department.
The total effect however is to
40
49..
Actual Expenditure
5,000,000
..... 6,050,300
1947-48 ******** 2,095,237
The General Manager of the Kowloon Canton - Railway - has effected a considerable retrench- ment stuff..
in Sixty posts have abolished and two posts, one been of Assistant Engineer and one of Draughtsman Cinta irr, have been replaced by two lower-paid posts of Assistant Land Surveyar Class If and Tracer. Certain officers have had their duties re- graded and the only increase in establishment is two new posts of Ticket Inspector. The affect of
reduce expenditure on this head Introducing Ticket Inspectors on
by $17,876.
Head 12. Forestry Department
Estimate 1949-50 Revised Estimate 1048-
40
Approved
1940-40
2047-48
Estimato
$ 420,000
trains has been so successful in preventing the loss of revenus that the proposed additional ex-" penditure on the two new ports la expected to be amply recouped in additional revenue.
lion of the Development Secre tariat, the Secretary for De- velopments is provided for under this Head. A Special Adviser SnRaped On contract during Estimate 1940-30 **** 1048-49 to deal with
matters Revised Estimate 1048-40 $243,307
connected with the establishment Approved Estimate 1948- of the proposed Municipal Coun- 200,000
cll has also been provided for Actual Expenditure 1947-
Several economies have also 48
been made under Other Charges 203,401 under temporary staff. Provision
450,000 and in practically too is made for a six
The personnel of this deport-
all cases the months' visit by an Efficiency Expert and ment has been detached from the
provision for 1049-50 is less than nemy 175,078
For the clerical start which he Agriculture Department and the
513,248 for the current financial year. Consequent on the retirement) may require.
Certain
Increases Directorate of the former Deve- Actual Expenditure
The chief exception is for Mis- 176,000 lopment Secretariat so it is not
cellaneous Allowances which hai possible
comparative
been Increased in order to pro- Although personal emolumenta vide for the revised rates of cost Agures of expenditure in show an increase of $37,485 thereof living allowances recently nu- tlon provizion is made for a De-
has been no Increase in staff, 71 velopment Officer who has been Foresters who
were engaged on contract during 1948- 49 in connection with the Whole-paid under an Other Charge sub- head will in future be paid under sale Vegetable Marketing Or the temporary staff vole. In con- ganisation.
Requence Other Charges show considerable reduction. There is, however, one
sub-head new under which $17,000 is provided for the experimental develop mental development of forestry lots in the Sni Kung area.
Total expenditure on the Head is reduced by $83,332,
Head 13. Garden
Department
These
ture, the provision for this head were authorised during the year has been reduced by $19,504. by Special Warrant.
Total expenditure on the Head lis higher by $224,859,
Hood 4. Civil
Aviation
Estimate 1949-50 Revised Estimate
1942-49 Approved Estimate
1948-40 Actual Expenditure
1947-48
Head 6. Dopartment Of Commerce And Industry
$834,430
600,000
Estimate 1949-50 762,160 Revised Estimate
1948-49
under
Air-
4
Hoad 8. District Office,
Now Territories
$1,279,079
Estimate 1949-50 ...... $330,780 Revised Estimate 1948-
49
320,000
1,000,000
Estimate Approvect
1940-
1948-49
373,863
1,220,714
Actual Expenditure
1017-48
150,836
554,370
Minor changes in staff are res
Under
Other Charges, Loent
Revised Estimate 1948-
49 Approveil Estimate
1048-49 Actual Expenditure
1947-48
for as a super- of the former Director of Audit in staff are also necessary numerary Built in the Supreme
member of the pre-war the Exchange Control Office as a Court, has been abolished. Senior Clerical and Accounting result of its transfer during 1940 post of No. 1 Boy has also been Staff, together with some minor from the Colonial Secretariat to abolished and replaced by
economies in recurrent expendi-requisitioned
premises. House Coolle. The opportunity has been taken to show in detail the posts occupied by the house- hold staff of Government House. The result of all these changes is a small increase in personal emolumenta of $4,918.
Recurrent expenditure during 1948-49 was found to be under- estimated in some cases and in- creases in Incidental Expenses. Publications, and Upkeep Vehicles have been made.
254,500 rehabilitation of Fanling Lodge
transfer of Approved Estimule was completed during the year Apart from the
1048-49 and an additional $3,000 is pro- posta previously shown
Actual Expenditure vided for under Fuel, Light and temporary staff to the non-pen-
1947-48 Power for this additional bulld-alonable establishment, the only
Estimate 1949-50 At the request of certain ship-ponsible for a reduction in per- ing. The total increase on Other increases in staff are additional ping companies, additional Re-sonal emoluments of $10,633. Charges amounts to $7,400. The firemen, motor drivers, coxswains, venue Omeers have been engaged Public Works has been reduced nett Incrence of expenditure on engineers and seamen required
uired as anti-narcotic guards and are by $25,000 and the sub-hend for the head is $12,318.
to man safety equipment which must be provided for the A loaned to the companies to pre-pkeep
of Grounds of Islanti ***** vent the smuggling of narcotics House, Taipe, has been deleted Head 2.
with inter- port in accordance national conventions. A large in- on their vessels. When not to engaged, these officers are avail- crease of $59,000 is necessary for able for ordinary duties, overtime which, together with personnel is being increased and $730,228 revisions of salaries and incre-
ments on the salary scate, c-provision for this is made under
temporary staff. The expendi-| 270,000 count for an extra sum of $120 ture is of course offset re-
481 for personal emoluments.
venue receipts in respect of re- 440,085 Under temporary staff, provi
sion is made for a new post of 190,720 Aeronautical Engineer who is re-s
As a result of these and other The large Increase in Other quired to deal with certification
changea
emoluments personal
Revised Estimate Charges of $111,500. is largely ex-of air-worthiness of aircraft_en-
have risen by $70,005. plained by the provision of $50,- gines and frames, as a result of
On the other hand economies 1948-40 000 to cover labour charges in the establishment in Hong Kong in Other Charges have resulted Approved Estimate respect of an
expanded pro- of number of aircraft main-' in a decrease of $11,700 in spite
1048-40 gramime of farm and animal hus- tenance companies,
additional provision of Actual Expenditure The expanding activities of the $10,000 for the printing of trade bandry work and of $32,500 for
1047-48 the prevention and control of
Airport have resulted in certain t
returns. It is proposed during
Considerable changes have been Hivestock diseases. The increased Increases amounting to $11.500 the coming year to resume the made in the establishment of Mistresses arising attention to animal husbandry is under Other Charges.
pre-war also reflected in the increase of amount, $0,000 is required
practice of publishing Masters and to trade returns which will bo
out of the proposed building pro- $10,000 for livestock, feeds, and fuel, iight and power in anti-available for sale to the public. gramme for schools. The Increase equipment, and of two new items cipation of a start being made
The nelt increase on the head in classes also results. in additions under Special Expenditure, in night flying at Kai Tak.
is $50,305,
10 attendant and mental staff. namely Experimental and Breed-
Inder Special Expenditure, the
Consequently personal emoluments um of $74,800 ing Station $143,000 end Control
provided to
have risen by more than 10 per cent from $3,555,988 to $4,040,935.
Agriculture Department
Estimate 1949-50
Revised Estimate
1948-19
Approved Estimate
1948-49
Actual Expenditura
2047-48
sum
+
. Or this
of Stock Diseases $55,000. In all purchase new crash tenders and expenditure
totalling approx-water tanks required by inter- mately $300,000 is provided for national conventions in order to an extensive programme design- bring the Airport up to specifica- ed to improve livestock in the tion in respect of safety precau- Colony. This programme almost ❘ tions.
For All...
This
imbursements by the companies concerned.
An
Hoad. 7. Co-operative And Marketing Pending a decision on the fu- ture method financing both
as a result of the transfer to the Gardens Department of a Gar-
dener formerly employed by the
District Commissioner.
Head 9. Education Department
Estimate 1949-50
$5,085,335 + $7,070,705
under Subventions.
12,124,138
thorised. The nett reduction la formerly Other Charges amounts to
$1,028,740.
Under Special Expenditure fur- ther provision in the five years plan for relaying and renewing the permanent way is provided for. Other items cover a build- ing programme, the major Item of which is the repair of work- shops costing $100,000 which are to provide required in order
for large secure accommodation quantilles of machines and tools which are beginning to arrive from the United Kingdom. The sum of $180,000 la also provided to cover part of the cost of pro- viding adequate rallway foeliities for the new Wo Hop Shek Cerne- 400,000 tery which it is planned to open In the New Territories and for 493,570 which a further sum of $500,000 is provided under Public Works 160,723 Extraordinary.
$349,381
There has been an increase of Expenditure on the Kowloon only four posts in the establish- Canton Railway for 1949-50 shows. ment. Two of these posts are for a reduction of $1,206,685 on the gardeners, one of whom
was
current year's estimates. formerly shown under the Police Force Heat and the other pro- vided for under Other Charges in the estimates of the District
Now Office,
Territories.
Head 17. Labour Deportmont
Estimate 1949-50 ......... Woman Clerk and Motor Driver Revised Estimate 1948-
shown under temporary staff это 49
necessary as a result of separat-
40
ments and
$280,335
240,000
252,020
#
1
11,500,000 ing this department from the Approved Estimate 1948-
former Development Secretariat.
1947- Actual Expenditure A reduction of $174,600 under
48
136,800 Special Expenditure indicates 0,444,810 that the programme of rehab to bring the title of this depart
The opportunity has been taken tation of Government grounds un- attended during the occupationment into line with other depart- years is nearing completion. Con from Labour Office to Labour De- It has been altered
boen ong partment. There has
establishment, increase in the namely, a Woman Labour Inspec➡ tor.
Minor changes
under Other $2,825,715 and the provision is the same as
Charges cancel each other..........out..............
in 1948-49. Expenditure on the 803,000 Ilead has risen by $24,500. Head 18. Legal 334,694
Department
Head 10. Fire Brigade
the Fish Marketing Organisation Estimate 1049-50 and the Vegetable Marketing Or-Revised Estimate
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Head 14. Hong Kong 'Dofonco Forco
Estimate 1948-50 Revised Estimate
1948-49 .........** Approved Estimate
1948-40
$1,104,104
.1948-40 Approved Estimate
1948-49
£50,000
Actual Expenditure
1947-40
1,008,075
Actual Expenditure
1047-48
76,489 Estimates 1949-50
Head 15. Inland Revenue | Revised Estimato` 1940-
Department
569,476 Exlimate 1940-30 .....$815,205 As a result of the decision to Revised Estimate 1948- keep in commission two Are en- 40
gines which were replaced by new models in 1040-49 a small Increase in staff has been neces- sary and provision is made for two new posts of sub-officers and 20 new posts of firemen. The re- sult is an increase in personal
i emolumente of $08,678.
on
Approved Estimate
1948-49
Actual Expenditure
1947-48
$370,874
49
640,000
Approved Estimate 1948-
40
540,140
000,000
Actual expendituro 1947-
48.......
309,014
072,605
Head 19. Magistracios
$242,881
1948-49.
220,000
215,647
150,148
| Estimate 1949-50
311,509 Revised Estimate
Approved Estimate
1948-40.
For
Part of the increase of $140,000 in personal emoluments is ac- counted for by the transfer of the Estate Duty Omee from the Actual Expenditurė Of the increase of $40,018 faTreasury to the Inland Revenue. 1947-48. Other Charges, additional Department. The department is For case of reference both the $20,000 is required for Stores and still expanding its activities and Hong Kong and Kowloon Magis- equipment. $7,000 for Uniforms this is reflected in the increase in tracles are shown under a new by the additional staff establishment of one Assessor Head of expenditure. Only minor and $5,000 for the larger fleet of Grade II and two Taxation Om-changes have occurred In the vehicles to be kept in commis- cers.
temporary staff and in both sub- A small increase of $1,850 in departments expenditure in the Under: Special Expenditure, the Other Charges arises out of the coming year is only slightly sum of $31,500 is provided for the transfer of the Estate Duty higher than in 1943-49. installation of the new street Are TOMee.
(Continued on Pages 9, 11 and 14)
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