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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1940.
ITEMISED EXPENDITURE IN BUDGET
(Continued from Page 8) Hood 20. Marino
Department Estimate 1949-30. Ilevised Estimate ·
1948-49.
Approved Estimate
1940-49.
Actual Expenditure
1047-48.
ed
$4,802,137
has in-
3,388,156 The number of vessels aperat-
this department by creased considerably since he fore the war. The salary of the Director of Marine was revised in the course of the current year, and in the 1940-50 Estimates the
The other hand Iwo posta oli Women Interpreters an Assis tants have been abolished and two Disinfecting Station En- gineers together with thirteen and 10B 3,700,000 Cleansing Chargemen
Cleansing
Coolies
have been 4,022,802 trneisferred to the Sanitary De-
partment,
The nett Increase in personal emoluments is $356,727.
Grants amounting to $2,025, 000 to the Allee Memorial and Tung Walt Group of Hospitain are now shown under Subven- tions. In addition there is a re- duction of over $1,000,000 for establishment of Senior Marine recurrent expenditure in spite of Omcers has been increased from the introduction of four new
sub-heads. three to four and the number of
These are $200,000 for the Maintenance reduced
of Lepers, from
wh which had previously been shown WWI under Subventions under Leper Asylum at Shek
Lung, $84,350 for extra liets for staff of Anti- Tuberculosis institutions, and 36,- 7531 for the training
of dental students whom it is proposed to
Singapore
of
from
Marine Officers eight to seven.
seven. In addition two eight supernumerary posin
Sur- veyer of Ships have been pro- vided for to cover the period of who are leave of two officers reling. Certain reductions aro made in Deck and Engine Doum staff as it result of a decision to show in departmental estimates staff not properly connected with the Marine Department. Of the
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Hood 23. Pensions Estimato 1949-50.
Revised Estimate
1048-49.
Approved Estimate
1048-40.
Actual Expenditure
1947-48.
oners
and travelling expenses for pris- į gaged on versels tited exclusive- who bre encouraged to fly by this department are now leave the Colony has been suc- ¦ showit and provided for instead
the cessful, but provision this year of under Marine Depart- was under-estimated, and an ex- [ment. tr $22,000 is required.
One now post of Town Flan- Under Special Expenditurening Officer has been created 850,000 is requred
replace in order to Implement the Aber- vehicles and $5,000 is provided crumble Report.
The of for the purchase of hand tooms
nott effect of all these which will be be used by female changes la an increase in per prisoners.
sonal emoluments of $92,645..
less llcensing have been taken $0,720,000 over by the Post Office and lar
gely account for the increase of 0,000,000 $103,397 in personal emoluments. The largo increase of over $500,000 for recurrent exper- 0,013,000 ditture is explained by the in- crease of $500,000 in expenditure 5,822,330 for conveyance of malls and Of the incrense of $707,000 $50,000 for the purchase under Thi Head 3450,000 re-stumps.
Under presents pensions, allowances and
Speclat Expenditure grants paid to members of the $23,800 is required for replacing local volunteer forces under motor transport, $10,532 for
Warrants, Royal
This is a new miscellaneous postal equipment sub-head. Prior to the recent and $10,500 to provide more settlement with Hin Majesty's post office boxes for which there Government all volunteer pen is a considerable unsatisfied de sion w
were charged to a Sus- mand.
They
B. -Broadcasting pense account.
commitment on Hong Kong funds and adequate provision is stimato 1940-50...
Revised Estimate 1048-49 made for them.
Approved Estimate Head 24. Police Force
1040-40. Estimate 1949-50.
Actual
1047-48 Revised Estimate
1948-49. Approved Estimate
1048-48 Actual Expenditure
1047-10.
nre now
$12,633,722
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to
Tho total increase on the Head amounts to $417,031.
Head 27. Public Dabt. Estimate 1949-50, $5,488,041 Revised Estimato 1918-49. ......... Approved Estimate
1948-40.
$352,509
Actuai
Expenditure
Expendituro
220,000
233,054
201,032 increase
1047-40.
4.000,000
5,012,441
1,882,285
Apart from ati increase of $30,000 for travelling expenses and $7,500 for fuel, light and power, all other recurrent char- ges are the same or less than in 1948-49. The nett increase in recurrent expenditure amounts to $0,318.
The total increase on the Head Is a little over $100,000.
Apart from reductions in the Head 30.
Interest payable on the 1934 and | 1640 loans arising out of further
redemptions, there are no other
for
changes under this Head. Pro 10,400,000 The apparent large
In the establishment is explained vision
$1,500,000 is again made for interest. of 10,428,881 by the transfer
temporary
and redemp~ staff
the non-pensionable tion of possible further issues yra course, Considerable savings
Revised
Loon Inere under the Rehabiliatiem shown ander medicines and
6.427,702 establishment,
these
Ordnances posts instruments, breding and cleth-
1947. Consequently The former practice of show- mental scales for
expenditure has fallen by $25,- increase of $174,155 it personat ng stores and equipment, saping, the rank and file in separate were not settled until after the
of the commencement tuber contigents has been discontinued financial emoluments $04,000 Pequim plenwentary feeding ot
year. A News and eulosis patients, uniforms for overtime allowance.
and and the
of the sirength
force
ree Trika Editor was also engaged a result of economies in ex-
umber of vehicles. On the other cum now be As
been at
seglence on contract during 1948-48. The coal and fuel oil hund X-ray penditure on
departmental ex Consequent on the increase
nelt effect is an increase of $20- und travelling the number of Constables. Jour 148 In personal emoluments. $100,000 and amounting to
penses, washing. tli the hire of tugs
of which amounting to expenses $59,540 and The luadora uf
at shown the estimates in the $40,000 for typhoon
Catrage vurrent
financial year
were
require
The Special Expenditure items |
to 846,070 less than In
When Apart from re-votes of
under
which up to the present time has additional provision, always been met by supplemen- tury
Hand provisions typhoons peur, a saving of # $115,- HOO is made in Other Charges. money nul expended this year,
Provisiona
Butle
the main alems are provision of Special Expenditure for a - 5 for ate-fondRioning plant Kramme of replacing Inunches, for the operating room In Kow- loon Hospital and the Kowloon equipment including engines because some of the vere Motuary, $75,000 for replacing malar Transport and $50,000 to *i:**། the cost of providing sun blab. in variants. hospitals and Destatutions.
and their
continue replacing them for next few years.
sels delivered for service in the Colony on its reoccupation BIN beginning to show signs of wear. Most of these vessels were
$1492 new and it will be necessary to
1lz
thus
The total increase under licad amounts to $178,335.
Hoad 21. Medical. Department
Estimate
1949-50, $12,001,033 $2,625,000 under Subventions.
Revised Estimate
1048-40.
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Hoad 28. Public Relations Office
Estirnate 1940-50. ".. Revised Estimate
1040-49..........
Approved Estimato
Actual Expenditure
1047-48.
$100,088
60,000 78,484
56,023 Tha only increases In the establishment are an additional Assistant Public Relations Of ficer who was engaged on con- tract in the course of the cur- rent financial year and six Mex sengers. These are required for the issue at a Government bul- letin in Chinese.
new posts of Sergeants and eight
There is an increase of $20,000 new posts of Corporals have been for fees to Artists and Announ
establishment The created,
ters. $4,000
records, with Constables is Increased
1948-40. by 557 which it is proposed to purchase new posts. In addition 158 new a number of Cantonese records, posts have been created to ab- and AR additional $2,000 for fees and royalties. Water copyright. sorb the former civilian Police who are passing through The effect of these Increases re the Police Training
sults in un School at
additional $84,106. has for recurrent expenditure. intervals. There periodical been some reduction in the num-
Under Specint Expenditure ber of civilian Water Foilçe but provision is made for the pur- there are a number of posts censo of a new planh, the present which are supernumerary to the ne having been in use sture re- The the occupation of the Colony, These establishment.
sum of $2,000 is also required to quier
because personnel
furnish the library of this de needed to man launches
while purtment with special reference The total experiBure un the trainees аге
their books, undergoing Hend shows a reduction of $3,- courses
which dre
Broadcasting Expenditure on 173.3 3. reoslly offset by the months' duration. The establish- transfer of $2,625.049 to the Sub-ment of Water Police will be stabilised when the process of ventions Head.
conversion, which will continue into 1950-41 is complete,
Apart from the delalling
formerly shown under tem- start 537,832,100 porrry staff, there an increase of tWD posis of Telephone 59,400,000 | Operator and a reduction of one post of Gardener who has been 20,766,500 transferred to the Gardens De-
partment, U0,763,021
But for an increase of $320,- sub-
000 for upkeep vehicles. removed
Other Charges would have been accordance
lance remiced from the previous year's made in just total. The figure of $80,000 pro- vided in 1948 for the upkeep of ex-
Hoad 22. Miscellaneous
Services Estimate 1949-30.
Rovbed Estimate
JDAR-40,
$13,000,000
Approved Estimate
Artual Expenditure
1947-48.
1913-49.
Approved Estimate
1948-49.
15,775,248 Actul Expenditure
1047-48 All
Items venties
7,023,423
classifed
been have review of the staff requirements from this Head for permanent institutions under) with a
In the course nt the year, a
the control of
request
11.M
this
is
ot
of
will therefore be increased by $119,455 compared with 1048-49.
CTelecommunications Estimate 1949-50, ... $ 079,314 Revised Estimate
1948-19.
1,000,000 Approved Estimate
1948-40.
1,077,393 Actual Expenditure
1047-49.
615,615 Apart from staff transferred to other departments and the re- liremont of a few officers, pro- viston made under Telecommuni- Callons is of a tentative nature. ending a final settlement with garding the Cable & Wireless Limited re
terms
which telecommuni-
they will provide оп
ment
of ex-
are
Other Charges
consider
Morr 352,160. ably higher by than half of this is accounted for by the new sub-head for rent of office. In the course of next year it is intended to move the Public Relations Office from its present quarters to more spock-
Public Works Rocurront
Estimate 1040-50... $12,032,000 Revised Estimato
1940-40. Approved
1948-40.
Actual Expenditure
1947-48,
7,000,000
10,779,500
0,234,522
The Increase of nearly $2,000,- 000 in expenditure on this head is almost exclusively accounted for by increased maintenance costs and more buildings. The period of rehabilitation is now almost over and a regular main- tenance programme has been introduced.
Two new sub-heads are shown for the the first time, main- tenance of air conditioning plant and refrigerators, for which $10,-
and ono la provided.
survey parties for reclamation schemes for which
$45,000 is provided, Considerable economies have been made in respect of motor transports, the costs for which are now shown under the Elec- Mechanical branch trieal and of the Public Works Department. Head 31, Public Works Extraordinary
Estimate 1040-50. Revised Estimule
1948-49.
Approved 1918-19.
ous accommodation in the new Electra Abuse buliding. An ad- ditional $22,400 also required for publications to cover the cost of the new Bulletin.
Expenditure at $160,088 İs more than twice that of the pre-ity vious year.
Head 29. Public Works
Department Estimate 1040-50... Revised Estimate
1948-49. Approved Estimate
1948-49.
Expenditure 1947-48. Considerable changes
$4,348,180 3,750,000
4,240,217 2,487,870
posts of divided
Estimate
$10,018,000
3,000,000
10,038,500
880,055 Sub-head 1 is purely a secur- measure Circumstances might arise where it might be necessary Territories paths and tracks for utilise certain New
light vehicles, and sum of $1,- 000,000 Is being
provided to them and make them generally passable.
Under
Actual Expenditure
1947-48.
dien
sub-head 4, a sum of $700,000 has been included for year's Budget Debate, but the Medical De- var's
year
the construction of what has pariment was carried oul with? penditure has increased by $8,- vehicles was under-estimated cation fuculties for the Govern- Actual
loosely come to be known 18 the result that a number of posts) 005.540. The chief Item in
Workers' Schools. A number of under previously shown
Hoad 26. increase is an additional $5,500,- the result of a
Prisons regarding
appear allocation the
in the estimates, but these in the
est- these schools have been porary staff have been
trane
000 for the new cost of living penditure and
Department
ablished in various parts of the a supplementary
majority of cases represent the ferred to
the pensionable and allowances which were Intro-provision of
Colony. Their development has $282,000 was au- Estimate 1949-50 $3,934,617 reorganisation of existing staff establishments. duced non-pensionable
on January
In thorsied during the year. 1, 1949.
been affected in the department.
by financial and Revised Estimate The provision for temporary staff addition non-recurrent items to- Considerable
other considerations. As a m 1946-40. expendilure
For example, 13 bas
3,000,000 accordingly been reduced talling
are included. amounting to $800,270 is provid-Approved $3,350,000
scattered Architects have Estimate
sult they are rather been from $800,508 to $272,717,
or This sum $2,400,000 is re-
ed under Special Expenditure. It 1948-49.
posts of Architects and the buildings are far from 3,517,556 into seven The Salaries Commissim re- quired to meet various charges will be seen from the items de- | Actual Expenditure
and six posts of Buliding Surve- suitable. It is felt that the time commended the creation
has now.como for Government of and
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claims rising out of the tailed in the text of the estimates 1047-48.
·2,514,370|yers and the grade of Draughts.
to take over these schools if greater number of specialist posts period immediately following the that this expenditure is almost In order to stuff the new Pri- man has been sub-divided into
they are to develop along accep- and provision is made for a necupation of the Colony, The exclusively devoted to measures
Camp in the New Ter-Architectural, Engineering and Medical Specialist, Gynaecologi- sum of $750,000 is needed to con- connected with intrial security, rituries, for which provision is Map. Draughtsmen.
In addition table lines under fully qualified teachers. One large industrial cat and Obstetrical Specialist. tinue) the reinstatement of pre-
Total expenditure on the Head Extraordinary the following in-
mado under "Public Works number of posts have been Senior Port Health Officer, Sentor war deposits which has Dental
been $12,633,722
tranferred from the non-pension-concern in the Colony is inter- compared with
ested in the scheme and it is Surgeon and Senior taking
able place during
the last $10,420,001 in 1940-49.
creases in catablishment are pro- establishment to the pen-hoped that they wil be prepared Radiologist. These new posts re- few months. The sum of
vided for ono Chief Officer, two
sionable establishment and from Head 25. Post Office,
to make some contribution to- present no increase in the estab-
for
Principal Officers, four Prison ១០ provided
the temporary staff to the non- wards the cost 11shment as a corresponding re- period salaries und, ex-gratia te-
-Broadcasting And Officers, six Principal
Certain Warders. sionable establishment. duction has been mnde in wards represents
and 120 Warders. A Wardresa a re-vote of
Telecommunications Medical and Health ОМеста.
employed in the Femalo Prison Dental Surgeons and
Radiolo the supplementary pro-
A.-Post Office
Hospital at Lai Chi vision of $9,000,000 voted during
Kok has and been regraded as a Nurse gists. One new specialist post bas
1948 for this purpose-but which Estimate 1940-50. $3,664,958 two posts of Cooks and three been created. Н
Tuberculosis me
cannot be disbursed for various Revised Estimate
posta of Coolles have been Specialist and one new post of reasons before the end of the 1048-49. Medient Offer for
As a result of these* 2,740,000 abolished. Industrial current Bnancial year. Provision Approved Estimate
changes person emoluments show Health, whose activities will be of $1,250,000 for currency CX- · · 1948-49.
2,014,820 m increase of $160,051. closely related to the work of penses is made to meet the cost Actual Expenditure
Most of the increases totulling Labour
Department.
uf mining the new colna. One 1247-48.
Other 1,868,270 $202,000 under Further
Charges expansion mass new sub-head entliled Pubile Apart from an increase of one can be attributed to the est radiographic work requires an Services Commission's Expenses Launch Officer which Was au-
ablishment of tho new ..Prison. increase of four Radiographic. uppears, and provision for $39, thorised in the course of 1940-49, Cump; $65,000 is required for crease of four posts of Labora mission recommended the estab- other departments. Certain rele- clothing for prisoners and $2,000 represent transfers to an from for uniforms of staff, $60,000 for tory Assistants and six Health Fishment of such a Commission Inspectors have been regraded and preliminary steps are being at concerned solely with wire practice of providing
communications staff which or arms and ammunition. The gratuities as Senior Health Inspectors. On taken to establish it.
the
pe
Assistants. There is also an in- 600 is nade. The Salaries Com- changes in the establishment stores and equipment, $60,000
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