COLONIAL ESTIMATES HONGKONG.
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Abstract of the Sums required to Defray the Expenses of the Colonial Government of Hongkong for the Year from 1st of January to 31st December, 1849, shewing also the Amount expended for the Year previous to that in which the Estimates are prepared, viz: 1847.
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ITEM OF DETAIL ESTIMATE FOR 1849 EXPENDITURE OF 1847 SALARIES £ s. d. £ s. d. OPPICE ALLOWANCES CONTINGEN FIXED ESTABLISH-MEST PROVISIONAL AND TEMPORARY 7,183 17 9 34,505 17 27 34,997 18 10 1 ECCLESIASTICAL ESTABLISHMENTS 26,399 2 PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, & GRATUITIES 152 4 1 3 REVENUE SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS 311 53 8 4 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 13 6 5 Ditto 6 Ditto 7 CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES 7 10 15 7 8 EDUCATION, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS 11 15 8 9 IISPITALS 15 9 10 POLICE AND GAOLS 2,238 2,675 998 6 0 11 RENT 191 1 8 1,234 3 11 12 TRANSPORT 712 10 1,272 18 5 13 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS 57 3 14 WORKS AND BUILDINGS 10,057 15 ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES 3,019 16 3,905 18 17 16 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES 115 3 6 358 13 5 17 INTEREST 39 18 LANDS PURCHASED AND CLEARED 146 10 7 19 SPECIAL EXPENSES 23 50 TOTAL COLONIAL ESTIMATES 52,196 10 8 56,178 5 33 20 SUPERINTENDENT OF TRADE 21 CONSULAR SERVICES 5,166 5,776 7 7 20,829 14 0 TOTAL 78,462 10 82,784 6 11The above EXPENDITURE for 1847, included £3991, 15s. 8d. sterling paid in 1848: being £3740, 14s. 7d. for ESTABLISHMENTS (Salaries, Wages, and Contingencies for December 1847;) £10, 15s. 8d. under ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; 12s. 6d. under CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES; £1, 0s. 10d. under HOSPITALS; £189, 19s. 11d. under POLICE and GAOLS; £48, 12s. 2d. under RENT: also £1548, 0s. 11d. sterling paid by the Agent in London, classed as follows-Item 1, ESTABLISHMENTS £1288, 14s. 9d.; item 9, POLICE and GAOLS £177, 8s. 6d.; and item 18, SPECIAL EXPENSES £82, 1s. 8d. sterling.
N. B.-The Expenditure of the Colony for 1847, is,-paid in 1847, £50,638 8s. 4d.; for 1847 in 1848, £3,991 15s. 8d.; by the Agent in London, £1,548 0s. 11d.; as above £56,178 5s. 3d. sterling.