COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
B.
Abstract of Sums required to Defray the Expenses of the Colonial GOVERNMENT of Hongkong for the Year from 1st January to 31st December, 1850 shewing also the Amount expended for the Year previous to that for which the Estimates are prepared, viz: 1848.
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ESTIMATE FOR 1850 EXPENDITURE OF 1848 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 ESTABLISHMENTS, 26,008 10 4 35,123 6 2 SALARIES OFFICE AND TEMPORARY. FIRED PROVISIONAL ALLOWANCES CONTINGENCIES ESTABLIS-MENT. 4,225 7 959 13 4 31,218 10 4 2 PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, & GRATUITIES, 20 83 15 83 15 27 27 14 3 3 REVENUE SERVICES, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS, 175 133 16 7 4 ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, Ditto, 145 355 18 3 5 ECCLESIASTICAL, Ditto, 53 55 51 95 6 CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES, 101 22 7 EDUCATION, EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISHMENTS, 68 15 35 8 HOSPITALS, Ditto, 254 10 282 6 0 9 POLICE AND GAOLS, Ditto, 1,626 16 2,138 8 3 10 RENT, 910 1,088 1 5 11 TRANSPORT, 307 10 357 10 9 12 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS, 174 31 13 WORKS AND BUILDINGS, 7,531 3 14,080 17 6 14 ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES, 15 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, 2,000 3,520 17 6 33 476 3 16 INTEREST, 17 LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED, 18 SPECIAL EXPENSES, 35 5,000 33 55 25 312 16 2 19 TOTAL COLONIAL ESTIMATES, 44,388 14 4 63,143 17 20 SUPERINTENDENT OF TRADE, CONSULAR SERVICES, 5,890 16 8 5,107 4 19,800 22,590 11 3 Total,.. 70,079 11 90,841 12The above COLONIAL EXPENDITURE for 1848, includes £834, 18s. 3d paid by the Colonial Agent in London, being £263, 11s. 2d. under ESTABLISHMENTS, (£83, 17s. 11d. Salary of the 3d Clerk in the Treasury on sick leave and who died; £179, 13s. 3d. Contingencies for Stationery, Surveying Instruments, &c.); £297, 17s. 0d. under WORKS AND BUILDINGS, for Materials from the Ordnance; and £273, 10s. 1d. under SPECIAL EXPENSES for Standard Weights and Measures.
The Amounts paid in England on Account of the Consular Services are not known in the Colony.
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