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SALARIES, ALLOWANCES
AND OFFICE CONTINGENCIES.
PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, AND GRATUITIES.
REVENUE SERVICES.
CIVIL ESTABLISHMENTS:
£ s. d. £ s. d. The Governor, 6,602 10 3,151 10 1 Colonial Secretary,... Treasurer, 1,900 35 57 Auditor, 503 6 8 Clerk of Councils, 140 Surveyor-General, 1,958 Registrar General, Harbour Master, 414 1 8 1,467 15 Post Office, ... Police Rate Assessors, 194 140 27 JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, 6,576 145 29 ECCLESIASTICAL do........... 710 17 EDUCATIONAL do., 75 MEDICAL do..... 702 10 HOSPITAL do., 117 10 POLICE AND GAOLS, 6,705 10 WORKS AND BUILDINGS, ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES, 31,218 10 4 20 LANDS PURCHASED AND CLEARED, 175 145 2227ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.
ECCLESIASTICAL
CHARITABLE
ALLOWANCES.
EDUCATION.
COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
SUMMARY OF THE FOREGOING ESTIMATES, SHEWING THE TOTAL CHARGE
COLONIAL ESTIMATES—HONGKONG.
FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, SO FAR AS THE SAME CAN BE APPORTIONED,
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 254 10 62 10 1626 16 223 6 8 300 7,531 3 2,000 254 10 1626 16 910 16 8 307 10 174 8 4 7,531 3 2,000 52 5 710 174 8 4 625RENT.
TRANSPORT.
A. GOVERNOR-The Decrease in 1850 is £1,202 17s. 10d.; being £1011, 10s. 8d. on Fixed Salaries, Arrears of 1847 paid in 1848; £5 Reductions on Provisional Salaries; £76, 7s. 2d. on Contingencies for Furniture for Government House; and £100 Rent on the House for the Staff of H. E. the Governor.
B. COLONIAL SECRETARY-Decrease in 1850, £54, 0s. 7¼d.; of which £52, 9s. 3d. Arrears of 1847, being Salary of 2d Clerk returned from Sick Leave paid in 1848; and £1, 11s. 4¼d reduction on Contingencies.
C. TREASURER-Decrease in 1850, £366, 2s. 4d., viz-£273, 10. 1d. Special Expenses for Standard Weights and Measures; £10, 18s. 9d. Miscellaneous Expenses, Fees in two Actions for the recovery of Rent; and 100 under Transport, being the Passage of the 3d Clerk to England-less the amounts of £9, 12s, 6d. estimated more in 1850 for Commission on the Sale of Licenses and Lands, and £8, 13s. 0d. under Establishments.
D. AUDITOR-Decrease in 1850, £80, 8s. 8d.; being £130, 8s. 8d. on Contingencies, less £50 Increase of the Clerk's Salary.
E. CLERK OF COUNCILS-Increase of £22, 15s. 11d. for Contingencies in 1850.
F. SURVEYOR GENERAL-Decrease in 1850, £442, 10s. 10d.; viz., £392, 10s. Reduction on the Establishment, £25 for Allowance discontinued, and £25, 0s. 10d. less Office Contingencies.
G. REGISTRAR GENERAL £414, 7s. 7d. Decrease in 1850, being Reduction on the Establishment, the duties of Registrar General being performed by the Colonial Treasurer.
H. HARBOUR MASTER-Decrease in 1850, £114, 9s. 2d., being Reductions made on the Establishment.
I. POST OFFICE-The accounts are rendered by the Postmaster of Hongkong direct to the General Post Office, London. The £174, 8s. 4d. under Conveyance of Mails, has been estimated in accordance with Despatches Nos. 35 and 67 of 1848, from the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
J. JUDICIAL-Increase in 1850, £52, 7s. 8¼d.; being £374, 6s. 1¾d. on Salaries, being part of the £1250 paid last year in England to the Chief Justice (which for want of information could not yet be brought to account); £12, 5s. 7¼d. on Contingencies, less the £123, 5s. 9d. for Rent of a Court House paid in 1848; and £210, 18s. 3¼d., decrease of Expenses on account of Administration of Justice exclusive of Establishment, particularly on Criminal Crown Prosecutions.
K. ECCLESIASTICAL-Decrease of £44, 6s. 9d., being for Contingencies now paid from the Pew Rents.
L. EDUCATION-The apparent Increase of £6, 5s. in 1850 arises from only 11 months' Salary having been paid to the Schoolmaster in 1849.
M. MEDICAL-Increase in 1850, £69, 5s. 7d.; being £70, 8s. 8d Increase of the Colonial Surgeon's Salary, (from 15th August 1848 at the rate of £100 per Annum), less £1, 3s. 1d. on Provisional Salaries and Contingencies.
N. HOSPITAL The Civil Hospital being established in October 1848, an apparent Increase of £156, 7s. 6d, is under this head for 1850.
O. POLICE AND GAOLS-The Decrease under these items for the year 1850, is £2,981, 8s. 9¼d., of which £2,311, 17s. 4d. alone are Salaries, the number of the Force being diminished and the Pay reduced; £63, 15s. being less under Retired Allowances and Gratuities; and £101, 5s. under Charitable Allowances; £511, 12s. 3d. is the calculated saving under Police and Gaols exclusive of Establishment, chiefly for Rations, &c. The Medicines, which in 1848 amounted to £255, 3s. 4d., are in 1850 included under Hospital. £6, 0s, 8d. less Rent for a Police Station at Aberdeen, 17s. 6d. less for Office Contingencies and Standard Weights; and £36, 1s. 0d. for treatment of Patients in the Hospital;-making a total reduction on 1850 of £3031, 8s. 9¼d., from which £50 increase in the estimated amount for Conveyance of Convicts is to be deducted.
P. £7,015, 0s. 0d. is the amount less required for Works and Buildings.
Q. £1,520, 17s. 6d. less for Roads, Streets, and Bridges.
R. NOTHING required in 1850 for the Purchase of Houses or Land.
Nett Decrease of the Estimated Expenditure for 1850, as compared with the Expenditure for 1848, £18,755, 2s. 11d.
The Estimated Expenditure for 1850, as compared with the estimated Expenditure for 1849, is less by £7,807, 16s. 4d.
Marine
Colonial Secretary.
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£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS. WORKS AND BUILDINGS. 7,227 10 8,430 7 10 ROADS, STREETS, AND MISCELLANEOUS. 3,151 10 3,205 10 7 INTEREST. 1,935 25 2,301 2 4 LAND PURCHASED AND 503 6 140 22 583 15 1 CLEARED. 117 4 SPECIAL EXPENSES. 2,400 10 10 TOTAL AMOUNT 43,143 17 3 ESTIMATED FOR 1850. TOTAL AMOUNT Estimated for 1848. REFERENCE TO RE- MARKS. 21 55Page 21