43
revenue estimated.
for
next
year
and the payment
of
the demand
is made up of premiums on intended land sales at Causeway Bay, and probable proceeds of sale
of
old central Police Station
on completion of new building; and it is quite possible, 1st, that the amount has been overestimated, and 2nd, that a large proportion of it may not be realized before the close of 1865.
Ward(ed)
The expenditure which is taken at $779,426 has been cut down to the lowest possible point consistent with the continuance of the works sanctioned by Her Majesty's Government,
made by the same authority for
Military contribution
The gross
expenditure may be classified
as
follows:-
Ordinary expenditure # 466,336
Public Works
Military Contribution
221,090
92,000.
Total $779,426
The increase in ordinary
expenditure is almost entirely caused by the principal Mint Salaries which have been added to the Civil List, and by additions to the Police and Lighting expenses,