MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS
OF ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE,--Continued.
EXPENDITURE.
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED
FOR 1871. FOR 1872.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
C.
C.
£ 8.
C.
£
́s. d..
0.
Brought forward,.
129,772.60
131,638.60 1041, 5. 0
4,998.00
652.10. 0
3,132.00
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS,
9,948.00
10,624.00
140.16. 8
676.00
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES,.
192.00
192.00
ECCLESIASTICAL DEPARTMENT,
1,134.00
1,134.00
EDUCATIONAL
Do.,
14,292.00
15,774.00
308.15. 0
1,482.00
MEDINAL
Do.,
24,316.00
25,196.00
183. 6. 8
880.00
24.
POLICE MAGISTRATES' Do.,
6,748.00
7,378.00
131. 5. 0
630.00
POLICE
Do.,
172,395.20
GAOL
16,165.90
Do.,
42,041.00
44,195.00 448.15. 0
2,154.00
188,561.103,367.17.11
FIRE BRIGADE
Do.,
7,276.00
7,348.00
15. 0. 0
72.00
CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,
1,256.00 1,756.00
104, 3. 4
500,00
TRANSPORT,
WORKS AND Buildings,
.-------
ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,
4,500.00
4,500.00
119,000.00 87,000.00
6,666.13. 4
32,000.00
31,000.00 38,000.00 | 1,458. 6. 8
7,000.00
Carried forward,
563,870.80 563,296.70 | 7,199.11.3
34,557.90
7,319. 3. 4
35,132.00
EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
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The present Estirate provides for an allowance of $672 for the Clerk and
Messenger of the Crown Solicitor.
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The Secretary of State's sanction having been asked for an increase of $720 to the Salary of Mr. STEWART, provision is therefore made in the Estimate of 1872. It is also proposed to increase the allowances of the department! for Chinese Teachers and Contingencies by $762.
The Estimate provides for an allowance of $480 to the Health Officer for
Boatmen, and for an increased expenditure of $400 at the Lock Hospital.
An increase of $720 to the Salary of the Coroner having been recommended to the Secretary of State, increased provision is consequently made in the Estimate. batera, not lleved
This increase is caused by the probable expenditure of $11,000 for the passages
of 40 Europeans, and by an increase of the Chinese Force.
The Council having sanctioned an increase of the Salaries of Turnkeys in 1871,
the Estimate of 1872 also provides for similar payments.
The Salaries of the two Engine Drivers and two Foremen having been increased
by $2 each per month, provision is accordingly made in the Estimate.
The Pok-fo-lum Reservoir and the Court House having been completed, the
Estimate of 1872 is naturally reduced. New Haris M.
The proposed Bridges at Bowrington and Tytam have necessitated the
crease in the Estimate of 1872 over the preceding year..