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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1878.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE.
ESTIMATED.
ACTUAL.
INCREASE.
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1878.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1878,--Continued.
DECREASE.
EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
592
13
$3
C.
$
C.
C.
Brought forward..........
591,768.58
584,705.49
21,193.79
28,256.88
PENSIONS, RETIRED
GRATUITIES,
ALLOWANCES, ANDĮ
30,000.00
25,667.54
4,332.46
Amount paid was less than estimated.
CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,
4,000.00
3,235.00
765.00
Do.
TRANSPORT,
4,500.00
4,341.66
158.34
Do.
do.
do.
WORKS AND BUILDINGS,..
110,250.00
68,633.13
41,016.87
ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES,
47,420.00
73,388.67
25,908.67
LIGHTHOUSES,
1,000.00
1,404.21
404.21
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,
39,000.00
44,408.26
5.468.26
The amounts voted for building the Central School, New Lock Hospital, Extension of Police
Stations, and Market at Yau-ma Ti have not been spent.
See detailed Statement, page 6.
Increase caused by enlarging the Quarter of the Lighthouse Keeper at Green Island.
See detailed Statement, page 6-for particulars.
LAND AND HOUSES PURCHASED,
MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,
104,348.00
104,679.86
931.36
Increase caused by the low rate of Exchange.
TOTAL,..
932,286,58
910,523.32
53,886.29
75,129.55