MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS
FIRE BRIGADE,
EXPENDITURE.
ESTIMATED FOR 1883.
ESTIMATED FOR 1884.
INCREASE.
$
C.
OF ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE,—Continued.
DECREASE.
Brought forward... 6131 711,146 128,283 28.619 CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES, 5,800 5,800 4,000 4,000 TRANSPORT, 4,500 4,500 WORKS AND BUILDINGS, 113,250 117,500 4,250 ROADS, STREETS, AND BRIDGES, 53,000 41,500 11,500 LIGHTHOUSES, 1,000 1,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES, 35,800 53,997 18,197 MILITARY EXPENDITURE, 109,067 112,745 3,678EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
Increase in the vote for Repairs to Buildings, Protestant Cemetery, New Central School,
Timber for Government Buildings, Yan-ma Ti Market, Police Boat Basin and Lighthouse.
Decrease in the item for Drainage and Sewage, Timber Wharf at Tsim-sha Tsui, Shan-ki Wan
Street, and steps at Duddell Street, in the Estimates of 1883, here the difference.
This item has been transferred to Works and Buildings.
The Transfer of $16,925 from the Contingencies of the Audit Office to this account and the
vote for loss in Exchange.
Lower rate of exchange than in 1883.
TOTAL..........................
937,928
1,061,187
154,408
11,749
NETT INCREASE, $113,259,
AUDIT OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 9TH AUGUST, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Auditor General.
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