# MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS
# FIRE BRIGADE,
# EXPENDITURE.
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# OF ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE,-
-Continued.
ESTIMATED FOR 1887.ESTIMATED FOR 1888.INCREASE.DECREASE. $$ Brought forward,..672,317703,77645,77114,812 CHARITABLE ALLOWANCES,.... TRANSPORT,.9,3005,800 4,000 WORKS AND BUILDINGS,4,5004,500 ROADS, STREETS AND BRIDGES,44,50055,50011,000 MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,74,50054,000 20,500 MILITARY EXPENDITURE, INTEREST ON LOAN, &C.,4,0004,000 TOTAL,$ 93,562116,44622,884 137,285137,235 55,000 55,00095,19240,192 EXPLANATORY REMARKS. 3,500 Cost of a new Engine $4,500 paid in 1887. Increase of cost of Stores for 1888. 20,500 Some of the Works have already been completed. Increase in the Votes for Roads out of Victoria, and Roads in Kowloon. Increase in Lighting Street Lamps, Printing of Forms, Loss in Exchange in Family Remittances, Scavenging City and Villages, Lock Hospital, and Furniture for Government House. Sinking fund on Loan. 1,094,9141,176,449119,84738,312 NETT INCREASE, $81,535AUDIT OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 21st November, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART, Auditor General.