CO129-260 - Governor Sir Robinson Acting Governor O-Brien - 1893 [9-12]

No. 14 of 1893.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1894.

LS WILLIAM ROBINSON,

Governor.

[22nd December, 1893.]

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1894 has been estimated at the sum of Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. A sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1894, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say --

EXPENDITURE.

Charge on account of Public Debt, $ 177,026 Pensions, 86,260 Governor and Legislature, 41,339 Audit Department, 35,076 Colonial Secretary's Department, 10,000 Treasury, 24,988 Public Works Department, 89,791 Post Office, 163,646 Registrar General's Department, 24,726 Harbour Master's Department, 60,707 Lighthouses, 15,418 Observatory, 12,762 Stamp Office, 4,318 Botanical and Afforestation Department, 20,950 Legal Departments, 70,538 Ecclesiastical, 2,200 Education, 79,896 Medical Departments, 64,714 Magistracy, 25,172 Police, 235,884 Gaol, 59,024 Fire Brigade, 20,098 Sanitary Department, 62,557 Charitable Allowances, 5,200 Transport, 3,000 Miscellaneous Services, 72,411 Military Expenditure, 332,000 Public Works, Recurrent, 162,500 Public Works, Extraordinary, viz. Central Market, $99,000 Praya Reclamation, (Government Contribution), 30,000 Slaughter-House, and Sheep and Pig Depôts, 30,000 Gaol Extension, 40,000 Kowloon New Roads, 5,000 New Streets, Kennedy Town, 3,000 New Water Mains, 5,000 Sewerage of Victoria, 40,000 Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula, 85,000 Tytam Reservoir, Clear Water Channel, 4,000 Extension, MacDonell and Anstis Roads, Kowloon, 8,000 Kowloon Cattle Dépôt, 7,500 Village Water, Drainage, and Sewerage Works, 8,000 $364,500 Total, $2,347,481

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 1st day of December, 1893.

ARATHOON SETH,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 22nd day of December, 1893.

G. T. M. O'BRIEN,

Colonial Secretary.