344
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devoting the value of sites to the construction of the barracks, should be borne by the Colony, and two-thirds by the Imperial Government, being about the proportions in which the cost of the fortifications of Hong Kong had been divided between the Imperial and Colonial Governments.
41. The larger scheme finally fell through, and the barracks still remain to be built. It is now estimated that during the next eight years, a capital expenditure to the amount of about 1,103,589 dollars,* will be required for barrack services. There are some military lands to surrender, though not to the extent contemplated in 1888. The exact sites for surrender have not yet been determined, nor the values ascertained, and the Committee have therefore been unable to obtain an estimate of the probable net charge that will finally remain to be shared by the Home and Colonial Exchequers.
42. The recommendation of the Committee in 1888, that one-third of the balance of cost should be charged to Colonial, and two-thirds to Imperial funds, though accepted by the Secretaries of State for War and for the Colonies, was not concurred in by the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and is still under the consideration of the Government. Under these circumstances the Committee do not feel that they are called upon to make any further remarks on this point, as the Government will have before it in this report a statement of the financial condition of the Colony, which, it will be seen, is, as regards its sterling liabilities, not so favourable as it was when the Committee made their recommendation of 1888.
FRANK T. MARZIALS,
Secretary.
ARTHUR L. HALIBURTON.
EDWARD FAIRFIELD.
G. L. RYDER.
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APPENDICES.
APPENDIX No. 1.
AUTHORISED ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GARRISON OF HONG KONG.*
Army Service Corps
Officers.
Warrant Officers and Serjeants.
Rank and
File, Drummers, &c.
All ranks.
.
:
ཆ
:
General Staff
7
1
*
Royal Artillery, Company Establishment
10
16
216
2-12
Staff and District Establishment, &c.
5
17
50
Royal Engineers, Officers and Supernumerary Staff
Fortress Company
++
10
18
6
87
Staff of Eastern Submarine Mining
Company. Infantry of the Line, 1 Battalion
5
37
2 2 2 2 3
72
28
93
42
28
47
937
1,012
2
3
2
7
Medical Staff and Corps.
9
4
22
35
Army Pay Department and Corps
3
3
1
7
Ordnance Store Department and Corps..
2
6
12
Corps of Armorers
4
4
Gymnastic Instructor
1
1
Army Schoolmaster
1
Hong Kong Regiment-European Officers
10
10
Total Europeans
88
128
1,358
1,574
Asiatic Artillery
9
21
417
447
Natives
Hong Kong Regiment
17
53
934
1,004
Engineers, Submarine Miners
4
46
50
WAR OFFICE,
24th May, 1894.
*This at the present value of the dollar represents 124,153. The estimate is made in dollars, and will not fluctuate to any great extent with the rise or fall in the value of silver.
114
206
2,755
3,075
Estimated Average Annual Cost.
Pay, Wages, and Regimental Allowances.. Clothing
£
·
103,060
10,120
Trausport (inland)
Provisions, Forage, Fuel and Light, Lodging, Field and Colonial Allowances, &c. Arms and Accoutrements, Ammunition, and Miscellaneous Barrack StoreS Maintenance of Armaments, including Amuraunition
44,880
8,120
3,470
2,550
Transport of Troops and conveyance of Stores by Sea
19,250
Maintenance of Barracks, Fortifications, and Ordnance Store Buildings
Pensions-normal aunual charge attributable to the Garrison **
Home Charges for Depot Staff, Educational Establishments, Discharge Depôts and Expenses of
Recruits..
5,100
13,300
30.880
Total
237,180
29th March, 1894.
Exclusive of Volunteers and Militia.