of Expenditure under the head,
for works not annually recurrent should be kept distinct from the total Expenditure on other services, which should not, as a rule, exceed the total estimate of revenue exclusive of land sales. It is not, however, necessary to re-establish the special Land-sales fund which formerly existed in Hong Kong, out of which special votes outside the Estimates were taken for extraordinary Public Works, since it is desirable to maintain the practice of placing all the Expenditure under the Annual Estimates.
I would add that in recent years, although the special Land-sales fund has been abolished, the Expenditure on extraordinary Public works has, as a matter of fact, more or less balanced the Revenue derived from Land Sales.
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