Enclosure in No. 296
CHINA COMMAND.
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Received 6 FEB 00
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Statement of extra expenditure entailed upon War Department Funds consequent upon the occupation of Sham Chun, and adjoining districts, subsequent to 16th May, 1899.
Vote. Head of Service. £ $ D 1 Cost of Hired Land Transport, Pay of civilian clerks, Interpreters, etc. temporarily employed, and extra duty pay to soldiers. 425. 5. 5. 6 Hired Water Transport. 1210. 0. 0. Travelling Allowances to Officers. 47. 7. 0. 7 Cost of extra provisions, Fuel and Light, and Barrack services (scavenging etc.) 229. 0. 0. Field Allowance to Officers. 118. 6. 6. 9 Wear and Tear of Camp and other public Equipment, Value of stores lost and expended, Extra duty pay to soldiers in charge of stores and ammunition, Army Ordnance Department. 610. 0. 10. 10 Erection of Matshed Barracks, Provision of Water supply, Piers, Roads, including value of stores from England) and Incidental charges for maintenance of matsheds and Camps. 1294. 16. 5. Total £3934. 16. 2.Hong Kong,
22nd December, 1899.