Statement of expenditure for the period from
1st January to 31st May, 1902.
296
Salary and allowance for non-Chinese disinfecting
staff including uniforms and conveyances.
Salary for temporary clerks and messengers.
Coolie labour for disinfecting, cleansing, lime-
washing and burial purposes, and preparation of
grave sites.
21496.15
1125.19
41205.62
Salary and allowances for rat-catchers and rat-
poisoners including uniforms and conveyances.
5756.34
5). Rat poison and rat traps.
5615.10
6). Purchase of disinfectants.
46767.09
7). Rent of Observation Blocks.
4625.40
8). Rent of Houses for disinfecting staff.
1570.62
9). Purchase of ambulances, coffins, boats, headstones
and disinfecting gear.
7942.09
10). Purchase and carriage of water for disinfecting
purposes including the purchase of water tanks &c.
11). Incidental Expenses.
16418.80
12). Salary of House to House Visitation Parties.
4504.77
203.61
157230.68
NOTE.
If the expenditure during this year has the same proportion to the expenditure of last year, as the expenditure of the first five months of this year bears to the first five months of last year,
it will amount to $601,625.43 but I do not anticipate that this will
be the case.
I estimate the expenditure during the remaining por-
tion of the year as follows:-