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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL,
Heads and Sub-Hends.
Brought forward.......
CHARGE ON ACCOUNT OF PUBLIC DEBT :—
Interest, etc., Issues of 1893 and 1906 (£1,485,733)-
£52,038,
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1915.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase. Decrense.
Provisionally Voted.
$
$
*
* 1,413,518 13,983,628.36 4,404,965.88 1,834,855,52
*
Explanatory Remarks.
Sinking Fund on above at 1% p. a £14,858, Interest on Advances and Overdrafts to meet cost of
Railway Construction,
567,687 162,087
9,077
788,851
581,063.32 163.942.90
98,996.64
794,002.86
36,623,68
1.855.90
89,919.64
Interest on last instalment of Wuchang Loan was credited to this item.
Lower exchange.
Under-estimated.
Less Savings,
Increase,
91,775.54 36,623.68 36,623.6%
55.151.86
PENSIONS—
Civil,
Polico...
Widows" und Orphans',
221,000 64,000 23,000
308,000
257,670.36 36,670.36
56,245.32 25,183.72
FETT T
7,754.69
2.133.72
Under-estimated. Over-estimated. Under-estimated.
339,049.40
Less Savings,
Increase,
38,804,08 7,754.68
7,754.68
TRA
31,049.40
CHARITABLE SERVICES:-
Charitable Allowances to:-
Cheng Kan Nui's widow and children, Kathleen Evans, (£96 -
72
72.00
1,047
790.41
256.56
Fung Shop and Shing Kam, 824 each,
48
48.00
Lam Kam Chink,
60
60.00
Lan Fai's widow,
GO
60.00
Philip Solomon,
860
252.52
107.48
Tan Mei Kui, (Mrs. L. J. da Silva),
120
120.00
Grants in aid of Charitable Institutions:-
Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals,
300
300.00
Chinese Plague Hospitals.
2,000
2,000.00
Eyre Diocesan Refuge,
120
120,00
Discontinued.
French Convent,..
720
720.00
Hongkong Benevolent Society,
500
500.00
Italian Convent,.............
1,280
1,280.00
Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
100
100.00
St. Joseph's Hospitium,
300
300.00
Strangers' Boue for Asiatics, (£10. 10%.),
115
117.21
2.21
Tung Wah Hospital, Victoria...
8,000
8,000.00
Tung Wab Hospital, Kowloon,
8,500
8,500.00
Victoria Home and Orphanage,
100
100.00
West Point Orphanage....
600
600,00
Other Charitable Allowances,
1,000
1,531.62
531.62
Passages and Relief of Destitutės,
1,000
1,597.79
597.79
500.00
Under-estimated.
Extra charges on account of the war.
Education of certain members of the family of the late
Sir Kai Ho Kai,......
1,404.37❘
1,404.37
1,350,00
New item.
Grant to Belgian Red Cross Fund,
1,142.86 |
1,142.86
£100,00
Do.
Maintenance of the German Charitable Institutions :-
Berlin Foundling,
1,150.00
1,150.00
1,150.00
Do.
Blindenheim,
2,700.00
2,700.00
2,700.00
Do.
Ebenezer,
26,402
4,850.00
38,296.81
4,850.00
4,850,00
Do.
Less Savings,
12,378.85 484.04
484.04
10,610.00
£100.00
Increase,
11,894.81
GRAND TOTAL, ...................
12,486,771 15,154,977.43 4,547,924.35 1,879,717.92
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