Financial Minute No.
Laid before Council and recommended by the Finance Committee.
Approved by Council.
Vote and Service.
Explanation.
76
73
75
18th September,1924, 16th October, 1924 Imports & Exports Department.
Speial Expenditure. Embossing
$170.00
74
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75
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76
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11
777
11
#
78
79
H
80
H
#
81
82
83
H
Press.
Police Department. Other Charges. Rent of Stations.
$4250.00
Miscellaneous Services Purchase of "The Bracket"
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$50,000.00
Police Department. Personal Emoluments.
$3880.00
Public Works Extraordinary, Hongkong. Miscellaneous.
$5000.00
Post Office, Special Expenditure Motor Mail Van. $1650.00
Public Works Recurrent,& Public Works Extraordinary
$1,489,700.00
Public Works Extraordinary. New Works.
Erection of sheds for Police in Berlin Mission Compound.
$10,000.00
Alterations to Tramways. $7890.00
Improvement of Roads. $122,0
,000.00
Miscellaneous Services. Other Miscellaneous Services. $1660.00
Harbour Laster's Department. Special Expenditure, Rescue Tug.
$110,000.00
16th October,1924. 3rd November, 1924. Public Works Extraordinary.
Kowloon.
$100,000.00 New Territories 95,000,00
Found necessary-to cover cost- insufficient provided.
Pending erection of new stations in outlying districts it has been necessary to rent houses temporarily.
Purchase of house for a senior officer, opportunity being taken of an unusually reasonable offer.
Necessary owing to increase in force.
Owing to extensive development in wanchai Gap district it was found necessary to construct a dump where materials could be placed temporarily.
For increase in efficiency of the Postal Service.
These suns represent unexpended votes appearing in the Estimates which it was considered desirable to utilise for other more urgent works.
Required to accommodate the police temporarily displaced while other stations are being altered.
Alterations and widening of roads necessitated moving the tramway lines.
This work has been in progress for some time and greater progress has been rade during 1924 than was expected.
Provided to cover cost of experimental importation of cattle from
Australia.
To cover possible expenditure during 1924 not provided in the Estirates.
See explanation under 79.