EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925.
22
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
fleads and Sub-Bends.
!
Estimated.
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally
Voted.
Brought forward..
PRISONA DEPARTMENT,—Continued.
Actual.
$
$
$
6,225.751 6.120,072,78
735,962.56
881,740.83
Brought forward
451,972
460.813,31
18,264.09
4,422.78
10,082.00
Special Expenditure.
1,500
Fire Hose
Printing Machines
1.218.78 800.00
286.27
800.00
800.00
458,472
462,827.04
Less Savings..
14,064.09
4,709.05 1
4,709.05
16,882.00
Increase
9,355.04
Explanatory Remarks.
MEDICAL Department:--
A.-STAFF.
Personal Emoluments
274,278
263,625.90
8,650,10
Conveyance and Motor Allowances
4,920
5,009.47
83.47
+
26.00 831.47
Lapsing salaries.
Under-estimated.
Peak Travelling Allowances
1,020
785.20
284.77
Over-estimated.
Motor Car Ilire......
1,800
1,783,27
483.27
439.27
More cars hired.
Reut of Premises for Dispensaries and
Dressing Station
3,280
3,395.00
115.00
115.400
Special Travelling Allowances
000
587.8.5
12.05
Opening of Un Long Dispensary.
B-HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS,
Belding and Clothing
18,450
15,918.15
2,531,85
Over-estimated.
Bourd for 1 House Physician and 1 House
Surgeon, at $365 earli
730
022,00
102.00
192,CH)
Bourd for 8 Nursing Sisters, Kowloon
One new appointment.
Hospital at 365 ench
1,460
1,400.00
Board and Lodging for 6 Pupil Midwives
Not required.
at $96 each
570
576.00
Books....
100
17.74
Cleansing Materials ................................
3,800
3,167.00
Fuel and Light
25,000
Fruiture and Repairs to Furniture
6,625
25.621.95 5,090.66
021.9.3
82.26 133.00
1,594.84
Fewer books.
021.95
Grant to Alice Memorial Maternity
Hospital for Maternity Work
300
300.00
Grants to Protestant and Roman Catholie
Chaplains for Religious Services......
1.800
Incidental Expenses...
TY
1,025
Mediest Comforts
1.200.
1,800,00 2,105.80! 758.61
1,080.80
1,080.86
441.09
Medicines, Surgical Appliances and In-
struments
40,750
33.025.46
7,724.54
Provisions for Patients....
84,500
88,731.76
768.24
Up-keep of Dental Clinic
200
200.00
Up-keep of Piano in Sisters" Quarters
40
86.00
4.(H)
Up-keep of X-Ray Apparatus....
1.100
Ventilation of Operating Theatre
Washing
625 10,000
New X-Ray Plant
560.81 504.78 8,859.87 8,246.20
639.00
120,24
1,140.13
8,246.20
8,216.20
New X-Ray plant purchased.
More expenses in connection with new appointment Less medical comforts ordered,
Delay in execution of orders placed through Crown Agents.
Not required.
Apparatus not in working order for some time
Less washing.
Carried forward
Carried forward
483,177
6.679,223 6,592,799.77
468,262,61
10,772.81
750,026.65
25,687.20
886,449.88
10,798.81
23
83