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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Heads and Sub-Teads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally Voted.
$
Brought forward
7,394,431 7,216,040.87
766,810.07
945,280.20
SANITARY DEPARTMENT:-
Explanatory Remarks.
27
-85
Personal Emoluments
581,575
750
453,312.68 1,423.77
78,262.82
878.77
Lapsing salaries.
AAATTT
674.00
Advertisements
Ambulaures, Coffins, Dead Vans, and
Dead Boxes
2,000
595.23
Bamboo Poles, aiul Rope
1.200
031.90
1,404.77 268.10
Advertisements made by Crown Agents in connection with appointments of
Normal replacements lower,
[Inspectors.
Do.
Baskets, Buckets, and Shovels
8,000
8,757.57
757.57
1,500.00
Barli-houses:-
4,800
1,008.60
Fuel
140
Incidental Expenses -
50
88.89
9,796.40 140.00 11.12
Light
Bonuses to Dispensary Licentiates and
Clerks for Vaccination of children
and registration of births
850
Brooms, Brushes, and Bamboo Hats
2,000
1.128.90 2.084.44
278.90
279.00
84.44
500.00
Burial of Inferted Bodies...........
1,000
213.40
786.60
Cemeteries, Incidental Expensés,
50
20.98
29.07
Coal for Official Quarters............
1,400
1,212.09
187.91
Compensation for Damages by Disinfec
tion and Cleansing
200
200.00
Conveyutre and Motor Allowances.......
7,710
Coolie Labour
800
Disinfectants
12,500
8.544.15 .55 14,083.11
834.15
886,00
299,45
2,138.11
2,134.00
!
Disinfecting and Cleansing Apparais
4,725
3.906.80
728.20
Disinfectors
2,400
561.60
1,838.40
Dust and Water Carts
4,800
2,787.85
1,562.15
Exhumation, Recurrent
26,000
11.843.46
14,156.54
Fnel For Blacksmith's Forges
500
423.00
77.00
Furniture in Official Quarters
200
7.50
192.50
General Cleansing, Chinese New Year
500
522.55
22.55
28.00
Head Stones
2,500
3,321.40
621.40
822,00
More coolies engaged to cope with the work.
Incidental Expremises.
1,800
2,250.83
450.88
500.00
Incidentul Expenses, Markets
400
938.45
€1.55
Launches, Steam Barges, nud Lighters ;--
Normal requirements lower.
Fuel
23,000
15,810.17
7.189.88
Repairs
16,500
Stores
5,000
15.819.82 2.803.40
1,180.18
Less repairs done.
2,196.60
Light
t
Bullock Stables at Victoria and
Kowloon....
280
Contral Market ............
2,600
229.80 1,365.76
6.20 1,234.24
Disinfecting Stations, District Sanitary
Offices, aud Coolies" Quarters
1,400
1,885.67
Official Quarters
720
610.72
14.33
100.23
Public Latrines
1,040
1,040.00
Smaller Markets
2,400
Teim Sha Tsui Murket.
900
1,800.12 821.16
599.88
Western Market, North and South
Block-
2,000
2.992.99
002.99
Mator Lorries, Vans an] Cars, Running
Expenses
16,800
11,310.09
Nightsnil Receptacles
1,500
544.00
5,489.91 956.00
Paint, Tua pentine, &e.....
4,000
2,296.24
1,708.76
Purchase and Maintenance of Bullocks
8,500
7.866.70
1,183,80
Rat Poison, Rat Traps, &..................
Refund of Fees for Sanitary Institute
8,000
1,748.03
1,251.97
Examination
78.84
908.00
Increased cost of baskets, buckets, etc.
New bath-houses still not opened.
Do. Do.
More vaccinations done in Chinese Public Dispensaries.
Increased cost of brooms etc.
Fewer burials.
Normal replacements lower.
Milder winter.
No claims for damages.
More officers in receipt of allowances.
Normal requirements lower.
l'urcha of Izal due to non-delivery of Sanitas Okol ordered through Crown Agents and pureline of large stock of
Normal replacements lower.
Over-estimated.
Less overhauling required to be done.
Exhumations not completed.
Normal requirements lower.
Less furniture required.
Increased cost of headstones and more burials.
[Chloride of Lime for use during the strike.
Payment for damages done by dust carts and motor lorries and fee for Mr. Angus
Less towing due to better weather conditions.
Normal requirements lower,
Substitution of agreement for fixed sum monthly by meter.
Economy in consumption of current.
Accounts paid by P.W.D.
Economy in consumption of current.
Do.
Installation of improved electric lighting.
Lorries and ears not up to full strength.
Normal requirements lower.
Less overhauling required.
Fewer bullocks due to introduction of motor transport.
Normal requirements lower.
[shorthand tuition.
100
75.00
25,00
Rent of Quarters for Inspector and
Sanitary officers..........
1,900
504.30
Rent of Quarters for Scavenging Coolios.
1,895.70
3.480
1.141.80
Scavenging City, Villagesand Hill District
1.888.20
1.500
664.90
835.10
Senvenging Gear
2.600
1,815.70
Scavenging Geur, Kowloon
784.21
Street-watering.
1,500
485.82
1,014.08
Do.
Transport
1,400
283.51
1,116.49
Uniform for Staff
1,100
1,695,88
595.88!
590,00
Workshop Apparatus
9,500
800
0,034.85 189.80
465.15
110.70
Over-estimated.
Certain rented quarters given up: matshed built.
Normal replacements lower.
Do.
Less street watering required.
More travelling.
Normal replacements lower.
Do.
Carried forward
Curried forward
724,820
7,894,481
597.202.76
7,216,040.87
7,645.89 135,262.63
766,940.07 945,280.20
8,857.00