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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1925.
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Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Provisionally Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
*
Brought forward
15,913,075 14,755,431.16
897,726.14 1,455,366.98
PEMIC WORKS,—Continued.
Brought forward
B. PUBLIC WORKS RECURRENT,-Continueil.
New Territories.
Buildings,
$
1,208,800
1,438,542.95
351,693.82
121,690.87
365,214.00:
Maintenance of Buildings,
Improvements to Buildings
20,000 8,000
30.267.79 0,409.52
10,267.73
12,500.00
1.580.48
Heavy repairs to certain buildings were necessary owing to white aut ravages
Kept down to the minima.
Communications.
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges .......
55,000
50.272.77
Improvements to Roads and Bridges
8,000
Maintenance of Telephones
5,000
4.226.75
4.727.29
8,000.00
778.25
Do
No work undertaken.
Kept down to the minimum.
Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nallalis, &c.
600
316.88
283.17
Do.
Lighting.
Electric Lighting, Shamshuipo
6,650
4,785.48
1.884.52
Over-estimated.
Miscellaneous.
1000.00
Maintenance of Chinese Cometories. Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages
100
Maintenance not necessary.
15,000!
81.270.74
18,270.74
16,400.00
Excessive damage caused by heavy rains during the year.
Waterworks.
Maintenance of Imichikok
5,000
10. Fanling Waterworks
1,000
0,881.77 R55.99
1.881.77
2,000.00
Do.
Tai Po Waterworks
1,000
988.79
644.61 11.21
Special alterations to putuping arrangements to gaol. Kept down to the minimum.
Water Account (Meters, &c.)
1,000
181.92
868.68
No large meters installed.
Recovery of 1924 Aje.
Cr.
58.20
Add error in addition
500.
58.29 500.00
!
396,114.00
Less Savings
Increase - 111
C-PUBLIC WORKS EXTRAORDINARY,
1,880,450
1,574,481.75
380,054.06 136,072.31
243,981,75
180,072.81
Hongkong.
Buildings.
Officers' Quartera
250,000
Overseer's Quarters, Elior Filter Beda
16,000
D'Aguilar Erection of Quarters for Offers!
23,000
Cadet Quarters, Cantou....
43,000
Fire Brigade Station
500,000
240,426.91: 24,466.05 80,995.27 420.08 921.206.09
578.09
8,466.05 7.995.27
42,579.02 178,793.31
1,000.00 8,000,00 6,000.00
Victoria Hospital-Alterations and ex-
extensions to existing buildings
150,000
New Saiyiugpun School
300,000
119,087.78 277,544.88
10,962.27
22,455,12
Carried forward...
1,262,000 1,028,008.51
16.461.32
Carried forward.............................
16,843,525 16,829,885.91 1,277,780.20
255,802.81
1,591,489.29
28,000.00
Excess caused by certain extras and payment of retention money, Amendments made to cover renovation to Lighthouse Quarters and building of a store, Less work carried out than anticipated due to prevailing Conditions in Canton.
Harrow 1200
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