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the votes, and is also morc convenient in working.
Provision is made for the purchase of one more
motor refuse lorry, and for the fitting of solid tires to
all Sanitary Dopartment lorries. Owing to the nature of
their work, the use of pneumatic tires has been found
uncconomical.
Head 27 - Botanical and Forestry Department.
There is an increase of nine gardeners, six of
whom will be required to look after the extensive lawns
surrounding the Kowloon Hospital, two for the nursery and
propagating department and one for the General Civil Hospital.
Head 28 - Education Department.
At present we are without King's College which is being used as a military hospital. It is however necessary that provision should be made for staffing it and running
it in the event of the number of troops in the Colony being
so reduced next year that they will not require King's Collogo.
Six British mistresses on the temporary staff who were formerly
paid from savings on personal amoluments are now included in
the ostimetos. The teaching staffs of the Vernacular Middle
School and the Normal School for Women have been increased
by onc English teacher at the former, and by three lecturers
at the latter. Both those schools are proving very popular
and arc expanding.
Subhead 7- 'Incidental Expenses' has been
increased so as to provide uniforms for office attendants,
messengers, and coolics in accordance with the recommendat-
ions of the Committee which investigated the matter.
same scale applics for all office staff throughout the
servico. Subhoads 10 and 11- 'Students-in- training' havo
'Students-in-training'
been reduced with the decrease in number of those students.
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