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MESSAGE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Officer Administering the Government,
No. 12.
His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has the honour to present for the consideration of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council the items (Nos. 51 to 60 of 1935) of supplementary expenditure set out below.
By His Excellency's Command,
Dated the 19th day of August, 1935.
D. W. TRATMAN,
Colonial Secretary.
Items the cost of which can be met wholly or in part by Savings from other sub-heads of the head
are marked with an asterisk (*). The source and extent of the Savings will be found in the explanation
of the individual items.
MEMORANDA EXPLAINING THE ITEMS.
Estimates, 1935.
54.-26, Kowloon Canton Railway :-Special Expenditure: Two Additional Second Class Coaches
In the 1934 Estimates, page 78, sub-head 41, a sum of $99,200 was provided for two additional second class coaches. The carriage under- frames and fittings were ordered from England, the contract price being £3,646.
Payment for the underframes was not made by the Crown Agents in 1934, and only $13,089.69 was spent locally in respect of part payments for timber and bodywork building. A sum of $86,110.31 lapsed on the 1931 vote.
The total expenditure during the current year amounts to $50,216.88 and a supplementary vote for this amount is therefore requested.
(C.S.O. 12 in 218/34).
.$ 50,217.00
* 55.-20, Police Force:-27, Rewards
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Brought forward...................
2,500
Provision made in Estimates (page 46 sub-head 27)...
The amount provided in the Estimates has proved insufficient owing
to an increase in the number of rewards paid for the arrest of returned deportees.
A supplementary vote for $3,000 is requested.
The above is to be met from savings under Clothing and Accoutre- ments (1935 Estimates page 40 sub-head 7.)
(C.S.O. 18 in 173/35).
$
56.-29, Charitable Services:-4, Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals.....
.$
Provision made in Estimates (page 92 sub-head 4) ...$ 7,500
The estimated cost of rebuilding the Nethersole Hospital, one of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals, is $200,000 of which $100,000 has already been raised by public subscription.
A further donation of $10,000 has been promised on condition that Government should make a dollar for dollar grant up to a maximum of $50,000.
It is considered that the value of the hospital to the Colony warrants such a graut, and a supplementary vote for that sum in addition to the $7,500 provided annually for the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals is accordingly requested.
(C.S.O. 982/35).
* 57.--27, Defence. A.-Volunteer Defence Corps: Special Expen- diture Special Mountings for Machine Guns.....
A new type of machine-gun mounting is considered necessary in con- nection with a revised scheme of training for the Volunteer Defence Corps. As no provision for such expenditure has been made in the current Estimates, a supplementary vote for the above sum is requested.
The above is to be met from savings under Head 27, Sub-head 3 "Ammunition" (1935 Estimates page 87 sub-head 3).
(C.S.O. 10 in 173/35).
58.-13, Supreme Court:-4, Conveyance and Motor Allowance
Provision made in Estimates (page 38 sub-head 4) ..$ 1,020
Conveyance allowance at the rate of $15 p.m. for Mr. L. ALLTREE, temporary Bailiff, was not estimated for in 1935 as it was not possible to foresee at the time of preparation whether his services would be required
or not.
A supplementary vote for this amount is requested.
(C.S.O. 3 in 626/23).
50,217.00
3,000.00
50,000.00
1,950.00
180.00
Carried forward.......
$ 50,217.00
Carried forward............$ 105,347.00
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