15
x
a pretion in any stage still
ins
x the bulk
✔
7
which
To pessoal emoluments new officers.
X
will
reached by which the contribution should be
La year
stabilised at the figure of $6,000,000 for the next 5 yeas.
Head 13. Kowloon - Canton Railway.
+ $149,557. The increase is largely due to the
increased cost of coal and increased running charges.
Head 17. Medical Department + $338,432
The Medical Department has been considerably extended,
in particular by the re-organisation and extension
of the Health Division. This has been discussed and
approved elsewhere and increased provision must be
regarded as urgently necessary. A Deputy Director
of Health Services and additional Health Officers
and Medical Officers will be appointed in 1939.
Miscellaneous Services - $119,042
Lin 1938
Head 18.
This head showed an increase owing to the number of
miscellaneous items
which have not re-occurred.
There is also a decrease under broadcasting of
$70,000.
470,000.
Head 19. Pensions.+ $40,000.
The Colony's Pension Bill has steadily
grown in recent years owing to the inevitable increases
in staff and in emoluments. It will be some time
before the recent revisions of salaries by which
which are lower than the
Departmental Heads receive fixed salaries, proicus max uma
ཀ
la reales
show their effect.
Head 20. Police Department. + $134,432.
The increase is partly due to the taking over by the
Police of Passport work formerly done by the Colonial
Secretariat.
Head 21.
Post Office.
+$130,484.
The increase is largely due to the increased air
mail subsidy.
Head 24 A.