[C.S.O. 136/38.]
A BILI
[No. 25-2.11.38.—1.] .
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INTITULED
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Twenty-nine million three hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and ninety-four Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1939.
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1939 has, apart from the contribution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure and Charges on account of Public Debt, been estimated at the sum of Twenty-nine million three hundred and twenty- seven thousand two hundred and ninety-four Dollars :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Appropriation Short title. for 1939 Ordinance, 1938.
2. A sum not exceeding Twenty-nine million three Appropria- hundred and twenty-seven thousand two hundred and ninety. tion. four Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1939, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-
EXPENDITURE.
His Excellency the Governor
174,801
Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature
557,221
Audit Department
122,868
Botanical and Forestry Department
151,953
Charitable Services
458,264
Volunteer Defence Corps
177,491
Naval Volunteer Force
Air Raid Precautions
District Office, North
District Office, South
Education Department Fire Brigade
58,575
338,065
78,948
48,474
2,336,865
324,307
Carried forward
$ 4,827,832