shape of ships and the cash gift of £100,000 (Sub-head
3).
abnormal
3.
In the case of the second category
recurrent expenditure imposed on the Colony by
war conditions Sub-heads 4-9 are self-explanatory.
To Sub-head 2, extraordinary Local Defence, Item 1,
Raval, #875,000, will be charged the expenses of
the partly mobilized Naval Volunteer Force to the
extent by which they exceed the average normal
expenditure of that Force over the four years
1935-1938 and consequently savings to the extent
of $19,149 are anticipated under Head 6, Defence,
B., Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force, on page 27
of the printed estimates for 1940-41. Similarly,
to Sub-head 2, Extraordinary Local Defence, Item
2, Military, 337,000, will be charged the war-
time expenses of the Volunteer Defence Corps to
the extent by which they exceed the average
normal expenditure of that Force over the five
years 1934-1938 and savings to the extent of
$336,496 are anticipated under Head 6, Defence,
A., Volunteer Defence Corps, on page 26 of the
printed estimates for 1940-41.
4.
In addition no expenditure will be
charged to the block vote of 1,000,000 under
Head 6, Defence, I., Special war Expenditure,
on page 30 of the printed estimates for 1940-41.
The total savings are therefore estimated at
$1,355,645.
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