EXPENDITURE
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEARS 1930-1939 AND ESTIMATE, 1940–1941.
15
77
Head
Service
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Revised Estimate 1939
Estimate 1940-41
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1
H. E. the Governor
150,450
170,606
165,698
164,345
155,716
148,776 148,207
194,815
$ 177.615
$ 175.000
$
218,528
Cadet Service
517,814
636,079
554,241
Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff..
328,756
341,046
302,843
T
Junior Clerical Service
860,646
871,432
932,572
N
2
Colonial Secretary's Office &
Legislature
68,438
68,228
60,373
281,178
283,448
264,138
298,057 297,082 289,149
455,000
682,818
3
Audit Department
67,919
81,081
59,888
112,846
101,857
4
Botanical and Forestry Department...
120,192
116,684
117,200
126,762
127,403
5
Charitable Services
185,187
174,586
169,927
178,941
168,960
6A
Volunteer Defence Corps
93,842
97,083 110,261 131,692 153,223
B
Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force
C
Air Raid Precautions ...
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T
I
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11
91,239 103,475 121,973
117,448 125,856 182,193
228,990 183,636 214,920
112,667 137,708 153,374
28,887 32,296 39,221
115.935
115,000
149,332
139,078
150,000
196,466
460,329 1.700,000
797.579
-
D
Defence Contribution
3,863,769
4,932,598 6,569,239
5,694,559 5,068,139 4,763,943
177,614
47,788 60,000
104,501 1,600,000
4,281,240 5,586,415 6,880,724 0,051,926 7,500,000
460,000
329,167
65,303
1,111,627
E
Special War Expenditure
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7
District Office (North)
24,845
8
District Office (South)
18,758
22,958
11,042
22,006
11,151
65,758
47,116
9
Education Department
1,662,169
10
Fire Brigade
11A
Harbour Department
11B
Air Services
315,431
999,605
93,697
12
Imports and Exports Office
903,182
1,707,558 1,745,984 1,866,627
805,017 297,080 307,897
962,648 1,020,734 997,997
26,691
11,546 18,900
1,031,294 695,074 723,840
67,365
41,790
1,781,164
328,282
976,610
50,957
864,105
60,061 76,712
75,107
43,911 48,208
48,190
1,702,205 1,861,900 2,034,562
265,832 298,168 328,893
958,087 1,071.596 1,035,968
63,600 41,804 51,930
325,530 428,610 458,007
69,800
70.781
75,000
45,000
2,139,241 2,225.000 2,969,517
400,269 323,000 425,295
1,246,854 1,600,000 1,802,312
101,138 105,000 143,968
457,669 500,000 628,594
1,000,000
95.042
57,315
13
Judiciary
A
Supreme Court
178,797
185,316
172,096
244,996
249,033
192,181
227,937
234,820
245,178
220,000
291,610
B
Magistracy, (Hong Kong)
1,961
1,990
2,088
69,374
78,216
60,348
62,113
74,495
111,072
75,000
107,498
C
Magistracy, (Kowloon)
2,086
1,898
1,733
32,405
38,732
38,489
56,871
51,766
14
Kowloon Canton Railway
826,405
879,211
873,467
886,381
989,167
920,864
726,174
68,049
831,129 1,163,614 740,000
60,000
79,816
852,896
15
Legal Departments
265,000
830,160
Attorney General's Office
47,401
50,633
38,717
58,305
63,433
40,919
66,666
79,865
86,472
Crown Solicitor's Office
47,912
55,253
65,004
56,115
41,789
45,355
44,532
57,718
66,377
Official Receiver's Office
23,164
20,711
18,806
27,126
22,832
20,127
24,884
21,270
26,496
Land Office
38,369
42,164
37,136
66,100
52,897
54,529
51,650
67,993
70,456
16
Medical Department
1,186,250
1,336,924
1,285,571
17
Miscellaneous Services
1,733,444
2,211,126
1,580,944
18
Pensions
1,080,822
1,541,441
19
Police Force
20A
Post Office
2,569,664 2,768,161
353,690 406,215
1,414,082
1,504,550
1,976,565 1,545,270
2,836,532 2,520,708
486,367 457,655
1,505,264 1,403,606 1,584,327 2,018,137 2,407,348 2,550,000 3,635,709
1,960,654 1,701,858 1,485,703
1,748,117 1,555,605 2,287,746
2,808,048 2,435,772 2,830,636
435,036 443,264
497,480
1,628,720 3,040,663 1,650,000
2,559,810 2,706,392 2,900,000
3,289,490 3,109,696
3,500,000
1,245,203 942,717 950,000 787,756
355,000 749,422
2,362,445
3,620,000
4,620,397
20B
Wireless
{
Radio Traffic Office
Wireless
129,998
148,678
152,214 159,290
158,301
159,841
162,473 181,934
80,768
211,021
83,000
127,350
200
Broadcasting
22
21
Prison Department
22
Public Debt
23 A
Public Works Department
677,585 778,120
1,588,118 1,894,291
2,033,300 2,306,678
765,778
1,666,705
2,116,882
853,873
1,218,695
2,222,874
748,120 829,799
1,410,431 1,233,583
2,304,641 1,935,336
884,851
1,390,831
2,245,004
1,021,593
1,871,231
2,436,112
908,864
935,000 1,220,972
1,351.631
2,213.668
1,332,031
1,595,391 X
1,800,000 2,384,105
290,000 393,568
23B
Water Works
24
Public Works Recurrent
A. General
1,564,118 1,581,927 1,900,620 1,558,607 1,683,240 1,391,103 1,309,312 1,768,370 1,811,169
B. Water Works
25
25
Royal Observatory
54,133
26
Sanitary Department
868,950
27A
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
18,896
74,138
851,752
21,808
68,185
846,287
28,608
63,165
1,024,574
175,321
60,587 56,334
1,051,797 920,862
141,831 127,624
71,416
929,189
139,948
83,970
1,009,489
130,757
92,941
1,050,284
141,521
[1,300,000
980,000
110.000
1,190,000
195,000
1,787,450
1,245,501
162,954
1,552,224
178.227
92,431
27B
-
Labour Office
28
Stores Department
475,000
448,894
29
Treasury, Etc.
30
Public Works Extraordinary
84,189 71,281
92,138
286,511 235,752
249,412 206,414
301,693
2,850,499 2,374,932 1,967,860 3,292,449
2,801,919 3,784,166
8,052,900 1,510,298
311.370
1,899,902
235,000
2,600,000
352,042
8,583,550
160,000
31
Fisheries Research Station
-
Naval Arsenal Yard and Kellet Island
1,000,000
459,149
Total
28,119,646
31,160,774
28,291,636 31,149,157 32,050,284 31,122,715
29,513,523 32,111,222
37,175,898
40,409,957
51,302,178