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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Brought forward
6. DEFENCE.
A. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
Sub-heads-
1 Personal Emoluments
OTHER CHARGES.
Actual.
Increase.
Estimated.
$
Decrease.
$
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939
9
Provisionally Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
1,465,107
2,096,978.92 | 775,237.00
143,365.08
878,767.00
69,624
70,715.41
1,091.41
1,200.00
More instructors.
2 Allowances for Officers and N.C.Os.
undergoing Training in England
1,000
3 Ammunition
7,000
292.58 12,703.77
5,708.77
4 Armoured Car and Motor Machine'
Gun Section
8,000
5 Band allowances
100
6 Books
600
7 Camp Expenses
17.000
5,930.88 95.52 592,73 58,311.73
2,930.88
FIL
717.47
510.00
5,728.00
2,940.00
Less officer training. New units.
Increased training due to outbreak of hostilities.
4.48
7.27
50.00
41,811.73
50,200.00
do.
8 Conveyance Allowance to Corps
Quartermaster
180
180.00
9 Equipment for the Engineer Com-
pany and Signals-Overhaul optical instruments
785
695.94
10 Equipment, Air Arms
260
190.00
89.06 70.00
11 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms
3,000
1,677.75
1,322.25
Over estimated.
12
Fuel and Light
1,100
1,094.35
5.65
13
Grant to Machine Gun Troop
1,800
1,800.00
14 Incidental Expenses
600
830.34
230.34
250.00
Increased training.
15 Improvements to Camp
1,000
966.52
16 Rifle Ranges, Expenses
1,400
1,239.61
33.48 160.39
17 Subsidy to Air Arms
30,000
29,999.57
.43
18 Training Expenses for Nursing De-
tachment H.K.V.D.C.
500
19 Transport
3.000
20
Uniform
22,000
21
Uniform for Messengers and Coolies.
300
744.78 5,005.65 32,939.88 189.40
244.73
2,005.65 10,939.88
400.00 5,000.00 20,000.00
More nurses trained. Increased training. Increased in strength.
110,60
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.
22 Mechanisation of Machine Gun Troop
3,600
3,265.20
384.80
23
Five Solo Motor Cycles
3,600
4,065.05
465.05
650.00
Over estimated.
24 Six new Vickers Gun Locks
1,500
1,018.86
481.14
25 Typewriter
342
338.80
3.20
26 A.R.P. Equipment (Fire Buckets and
Scoops)
200
200.00
27 100 sets equipment
4,000
4,000.00
28 Upkeep allowance for Officers Outfits
29
Mobilization Stores
31
30 Gallery in Volunteer Headquarters
Cookers and Utensils
32 Two Armoured Cars
33 Rent of the Regimental Sergeant;
750.00 233,199.26 2.593.11 3,712.08 14,198.15
750.00 233,199.26
2,593.11
3,712.08
14,198.15
3,200.00 4,980,00
14,199.00
Major's quarters
275.40
Total Volunteer Defence Corps
Less Decrease
177,491
489,602.22
Increase
275.40
319,651.44
7,540.22
312,111.22
1,250.00 255,000.00
276.00
Not required.
New item.
Outbreak of hostilities. Eulargement of the Corps. Mobilization.
New item.
do.
7,540.22
365,833.00
Carried forward
1,642,598
2,586,581.14 1,094,888.44
150,905.30
!
1,244,600.00
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