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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
24
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939
25
Provisionally Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
$
$
Brought forward
13,351,407 13,612,888.34 2,147,295.70 1,885,864.36
8,888,949.00
12.—IMPORTS & EXPORTS OFFICE.
Sub-beads:-
1 Personal Emoluments
384,456
372,863.11
11,592.89
I
Lapsing salaries.
100.00
500.00
Over estimated.
do.
Larger consumption of liquor due to increase in population.
OTHER CHARGES.
2 Advertisements
50
3 Binding Permits
120
12.50 120.00
4 Torches and Batteries for searching|
purposes
200
197.66
5 Conveyance Allowances
5,000
4,547.61
6 Electric Light, Fans and Heating
1,750
1,389.59
7
Gas for Laboratory
200
103.08
8 Incidental Expenses
500*
467.25
17 | | 1 1 1
37.50
2.34
452.39
360.41
96.92
32.75
9 Laboratory Stores
900
981.17
81.17
10 Liquor Labels, Printing
2,000
2,470.00
470.00
11
Office Cleaning Materials
250
204.98
45.02
T
12
Overtime
Allowances for Clerical
Staff
400
333.00
67.00
13 Rent of Public Telephone
120
114.00
6,00
14 Rent of Staff Quarters in New Ter-
ritories
1,680
1,680.00
15 Stationery, etc.
100
16 Transport
17
Uniforms and Equipment
1,150 5.000
31.20 1,380.85 4,982.89
68.80
180.85
250.00
17.11
OPIUM.
18 Incidental Expenses
19 Preparation and Carriage
20
Rewards for Illicit Opium Seizures
21 Transport
22 Expenses of 13 Government Opium
Shops
100 25,000
20,000
100
73.55 84,418.02 7,923.00 64.00
26.45
59,418.02
61,000.00
12,077.00 36.00
20,000
18,645.94
1,354.06
Statistical Branch.
23 Book Binding
120
120,00
24 Cleaning Materials
100
85.12
14.88
25 Electric Light and Heating
500
411.16
88.84
26
Incidental Expenses
200
192.54
7.46
27 Printing of Reports
7.500
6,862.00
638.00
28 Transport
100
81.90
18.10
29
Uniforms for Coolies and Messengers
150
138.60
11.40
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.
30 Purchase of four Bicycles
240
240,00
Total Imports and Exports Office.
477.986
511,084.72
Less Decrease
Increase
60,150.04
27,051.32
38,098.72
27,051.32
61,850.00
Carried forward
18,829,393
14,123,923.06 2,207,445.74 1,912,915.68
3,450,799.00
Stationery obtained from Stores Department.
Under estimated.
Increase in population.
Fewer cases of illicit traffic in opium.
Over estimated.
do.
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