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COMPARATIVE STATE MENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939
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Provisionally Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
$
$
$
Brought forward
17,911.061 17,958,607.72
2,368,062.55 2,320,515.83
3,705,947.00
18.-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.
Sub-heads :-
1 Bonuses for Examinations
3,500
2 Bungalows Committee, Caretakers
360
3 Crown Agents' Commission
21,000
7,050.00
360.00
13,145.43
3,550.00
4,200.00
More officers qualified for language bonuses.
4 Extra Clerical Assistance
1,500
1,061.12.
7,854.57
438.88
Over estimated.
do.
Grants in aid of Institutions:--
5 Advisory Committee on Educa-
tion in the Colonies (128)
2,083
2,078.92
9.08
Exchange difference.
6 Bureau of Hygiene anl Tropical
Diseases, London, (£300)
4,882
4,882.00
7 Colonial Medical Fund (£80)
1,302
1,134.18
167.82
8 Imperial Agricultural Bureaux
and Farnham House, (£174)
2,831
2,819.24.
11.76
9 Imperial Economic and Imperial
Shipping Committees, (£129) ... 10 Imperial Institute of Entomo-
logy, London, (£50)
2,099
2,090.13
8.87
Reduced grant.
Exchange difference.
do.
814
814.00
11 Imperial Institute, (£600)
9,763
9,768.00
12 League of Nations Heatlh Organisation Eastern Bureau (£250)
4,068
4,050.63
17.87
13 London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine, (£100)
1,628
1,620.25
7.75
14 Royal Asiatic Society, (£10)
163
162.03
.97
15 School of Oriental Studies, Lon-
don Institution (£350)
5,695
5,670.89
24.11
16 Seamen's Hospital Society (£20).'
326
324.05
17 Boy Scouts Association
1,200
1,200.00
18 Girl Guides Association
800
692.00
108.00
1.95
Over estimated.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
19 District Watchmen Fund
100
100.00
20 New Territories Agricultural
Association
2,000
2,000.00
21 Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, Hong Kong
2,500
22 Hong Kong Travel Association
15,000
2,500.00
3,896.00
11,104.00
23 British Empire Leprosy Relief
Association ($50)
814
24 University of Hong Kong
350,000
810.13
350,000.00
3.87
Variable; based on subscriptions from the Public.
Exchange difference.
25 Yunnan Scholarships at Uni-
versity.
2,240
2,240.00
Carried forward
436,669
420,459.00
3,550.00
19,759.00
4,200.00
Carried forward
17,911,081
17,958,607.72 2,368,002.55 2,820,515.83
3,705,947.00
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