Table IV.
HEAD 32, WAR EXPENDITURE, 1940-41.
PROVIDED
SUB- HEAD No.
BY SUPPLE-
TITLE OF SUB-HEAD.
UP TO
REVISED ESTIMATE OF
1.
War Taxation Department
2.
Extraordinary Local Defence.
(1) Naval
(2) Military
(3) Civil
3.
|Contribution to Imperial Government.
(1) Admiralty
2,350,000
(2) War Department
150,000
(3) Cash
3,254,238
4.
Censorship
434,000
5.
Internment of Enemy Aliens
137,000.
120,000
6.
Department of Information
44,000
7.
Shipping Control Board
12,000
8.
Food Control
95,000
30,000
20,000
4,250,000
MENTARY VOTE EXPENDITURE
19.12.40.
UP TO 31.3.41.
NOTES.
220,000 Personal Emoluments and Other Charges of War Taxation
Department.
400,000 $
875,000
337,000
4,000,000
500,000
4,422,000
1,360,000 Pay and allowances of mobilized members of Naval Volunteer Force; expenditure in excess of $50,000 under Head 6B, Naval Volunteer Force, also to be debited to this sub-head. Expenditure in excess of $187,500 under Head 6A, Volunteer
Defence Corps, to be debited to this sub-head. $4,000,000 for construction of tunnels, concrete pens, etc., for protection of civil population against air attack; balance for other A.R.P. measures such as sand-bagging of public buildings, etc.
For construction of vessels to be presented to Admiralty; now estimated that no expenditure will be incurred in financial year 1940-41.
For construction of vessels to be presented to War Department; now estimated that no expenditure will be incurred in financial year 1940-41. 3,254,238 Two cash gifts of £100,000 each made to Imperial Government. 460,000 Personal Emoluments and Other Charges of Censorship. Depart-
ment.
Expenses of Internment Camp at La Salle College and maintenance
expenses of internees now all transferred to Ceylon. Expenses shared by Hong Kong Government and Ministry of
Information, London.
Personal Emoluments and Other Charges of Shipping Control
Board.
Expenses of Food Controller's Department and purchase of food
9.
Miscellaneous
30,000
43,762
10.
Evacuation of Women and Children
11.
Emergency Stores
12.
War Supplies Board
13.
High Cost of Living Allowances
14.
Anti-Sabotage Precautions
Total
50,000
High cost of living allowance to lower grade Government
employees. Anti-sabotage precautions for shipping.
$12,118,238 $15,000,000
150,000
reserves.
Various items of war expenditure not classifiable under any other
sub-head.
Not now required, cost of evacuation to be met by Imperial
Government.
Purchase of emergency stores for Public Works Department. 20,000 Expenses of War Supplies Board.
100,000
.
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