SAVINGRAM
To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
From the Governor, Hong Kong.
Date.........
41
No.
Buildings &
Furniture
Lands not Leased
Public Utility
Royalties
Land Sales
2 -
Approved Estimates 1950/51
Proportionate Estimate for 1st half year
Actual so far recorded for 1st half year
$1,400,000
1,650,000
$ 700,000 825,000
7,530,000
3,285,000 1,375,000
1900
768,442
1,811,231
6,983,461
3,270,907.
Estimate 1950/51
4.
2,750,000
Particulars of the major heads of expenditure excluding Crown Agents' expenditure in August and September are as follows:-
Proportionate Estimate for 1st half year
Actual so far recorded for 1st half year
Civil Aviation Dept. Colonial Secretariat Commerce & Industry Education Department Fire Brigade
$1,136,379
$
568,190
356,450
1,177,833
588,917
559,824
1,236,167
618,084
528,292
5,443,781
2,721,891
2,120,305
1,382,027
691,014
540,215
H.K. Defence Force
1,741,283
870,642
327,494
Kowloon-Canton Railway 5,007,031
2,503,516
3,136,066
Marine Department
6,169,258
3,084,629
1,775,263
Medical Department
12,668,351
6,334,176
5,603,103
Miscellaneous Services 37,521,500
18,760,750
23,344,460
Pensions
7,870,000
3,935,000
2,848,440
Police Force
15,553,762
7,776,881
6,202,499
Post Office
5,574,456
2,787,228
1,866,331
Prisons Department
4,268,341
2,134,171
1,586,980
Public Debt
5,084,631
2,542,316
2,152,475
Public Works Department 5,434,368
2,717,184
2,113,537
Public Works Recurrent 16,633,000
8,316,500
5,501,380
Public Works Non-
Recurrent
Sanitary & Urban
Council
Stores Department
29,184,563
14,592,282
9,016,822
7,444,297
3,722,149
2,967,487
5,564,002
2,782,001
1,189,675
Subventions
5.
14,326,900
7,163,450
8,066,240.
Expenditure recorded locally against the Rehabilitation Loan up to the 30th of September, 1950, amounted to $115,852,841, of which $65,852,841 was met from surplus balances,
In my
(21) confidential despatch No. 120 of the 14th of November, 1950, I
have referred for your consideration proposals made, on the assumption that there will be a surplus on the year of proxi- mately $60,000,000, for the charging off to revenue of some $50,000,000 of the Rehabilitation expenditure which has been met from surplus balances. You will be aware from that despatch of the reasons for my estimate of the net revenue surplus for the year, and the arrangements which will be made, including provision for meeting the contribution towards the cost of reinforcing the garrison, which will probably have the effect of reducing the revenue surplus to a purely nominal sum, if