1920-1930
EXPENDITURE.
$ C.
Governor
91,100.92
Cadet Service
300,211.05
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature
60,759.08
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
28,795.03
Audit Department
48,190.15
Treasury
70,480.33
Harbour Master's Department
316,994.95
Imports & Exports Department
904,095.52
Royal Observatory
38,374.11
Miscellaneous Services
1,828,078.38
Judicial and Legal Departments
285,000.31
Police
1,633,832.14
Fire Brigade
166,783.43
Prison Department
324,698.26
Medical Department
402,761.76
Sanitary Department
620,390.31
Botanical and Forestry Department
77,157.40
Education
850,307.04
Military Expenditure
-
Public Works Department
4,033,500.30
Do.
901,782.71
Do.
1,424,532.80
Post Office
4,716,602.94
- Recurrent
123,492.33
- Extraordinary
757,030.11
Kowloon-Canton Railway
901,810.00
Charge on account of Public Debt
486,167.76
Pensions
102,499.94
Charitable Services
-
TOTAL
$21,571,904.72
The balance to the credit on the year's working was $3,211,858 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $15,071,495.
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1919-1923 :—
Expenditure. Revenue. $ 1919 16,524,975 17,915,925 1920 14,689,672 17,728,132 1921 14,489,594 15,739,652 1922 18,563,003 22,291,065 1923 21,571,905 24,783,70389