Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1915.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1915.
HEADS OF REVENUE Estimates, 1915 Actual Revenue to 31st Dec., 1913 Revenue for same period of preceding Year Increase Decrease Light Dues... $94,000.00 $75,475.75 $90,397.87 $14,922.12 Governor $87,101.00 $82,351.63 $85,986.29 $3,634.66 Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature. Light Dues, Special Assessment $105,000.00 $93,008.43 $103,667.97 $10,659.54 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs $87,785.00 $85,380.82 $70,894.40 $14,486.42 $61,238.00 $53,188.73 $51,178.04 $2,010.69 Audit Department .. $33,444.00 $31,058.99 $32,697.22 $1,638.23 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified $8,431,012.00 $9,075,359.04 $7,979,439.51 $1,095,919.53 Treasury... $68,241.00 $67,693.25 $66,943.60 $749.65 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid $694,560.00 $697,079.90 $727,777.59 $30,697.69 Harbour Master's Department $432,027.00 $257,325.24 $176,287.98 $81,037.26 Imports & Exports Department ... $984,519.00 $777,935.52 $991,096.46 $213,160.94 Post Office $400,000.00 $371,081.07 $398,426.38 $27,345.31 Royal Observatory $27,045.00 $23,233.12 $25,398.31 $2,165.19 Miscellaneous Services... $912,262.00 $1,724,993.78 $945,131.62 $779,862.16 Kowloon-Canton Railway $435,600.00 $316,696.14 $381,313.28 $64,617.14 Judicial and Legal Departments... $275,193.00 $268,167.94 $259,181.94 $8,986.00 E Police and Prison Departments $1,013,634.00 Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses $920,290.00 $933,868.55 $936,648.02 $2,779.47 $940,214.29 $933,156.52 $7,057.77 Medical Departments $251,259.00 $228,200.17 $230,896.86 $2,696.69 Interest $1,000.00 Sanitary Department Botanical and Forestry Department Education Miscellaneous Receipts $130,170.00 $129,260.00 $124,416.04 $4,843.96 Military Expenditure $391,793.00 $343,903.19 $353,521.53 $9,618.34 $50,705.00 $49,404.56 $49,076.14 $328.42 $353,823.00 $328,072.09 $292,820.83 $35,251.26 $2,318,619.00 $2,151,388.70 $1,886,346.31 $265,042.39 HEADS OF EXPENDITURE Estimates, 1915 Actual Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1915 Expenditure for same period of preceding Year Increase Decrease Public Works Department $459,038.00 $399,700.76 $414,530.57 $14,809.81 Do. Recurrent $80,300.00 $558,448.03 $567,100.18 $8,652.15 Do. Extraordinary $2,229,785.00 $1,839,882.01 $1,639,594.72 $200,287.29 Post Office TOTAL, (exclusive of Land Sales) $11,201,632.00 $11,691,828.88 $10,742,086.66 $1,100,763.49 $151,021.27 Kowloon-Canton Railway $206,000.00 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) $94,277.85 $265,186.43 Railway Special Expenditure-K.C.R. Construction Charge on account of Public Debt $170,908.58 Pensions ... $471,652.00 $407,721.09 $371,646.06 $36,075.03 Charitable Services $323,455.00 $297,265.97 $274,366.39 $22,899.58 $3,062,388.59 $3,062,388.59 $738,851.00 $794,002.86 $705,808.50 $88,194.36 $308,000.00 $339,049.40 $305,930.61 $34,018.79 $26,402.00 $38,296.81 $27,553.74 $10,743.07 TOTAL, $11,407,632.00 $11,786,106.73 $11,007,273.09 $1,100,763.49 $321,929.85 Deduct Net... TOTAL, $12,486,771.00 $15,149,267.54 $10,756,224.82 $4,649,418.73 $256,376.01 Deduct Net $256,376.01 $4,393,042.72