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acquisition of buoys in the Harbour. Decreases were mostly due to savings on Personal Emoluments and high exchange.
EXPENDITURE.
Governor
83,708.01
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature
73,638.42
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
54,966.19
Audit Department
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Treasury
30,722.02
Harbour Master's Department
65,360.69
Imports & Exports Department
363,062.94
Royal Observatory
753,228.85
Miscellaneous Services-
21,977.78
Judicial and Legal Departments
1,318,494.52
Police and Prison Departments
253,457.27
Medical Departments
869,859.05
Sanitary Department
224,653.30
Botanical and Forestry Department
351,967.14
Education
47,325.89
Military Expenditure
321,101.68
Public Works Department
2,174,833.82
Post Office
401,205.44
Recurrent
624,872.51
Extraordinary
1,246,871.75
Kowloon-Canton Railway, Working Expenses
318,982.54
Charge on account of Public Debt
296,691.63
Pensions
198,718.49
Expenses of Construction
640,069.15
Charitable Services
309,271.62
TOTAL,
34,874.12
$ 11,079,914.82
The balance to the good on the year's working was $2,753,472, and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $2,300,785.
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1912-1916-
1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 Revenue. $ 8,180,694 8,512,308 11,786,106 13,833,387 Expenditure. 7,202,553 8,658,012 10,756,225 15,149,267 11,079,915The amount of the consolidated loan stands at £1,485,732. Against this there is at credit of the Sinking Fund a sum of £233,784.
A duty on Tobacco was imposed during the year, estimated to bring in about $400,000 per annum. The actual figure collected for about a half-year was $211,180.
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