# EXPENDITURE
C.
Governor
77,198.15
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature
68,197.84
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
52,634.57
Audit Department
35,625.67
Treasury
63,076.94
Harbour Master's Department
235,411.10
Imports & Exports Department Royal Observatory Miscellaneous Services
Judicial and Legal Departments
Police and Prison Departments
Medical Departments
Sanitary Department
Mag
Botanical and Forestry Department
Education
Military Expenditure
Public Works Department
1
F
809,627.24
23,450.57
5,532,810.60
251,434.95
1,066,820.94
264,524.75
384,873.00
51,457.65
357,806.43
3,580,463.81
391,382.64
Do. Recurrent
822,509.87
Do. Extraordinary
2,235,002.95
Post Office
138,224.68
Kowloon-Canton Railway
437,592.45
Charge on account of Public Debt
749,649.66
Pensions
217,510.30
Charitable Services
68,638.60
TOTAL,
$17,915,925.36
The balance to the debit on the year's working was $1,390,950 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $4,290,188.
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1915-1919 :-
Revenue Expenditure $ 1915 11,786,106 15,149,267 1916 13,833,387 11,079,915 1917 15,058.105 14,090,828 1918 18,665,248 16,252,172 1919 16,524,975 17,915,925