Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1920.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1920.
HEADS OF REVENUE Estimates, 1920 Actual Revenue to 31st Dec., 1920 Revenue for same period of preceding Year Increase Decrease Light Dues... 80,000 94,225.44 74,545.18 19,680.26 Governor Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature Light Dues, Special Assessment 90,000 102,609.57 83,973.11 18,636.46 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs Audit Department 8 88,321.00 90,526.45 77,198.15 13,328.30 81,914.00 85,095.13 68,197.84 16,897.29 57,836.00 57,716.27 52,534.57 5,081.70 37,585.00 34,887.83 35,625.67 737.84 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified 11,573,280 10,325,918.57 12,865,534.22 2,539,615.65 Treasury 68,237.00 74,222.34 63,076.94 11,145.40 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid Harbour Master's Department 204,698.00 231,146.38 235,401.10 4,364.72 967,780 1,126,566.51 1,013,207.61 113,358.90 Imports & Exports Department... 557,675.00 502,114.66 809,627.24 307,512.58 Post Office ... 440,000 441,295.01 460,892.58 80,402.43 Kowloon-Canton Railway 482,000 520,176.10 490,092.77 30,083.33 Royal Observatory Miscellaneous Services... Judicial and Legal Departments... 23,671.00 25,965.53 23,450.57 2,514.96 667,251.00 1,410,230.36 5,532,810.60 4,122,580.24 Police and Prison Departments ... 268,081.00 286,591.65 251,434.95 35,156.70 1,114,577.00 1,492,680.67 1,066,820.94 425,859.73 Rent of Government Property, Land, and Houses 1,058,080 1,063,455.21 1,041,431.01 22,024.20 Medical Departments 295,439.00 331,020.81 264,524.75 66,496.06 Interest 320,000 240,400.84 112,798.43 127,662.41 Sanitary Department Botanical and Forestry Department ... Education 193,660 118,615.55 118,539.76 75.79 Military Expenditure 437,101.00 463,759.44 384,873.00 78,886.44 55,091.00 55,975.49 51,457.65 4,517.84 477,048.00 537,512.55 357,806.43 179,706.12 2,957,959.00 2,789,206.68 3,580,463.81 791,257.13 Public Works Department ... Du. Recurrent Do. Extraordinary Post Office TOTAL, (exclusive of Land Sales) 15,114,800 14,433,322.80 16,261,014.67 2,539,615.65 411,923.78 Kowloon-Canton Railway ... Charge on account of Public Debt Pensions 200,000 556,349.13 263,960.23 292,388.90 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) Charitable Services 492,406.00 468,987.78 391,382.64 77,605.14 785,600.00 806,254.37 822,509.87 16,255.50 3,973,700.00 2,555,877.69 2,235,002.95 320,874.74 291,345.00 268,713.85 138,224.68 130,489.17 793,071.00 822,567.68 437,592.45 384,975.23 826,769.00 677,341.19 749,649.66 72,308.47 266,320.00 252,081.83 213,510.30 34,571.53 64,778.00 169,116.89 68,638.60 100,478.29 TOTAL, 15,314,800 14,689,671.93 15,524,974.90 704,312.68 2,539,615.65 Deduct $ 704,312.68 Net... $ 1,835,302.97 TOTAL, $ 14,886,473.00 14,489,593.52 17,915,925.36 1,888,584.64 Deduct 5,314,916.48 Net... $3,426,331.84