Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1921.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:—
Amount voted. Actual Expenditure. Total. In Estimates. Supplementary Votes. $ $ $ $ (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 632,060.00 46,099.55 678,159.55 650,900.00 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, 450.00 295.00 745.00 699.00 (iii) Extraordinary Works, 4,967,400.00 141,328.08 5,108,728.08 4,938,582.38 (iv) Special Expenditure; Typewriters, etc. Total, 6,440,510.00 934,506.65 4,643,706.49 7,375,016.65Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the saving is due to refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various Companies.
In the case of (ii), savings occurred on the following sub-heads as set forth below:
Hongkong. Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings,... $3,663.56
Maintenance of Lighthouses, $71.79
Communications.
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City, $1,944.86
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City, $944.83