4
EXPENDITURE.
C.
Governor
94,287.62
Cadet Service
280,567.54
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature
56,454.63
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
21,115.67
Audit Department
51,060.35
Treasury
68,367.64
Harbour Master's Department
310,717.36
Imports & Exports Department
631,733.97
Royal Observatory
38,350.10
Miscellaneous Services
1,617,305.35
Judicial and Legal Departments
282,989.15
Police
1,533,757.51
Fire Brigade
177,799.07
Prison Department
324,175.12
Medical Department
371,781.92
Sanitary Department
548,824.20
Botanical and Forestry Department
71,223.47
Education
728,153.89
Military Expenditure
3,230,779.89
Public Works Department
Recurrent 821,674.89 Extraordinary 1,074,646.30 3,575,635.19Post Office
309,042.61
Kowloon-Canton Railway
I 922,355.75 914,040.12Charge on account of Public Debt
429,361.04
Pensions
76,802.56
Charitable Services
TOTAL
$18,563,002.91
The balance to the credit on the year's working was $3,728,062 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $12,658,642.
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1918-1922:
Revenue Expenditure 1918 18,665,248 16,252,172 1919 16,524,975 17,915,925 1920 14,689,672 14,489,594 1921 17,728,132 15,739,652 1922 22,291,065 18,563,003