5
EXPENDITURE.
C.
Governor
94,100.92
Cadet Service
300,211.05
Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature
60,759.08
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
28,795.63
Audit Department
48,196.15
Treasury
70,880.33
Harbour Master's Department
316,994.95
Imports & Exports Department
908,095.52
Royal Observatory
38,374.11
Miscellaneous Services
1,828,078.38
Judicial and Legal Departments
285,009.31
Police
1,633,832.14
Fire Brigade
166,783.43
Prison Department
324,698.26
Medical Department
402,761.76
Sanitary Department
620,390.31
Botanical and Forestry Department
77,157.40
Education
856,367.04
Military Expenditure
4,033,500.36
Public Works Department
901,782.71
Public Works Department Recurrent
1,424,532.80
Public Works Department Extraordinary
4,716,602.94
Post Office
123,492.33
Kowloon-Canton Railway
757,030.11
Charge on account of Public Debt
964,810.00
Pensions
486,167.76
Charitable Services
102,499.94
TOTAL
$21,571,904.72
The balance to the credit on the year's working was $3,211,858 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $15,971,495.
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1919-1923:
Revenue Expenditure $ $ 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 1923 24,783,763 21,571,905