Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1924.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows :--
Amount voted.
In Estimates.
Supplement- ary Votes.
Total.
Less re-dis- tribution of
Votes author- ised in 0.8.0. 3620/24 (Passed on
Net Total voted.
Actual Expendi-
ture.
22.5.24).
$
(i) Personal Emolu. ments and Other Charges,
(ia) Special Expen-
1,092,542.00
220,854.81 1.313,396.81
1,313,396.81 1,184,482.27
diture; Safe for
Accounts Office,
286.00
286.00
286.00
285.63
(ii) Annually Recur-
rent Works, 1,135,500.00
722,810.81
1,858,310.81
1,858,310.81 | 1,793,968.69
(iii) Extraordinary
Works,
Total,
6,997,100.00 5 075,699.97 12,072 799.97 2,031,300.00 10,011,199.97 8,112,785.49
..$9,225,142.006,019,651.69 15,244,793 59 2.031,300.00 13,213,493.59 |11,091,522 v8
Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the saving is due partly to refunds on account of super- vision of works executed by the Department for various Companies, and partly to the higher rate of exchange than the one at which the Sterling Salaries in the Estimates were converted.
In the case of (ii), savings occurred on the following sub-heads as set forth below:
Hongkong. Communications.
Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City,.
Drainage.
Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c.,
Lighting.
Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District,.... Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan,
585.13
3,880.99
1,773.10
7,319.57