# HONGKONG GOVERNMENT
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Q 9
Expenditure.
Tsat Tsz Mui Quarry,—Additional Quarry Plant. Improvements to the junction of Nathan and Gascoigne Roads, Kowloon.
Training Nullahs.—Untrained portion of the nullahs on Crown Land adjoining the "Rampart", and P.W.D. Bungalow, Taipo.
Purchase of N.K.M.L. 4, etc.
Mosquito Proofing to certain Police Stations, New Territories.
Comparison of Expenditure, 1924 and 1925.
2. The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1925 as compared with that of the previous year :-
1924 1925 Increase Decrease $ c. $ c. $ $ (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 1,184,482.27 1,346,091.10 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works. 1,793,968.69 1,574,431.75 219,536.94 (iii) Extraordinary Works, 8,112,785.49 8,638,930.87 526,145.38 Total, $11,091,522.08 $11,638,372.83 $766,387.69 $219,536.94Item (i). The increase is due to the increase of staff. The average rate of exchange for 1925 was 2/4 as compared with 2/4 for 1924.
Item (ii). The decrease is due to economies effected owing to the unusual local conditions.
That the actual aggregate decrease is only $219,536.94 is due to small increases on Drainage, Lighting and Waterworks, Hong Kong and Kowloon; on Miscellaneous Works, Kowloon; and on Buildings, Drainage and Lighting, New Territories.
The decreases are $71,307 and $12,670 on Hong Kong and Kowloon Buildings: $32,227, $13,664 and $19,381 on Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Communications; $124,133 and $9,972 on Hong Kong and New Territories Miscellaneous Works.
Item (iii). The total approximate increase is $2,621,000 and the total approximate decrease is $2,094,800 making an actual aggregate increase of about $526,200 including votes not appearing in Estimates.
The expenditure on Kowloon and New Territories show increases of approximately $240,600 and $1,401,800 respectively. The expenditure on Hong Kong, however, shows a decrease of about $1,219,500.