Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1926.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1926.
Heads of RevenueEstimates, 1926Actual Revenue to 31st December, 1926Revenue for same period of preceding yearIncreaseDecrease Light Dues150,000110,543.80127,113.6416,569.84 H. E. the Governor94,104115,162.79 Cadet Service346,836292,521.59305,301.4112,779.82 Junior Clerical Service690,257669,125.82669,125.82 Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature50,37355,136.1269,472.1014,335.98 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs9,3988,147.4229,215.6321,068.21 Treasury27,37525,405.4174,597.4949,192.08 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified+3,330+5,609.05 Audit Department50,706.403,997.35 District Offices29,07625,886.6125,886.61 Post Office254,423120,848.45271,819.66150,971.21 Imports and Exports1,710,0601,488,587.151,571,609.9383,022.78 Harbour Master's Department667,665.32878,166.55210,501.23 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid678,244619,442.78$33,133.71213,690.33 Royal Observatory36,641+5,158.87+1,955.513,203.36 Fire Brigade180,487206,232.50333,846.85127,614.35 Supreme Court127,213133,680.40133,680.40 Attorney General22,51623,986.9723,986.97 Crown Solicitor's Office and Land Registry Post Office790,000766,539.87725,245.51-41,294.36 Magistracies58,94567,386.5267,386.52 Police Force1,756,8651,745,084.971,898,822.77153,737.80 Prisons Department538,044.73+32,846.80105,197.93 Kowloon-Canton Railway787,500 Interest Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses1,361,8101,264,799.241,232,704.3632,094.88 360,000237,443.67612,786.04 Heads of ExpenditureEstimates, 1926Actual Expenditure to 31st December, 1926Expenditure for same period of preceding yearIncreaseDecrease Medical Department513,727769,90972,337.42 Sanitary Department462,827.04723,228.88623,241.1099,987.78 Botanical and Forestry Department569,392.24645,249.6275,857.38 Education Department95,33187,541.0996,371.788,830.69 Public Works Department928,505910,063.091,019,905.23109,842.14 Public Works, Recurrent Do., Extraordinary1,429,2071,248,864.89 Port Development Department1,199,7001,822,816.80157,443.73 4,988,5004,720,000.198,638,930.87 Port Works Extraordinary605,000526,670.93 Miscellaneous Receipts274,4502,290,775.73804,483.161,486,292.57 Kowloon-Canton Railway Military Contribution Volunteer Defence Corps Charge on Account of Public Debt Pensions630,893766,402.88638,265.89128,136.99 4,024,2344,198,057.8757,736 4,352,856.45103,818.36 Total (exclusive of Land Sales) Charitable Services998,604803,272.29591,200 Miscellaneous Services578,765.6794,487115,842.01 760,338990,457.63 952,346.9162,435.16 £49,074.62516,330.51 30,355.87 79,486.14 1,170,650.55180,182.92 Total20,867,74320,845,249.0322,074,123.321,664,879.74 3,493,763.03 Judicial and Legal Departments338,075.65338,075.65 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)500,000286,341.61550,248.62283,901.01 TOTAL$ 21,367,74321,131,581.6423,244,365.941,664,879.74 3,777,664.04 TOTAL23,790,61523,524,715.9428,266,817.941,411,449.96 6,153,551.96 Deduct1,664,879.74 Deduct Net$ 2,112,784.30 Net1,411,449.96 $4,742,102.00