# Appendix Q.
# REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1926.
## Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:
Amount voted. Total. Actual Expendi-ture. (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, $1,429,207.00 $830.00 $1,430,037.00 $1,247,918.89 (ia) Special Expenditure, $946.00 $946.00 $946.00 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, $1,199,700.00 $919,340.00 $2,119,040.00 $1,822,816.80 (iii) Extraordinary Works, $4,988,500.00 $2,121,706.00 $7,110,206.00 $4,720,000.19 $7,617,407.00 $3,041,822.00 $10,690,229.00* $7,791,681.88 Less amount met out of savings, $121,000.00 $121,000.00 Total, $7,617,407.00 $2,951,822.00 $10,569,229.00 $7,791,681.88Detailed Statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the saving is due partly to higher rate of exchange than that at which the sterling salaries in the Estimates were converted, and partly to vacant posts not having been filled during the year.
In the case of (ii), savings occurred on the subheads as set forth below:-
## HONG KONG.
Buildings.
Improvements to Buildings, Maintenance of Lighthouses,
$10,250.97
$4,290.62