Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1928.
Heads of Revenue.
Estimates,
1928.
Actual Revenue
to 31st December, 1928.
Revenue for same period of
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1928.
Expenditure
Increase.
Decrease.
preceding
Heads of Expenditure.
Estimates,
1928.
year.
Actual Expenditure to 31st December, 1928.
for
same period of i Increase.
preceding year.
Decrease.
$$$$$ Light Dues150,000138,550.02132,379.31.6,170.71 H. E. the Governor Cadet Service Do., Special Assess- Senior Clerical & Account-101,328107,569.13103,096.25 ing Staff - Junior Clerical Service323,865.05316,639.964,472.887,225.09 167,573159,402.76152,432.896,969.87 621,867631,561.83705,809.1974,247.36 ment165,000165,292.04158,762.566,529.48 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature Secretariat for Chinese47,95556,993.1943,021.40[3,971.79] Affairs11,94711.592.7311,533.8058.93 Licences and Internal Re- venue not otherwise specified -14,563,64015,081,429.5615,248,534.64 Treasury8,9788,419.356,107.572,311.78 Audit Department45,09847,160.1241,257.035,903.09 167,205.08 District Office North23,07622,666.1420,537.682,128.46 Do. South11,1449,247.2710,150.84 Post Office274,329243,570.08134,583.48108,986.60 Imports & Exports Office805,170748,806.99849,296.91100,489.92 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reim- bursements in Aid899,547748,057.57632,121.36115,936.21 Harbour Master's De- partment - Royal Observatory-36,55635,434.5236,664.991,230.47 1,865,5504,945,215.331,789,799.18155,416.15 Fire Brigade217,924198,222.37190,350.277,872.10 Supreme Court -148,559136,123.55141,493.295,369.74 Attorney General33,79835,264.5024,369.4010,895.10 Crown Solicitor's Office39,85551,444.1736,608.0314,836.14 Post Office815,000966,918.40890,946.7975,971.61 Offical Receiver -9,8719,846.959,545.89301.06 Land Office26,67728,866.9924,309.424,557.57 Magistracy Hong Kong2,2501,857.711,917.80 Do Kowloon2,0561,899.172,031.02131.85 Kowloon-Canton Railway719,195820,994.90713,424.85107,570.05 Police Force -2,012,1171,986,105.121,759,131.57226,973.55 Prisons Department528,591485,147.89493,379.338,231.44 Medical Department861,058+86,638.21717,531.9669,106.25 Sanitary Department645,425578,991.11588,154.719,163.00 interest Rent of Government Pro- perty, Land and Houses1,246,7551,331,138.981,283,234.6847,904.30 65,250235,754.68328,086.83 Miscellaneous Receipts -363,0002,647,859.32655,583.541,992,275.78 Botanical and Forestry Department -100,15896,597.70 Education Department1,229,0131,103,540.3593,289.091,091,423.213,308.61 12,117.14 Public Works Depart- -92,322.15 I ment Public Works, Recurrent-1,454,2581,362,633.591,309,117.3453,516.25 Do., Extraordinary-1,610,1501,482,915.36 Kowloon-Canton Railway1,542,494.98 Volunteer Defence Corps-2,467,1642,108,515.82 Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve-720,598747,743.7196,303.79 Military Contribution -97,40096,303.79 Miscellaneous Services2,966,390.69632,380.39115,353.32 857,874.8762,562.92 3,653,644 Charitable Services924,40494,6243,748,960.401,141,430.22100,574.93 3,491,894.33257,066.07 1,034,917.88106,512.34 118,609.4118,034.48 Total (exclusive of Land Sales).19,953,39023,333,163.2321,200,852.382,391,838.08 Charge on Account of Public Debt- Pensions259,527.23 1,079,298833,9791,046,602.31799,595.90236,006.41 739,969.59659,312.5180,657.08 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)150,0001,635,235.65143,683.341,491,552.31 TOTAL20,103,39024,968,398.8821,344,535.723,883,390.39 TOTAL 259,527.23 Net$ 3,623,863.16 Deduct Net 21,230,242.2420,845,064.691,520,494.561,135,317.01 $1,135,317.01 $385,177.55紫 259.527.23