Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1929.
Heads of Revenue.
Estimates,
1929.
Actual Revenue
Revenue for
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1929.
Actual
Estimates,
same period
to 31st December, 1929.
Increase.
Decrease.
of preceding
Heads of Expenditure.
1929.
year.
Expenditure to 31st December, 1929.
Expenditure for same period of preceding year.
Increase.
Decrease.
$ 141,000 144,961.48 138,550.02 C. C. $ C. $ C. Light Dues 6,411.46 H. E. the Governor 103,363 102,148.09 107,569.13 Cadet Service 305,565 316,806.95 323,865.05 5,421.04 7,058.10 Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff. 220,103 Do., Special Assess- Junior Clerical Service ment 173,000 174,165.18 165,292.04 8,873.14 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature 41,198 40,665.04 56,993.19 16,328.15 Secretariat for Chinese Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified Affairs 13,180 11,482.94 11,593.73 109.79 Treasury 16,160 15,399.30 14,900.65 498.65 Audit Department 46,781 45,069.12 47,193.29 2,124.17 District Office, North 23,299 20,625.34 22,666.14 2,040.80 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid Do., South 13,252 8,668.90 9,247.27 578.37 Post Office 307,140 289,516.20 243,570.08 45,946.12 Imports & Exports Office Harbour Department 753,746 638,566.03 748,806.99 110,240.96 Royal Observatory 38,306 35,141.07 35,434.52 293.45 Fire Brigade 250,286 232,826.21 198,222.37 34,603.84 Supreme Court 143,043 133,286.54 136,123.55 2,837.01 Attorney General 22,713 24,689.99 35,264.50 10,574.51 Crown Solicitor's Office 33,988 43,640.30 51,144.17 7,503.87 Official Receiver 10,175 10,116.83 9,846.95 269.88 Land Office 24,976 26,118.20 28,866.99 2,748.79 Kowloon-Canton Railway 808,300 890,744.54 820,994.90 69,749.64 Magistracy, Hong Kong 2,264 1,813.86 1,857.71 43.85 Do. Kowloon 2,132 1,970.90 1,899.17 71.73 Police Force 1,967,352 1,956,798.33 1,986,105.12 29,306.79 Prisons Department 548,364 512,591.65 485,147.89 27,443.76 Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses Medical Department 979,350 867,292.50 736,638.21 130,654.29 Sanitary Department 821,501 713,184.49 578,991.11 134,193.38 Botanical and Forestry Department 100,884 98,412.87 96,597.70 1,815.17 Education Department 1,259,827 1,152,375.18 1,103,540.33 48,834.85 Interest 200,000 382,537.87 235,764.68 146,773.19 Public Works Department Miscellaneous Receipts 1,310,300 1,411,532.69 1,331,138.98 80,393.71 Public Works, Recurrent 1,549,897 1,373,280.18 1,362,633.59 10,646.59 Do., Extraordinary 1,689,050 1,464,558.35 1,482,915.36 18,357.01 Kowloon-Canton Railway 3,419,605 2,125,974.96 2,108,515.82 17,459.14 Volunteer Defence Corps 811,044 656,696.58 Military Contribution 103,358 83,757.67 Miscellaneous Services 3,988,388 3,259,337.65 3,748,960.40 489,622.75 Charitable Services 103,566 100,079.50 100,574.93 495.43 Charge on Account of Public Debt Total (exclusive of Land Sales) 21,278,600 21,618,303.87 23,333,163.23 1,714,859.36 Pensions 847,000 1,324,498.97 796,754.06 527,744.91 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) 1,000,000 1,936,171.29 1,635,235.65 300,935.64 TOTAL 22,278,600 23,554,475.16 24,968,398.88 1,413,923.72 TOTAL $ 24,799,650 21,983,256.67 21,230,242.24 752,014.43 Deduct 650,183.37 Deduct Net $ 1,500,168.35 747,153.92 Net $ +153.92 $ 753,014.43