Table I.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE FOR LAST THREE YEARS.
1932 1933 1934 $ $ $ Personal Emoluments (1) 301,251.60 311,632.97 283,706.20 Other Charges :- Advertisements 63.50 Binding Permits 120.00 120.00 120.00 Candles & Batteries 288.46 289.63 278.23 Cleansing Materials & Washing 357.77 238.50 359.49 Conveyance & Motor Allowances 3,977.44 3,722.83 4,018.84 Elec. Light Fans & Heating 49.70 67.28 371.94 Incidental Expenses 502.88 507.66 302.91 Laboratory Stores 686.64 793.17 799.58 Liquor Labels, Printing 1,999.75 1,915.00 1,995.50 Office Cleaning Materials 280.46 224.21 254.93 Overtime Allowance for Clerical Staff 324.75 270.00 205.50 Rent of Staff Quarters in N.T. 270.00 1,680.00 Revenue Reward Fund 5,000.00 Stationery, &c. 254.85 143.03 189.13 Transport 1,442.28 1,042.46 1,386.05 Uniforms for R. Os. & Messengers 7,331.58 5,175.15 4,341.71 Opium -Elec. Fans Light (2) 374.98 140.94 110.64 Fuel (3) 6,167.27 46.27 Incidental Expenses (4) 57.40 81.05 8.63 Miscellaneous Stores (5) 489.71 388.89 12.40 Packing Expenses (6) 10,621.04 8,029.15 1,892.62 Purchase of Raw Opium, &c. (7) 462,060.50 362,422.23 38,115.00 Rent of Quarters for Staff (8) 1,200.00 200.00 Repairs and Renewals (9) 772.00 374.93 Transport (10) 4.30 156.55 Expenses of 6 Govt. Opium Shops 11,860.75 12,701.34 12,361.38 Gratuities to Opium Factory Staff 3,885.22(1) Includes Officers of Cadet, S.C. & A. Staff and Junior Clerical Services. (2) to (6) & (8) to (10) Decrease due to the closing down of the Government Opium Factory early in 1933 & transfer of stocks of Opium, etc., to Singapore.
(7) The Singapore Monopoly now pays for all Raw Opium purchased under agreement from the Indian Government. The expenses shown under this head in 1934 were for rewards in major opium seizures.