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Financial Return No. 7
DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL EXPENDITURE FOR 5 YEARS 1933-1937.
Head. Service. 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1. His Excellency the Governor. .53 .50 .51 .50 .61 2. Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature .90 .91 .93 1.01 .93 3. Secretariat for Chinese Affairs .57 .46 .45 .47 .41 4. Treasury. .92 .76 .73 .85 .94 5. Audit Department .36 .33 .32 .35 .38 6 & 7. District Offices .36 .35 .37 .42 .38 8. Post Office and Wireless Telegraph Services 2.07 1.93 2.11 2.24 2.33 9 & 10. Imports and Exports Office.. Harbour Department and Air Services 1.17 1.15 1.45 3.02 1.43 11. Royal Observatory .20 .19 .20 .24 .26 12. Fire Brigade .99 1.05 .94 .99 1.02 13-19. Legal Departments 1.78 1.76 1.60 1.81 1.83 20. Police Force 9.12 9.01 8.61 9.60 9.68 21. Prisons Department 3.26 3.30 3.61 3.77 3.39 22. Medical Department 23. Sanitary Department 24 & 25. Botanical and Forestry Dept. Education Department 4.54 4.83 4.96 5.37 6.28 26. Kowloon-Canton Railway 3.29 3.38 3.26 3.15 3.14 27. Defence .41 .41 .42 .42 .41 28. Miscellaneous Services 6.00 5.72 6.02 6.31 6.34 29. Charitable Services 2.85 3.18 3.26 2.46 2.59 30. Public Debt. 18.72 16.76 17.34 15.08 18.00 31. Pensions 4.83 6.29 6.01 5.04 5.07 32. Public Works Department .58 .53 .81 .62 .67 33. Public Works Recurrent 3.91 3.96 4.99 4.71 4.27 7.75 7.97 34. Public Works Extraordinary.. 7.61 7.59 4.99 5.40 4.44 Naval Arsenal Yard and Kellet Island 5.51 4.91 4.44 5.51 Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 1.62