Appendix A.
FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1938.
ANNUAL COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1938.
Heads of Revenue Estimates, 1938 Actual Revenue to 31st December, 1938 Revenue for same period of preceding year Increase Decrease Duties $ 6,820,000 $ 9,105,121.72 $ 7,625,411.42 $ 1,479,710.30 Port and Harbour Dues 655,000 532,539.53 625,684.20 $ 93,144.57 H. E. the Governor 181,897 177,614.91 194,814.98 17,200.07 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 308,038 289,148.64 297,082.33 7,933.69 Treasury 322,901 311,370.12 301,692.79 9,677.33 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified 14,004,500 15,098,620.05 14,192,267.74 906,352.31 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid 2,615,420 2,787,487.90 2,660,076.47 127,411.43 Kowloon-Canton Railway 1,044,900 1,782,287.74 1,297,940.29 484,347.45 District Office, North 75,738 69,799.63 75,107.19 5,307.56 Do., South 53,506 79,731.05 48,189.50 31,541.55 Communications: (a) Post Office 820,546 942,717.00 787,756.06 154,960.94 (b) Radio Traffic Office 183,063 181,934.17 101,166.04 80,768.13 (c) Wireless ... ... ... ... ... Imports & Exports Office 496,314 457,669.38 458,006.78 337.40 Harbour Department: (a) Harbour 1,314,554 1,246,853.86 1,035,967.77 210,886.09 (b) Air Services 120,271 101,138.38 51,930.16 49,208.22 Royal Observatory 336,367.27 92,941.16 83,970.09 8,971.07 Fire Brigade 378,786 400,269.05 328,892.56 71,376.49 Supreme Court 237,906 245,178.48 234,819.59 10,358.89 Attorney General's Office 88,043 86,472.01 79,864.88 6,607.13 Crown Solicitor's Office 66,945 66,376.63 57,718.06 8,658.57 Official Receiver's Office 25,849 26,495.59 21,270.10 5,225.49 Land Office 74,011 70,456.05 67,992.54 2,463.51 Magistracy, Hong Kong 74,380 111,072.36 74,494.80 36,577.56 Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses 1,635,030 1,899,215.26 1,725,848.68 173,366.58 Do., Kowloon 51,457 68,049.36 51,766.36 16,283.00 Police Force 3,307,395 3,289,490.32 3,109,696.18 179,794.14 Prisons Department 983,622 908,863.73 1,021,593.04 112,729.31 Medical Department 2,177,835 2,497,347.92 2,018,137.44 479,210.48 Sanitary Department 1,123,136 1,050,283.55 1,009,439.35 40,844.20 Interest 96,000 104,750.87 92,560.15 12,190.72 Botanical and Forestry Department 139,579 139,078.07 132,193.47 6,884.60 Education Department 2,276,736 2,139,241.01 2,034,562.00 104,679.01 Kowloon-Canton Railway 832,346 831,129.04 ... ... ... Miscellaneous Receipts 592,000 1,308,292.22 1,193,719.34 114,572.88 Defence: (a) Volunteer Defence Corps 161,932 177,614.40 153,373.62 24,240.78 (b) Naval Volunteer Force 49,164 47,788.10 39,220.86 8,567.24 (c) Military Contribution ... ... ... ... ... Total (exclusive of Land Sales) 29,899,920 35,536,344.21 32,667,904.38 2,868,439.83 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) 355,000 1,199,510.47 528,463.72 671,046.75 Charge on Account of Public Debt 1,752,435 1,351,631.00 1,371,230.98 19,599.98 Pensions 214,774 214,920.04 214,774.00 146.04 Public Works Department 2,371,510 2,213,667.71 2,436,112.31 222,444.60 Public Works, Recurrent 1,600,200 1,811,168.55 1,768,369.96 42,798.59 Do., Extraordinary 2,500,000 2,706,392.00 2,559,809.79 146,582.21 TOTAL $ 30,254,920 $ 36,735,854.68 $ 33,196,368.10 $ 3,539,486.58 $ 429,511.84 Deduct $ 429,511.84 Nett $ 30,254,920 $ 36,306,342.84 $ 33,196,368.10 $ 3,539,486.5831st January, 1939.