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FINANCIAL RETURN No. 6.
IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1939 is compared
WITH THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WITH THE ESTIMATES FOR 1939,
Heads of Expenditure. Actual 1938 Estimates 1939 Actual 1939 $ $ $ H. E. the Governor 177,614.91 174,801 173,725.15 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature 289,148.64 557,221 482,203.72 Audit Department 115,934.51 122,868 112,445.74 Botanical and Forestry Department 139,078.07 151,953 145,061.41 Charitable Services 460,329.47 458,264 1,183,542.90 Defence :— (a) Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps 177,614.40 177,491 (b) Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force 47,788.10 58,575 207,286.91 (c) Air Raid Precautions 104,501.04 Do., (d) Military Contribution District Office, North 69,799.63 78,948 76,694.85 Education Department 338,065 846,356.65 6,051,926.07 South 70,731.05 48,474 44,509.26 Fire Brigade 2,139,241.01 2,336,865 2,148,296.72 Harbour Department and Air Services: (a) Harbour Department 400,269.05 324,307 329,561.91 (b) Air Services Magistracy, Hong Kong Kowloon-Canton Railway 1,246,853.86 1,324,320 1,221,439.92 Legal Departments 101,138.38 101,357 100,184.91 Do., Kowloon Medical Department 457,669.38 477,986 511,084.72 Imports and Exports Office 1,163,614.28 952,103 727,687.78 Miscellaneous Services 494,978.76 482,855 486,122.65 Pensions 111,072.36 74,739 74,380.32 Police Force 68,049.36 55,704 59,895.10 Post Office, Wireless and Broadcasting:- 2,407,347.92 2,516,267 2,486,598.81 (a) Post Office 942,717.00 951,030 916,817.92 (b) Wireless 412,651 322,045.17 Radio Traffic Office 80,768.13 Wireless 211,020.71 (c) Broadcasting 84,952 77,921.10 Prison Department 908,863.71 921,140 920,245.69 Public Debt 1,351,631.00 1,332,031 1,332,031.00 Public Works Department and Water Works :- (a) Public Works Department 2,213,667.71 1,912,677 1,856,258.64 (b) Water Works 288,393 293,540.14 Public Works Recurrent : (a) General 1,811,168.55 1,300,600 1,279,837.52 (b) Water Works 967,907 850,647.82 Royal Observatory 92,941.16 91,440 110,373.28 Sanitary Department 1,050,283.55 1,148,034 1,183,030.29 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 141,520.94 125,653 157,157.24 Stores Department 312,241 696,213.06 Treasury, etc. 311,370.12 263,934 249,435.84 TOTAL.. 35,275,995.42 36,068,988 36,132,019.97 Public Works Extraordinary 1,899,902.40 1,688,235 1,817,096.51 $ $ $ 37,175,897.82 37,757,223 37,949,116.48