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# Table I.
## COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE 1938 AND 1939.
| Category | 1938 | 1939 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Personal Emoluments (1)** | $862,266.79 | $909,088.12 |
| Advertisements | 566.00 | 746.25 |
| Bath-houses, Fuel, Light, etc. | 2,232.11 | 1,781.16 |
| Bathing Places, Care and Control of | 2,491.78 | 1,610.05 |
| Burial of Infected Bodies | 674.20 | |
| Coal for Official Quarters | 1,476.01 | 973.99 |
| Coffins and Biers Conservancy | | |
| Conveyance Allowances | 2,934.84 | 720.10 |
| Disinfectants | 20,227.91 | 20,244.83 |
| Disinfecting and Cleansing Stores | 10,725.27 | 11,670.05 |
| Disinfectors, Operating expenses of | 8,018.20 | 9,939.57 |
| Disinfecting and Cleansing Stores | 1,476.07 | 2,546.53 |
| Dust Carts, Upkeep of | 64.73 | 56.21 |
| Exhumation, Recurrent | 2,545.43 | 5,546.79 |
| Expenses of Inspectors in obtaining Royal Sanitary Institute Certificates | 755.59 | 280.00 |
| Fuel for Blacksmith's Forges. | 91.00 | 200.00 |
| General Cleansing, Chinese New Year | 687.50 | 693.50 |
| Head Stones | 3,470.36 | 7,017.44 |
| Incidental Expenses | 1,227.50 | 2,076.78 |
| Latrine Pails | 593.75 | 737.32 |
| Light and Electric Fans | 18,841.92 | 26,270.57 |
| Motor Lorries, Vans & Cars, Running Expenses. | 32,473.46 | 43,502.18 |
| Paint, Turpentine, &c. | 356.69 | 471.02 |
| Rat Poison, Rat Traps, &c. | 924.99 | 1,381.55 |
| Rent of Public Telephones | 523.75 | 171.67 |
| Rent of Quarters for Inspectors & Sanitary Offices | 2,220.00 | 2,220.00 |
| Rent of Quarters for Scavenging Coolies | 2,675.00 | 2,778.00 |
| Scavenging Gear | 8,461.31 | 15,395.08 |
| Training of Chinese Probationer Sanitary Inspector | 1,304.00 | 1,848.00 |
| Transport | 873.93 | 986.37 |
| Uniforms for Staff | 9,784.66 | 13,265.40 |
| Workshop Apparatus | 31.73 | 46.68 |
| Town Planning Board Expenses | 54.54 | |
| Animal Depots and Slaughter House, Ammunition | 3,714.72 | 4,900.45 |
| Animal Depots and Slaughter House, Fuel | 2,160.01 | |
| Animal Depots and Slaughter House, Incidental Expenses | 1,547.59 | 1,212.72 |
| Animal Depots and Slaughter House, Light | 1,059.39 | 1,005.57 |
| Animal Depots and Slaughter House, Motor Meat Vans Running Expenses | 14,204.03 | 14,809.89 |
| Cattle Crematorium and Refuse Destructor | 2,115.11 | 1,044.40 |
| **Total Personal Emoluments and Other Charges** | **$1,027,673.91** | **$1,108,815.28** |
(1) "Includes officers of Cadet, S.C. & A.S. & J.C. Service".