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MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
COLONIAL CONTRIBUTION IN AID OF MILITARY EXPENDITURE AT HONGKONG
PAID INTO THE TREASURY CHEST
from 1st January to 31st December, 1916.
MONTH.
AMOUNT.
RATE OF EXCHANGE.
AMOUNT.
1916.
January,
£
15,621
S.
d.
00
8
8
@ 111
$ c.
163,006.25
February,
15,621 8
"
163,006,25
Marcb,........
15,791
4 7
1,111
163,006.25
April,
15,791
4 *
163,006.25
11
May,
16,170 8 6
2/01
163,006,25
June,
18,168
8 1
2/23
163,006.25
July,
17,149 12 4
2/11
163,006.25
August,
16,810 0 5
2/03
163,006,25
September,
16,979 16 4
2/1
163,006 25
October,
17,489
4 3
21
163,006.25
November,
17,828 16 2
2.2
163,006.25
December,
18,338 + 1
2.3
163,006.25
Total,
£202,059 16 8
$1,956,075.00
DETAIL OF MILITARY EXPENDITURE AT HONGKONG, FROM 1st JANUARY
TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1916. *
From Army Pay Office Records,
HEADS OF SERVICES.
AMOUNT,
£
5.
Regimental Pay of Officers, N.C.O.'s and Men,
Transport, Lodging, Rents, and Barrack Services.................
Provisions, Chair, Fuel and Light, Colonial Allowances, and Clothing,..
Ordnance Establishments and General Stores,
74,640 2 1
29,838 16 9
61,010 7 10
5,283 15 5
Armaments, and Engineer Stores,
49 4 3
Engineer Salaries, Fortifications, Barrack Buildings, and Military Works Loan,
12,596 1 10
Miscellaneous Effective and Non-Effective Services,
2,558 13
5
Total,.....
*Only includes sums pail locally, and passed through the accounts of the Command Paymaster.
£185,927