AnnualReport-1911 — Page 391

Appendix P.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS

FOR THE YEAR 1911.

Expenditure.

1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually ex- pended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:-

(i) Personal Emoluments and,

Other Charges,

(ii) Annually Recurrent Works,

(iii) Extraordinary Works,

Total,.....

Amount voted.

In Estimates. Supplemen-

Actual. Expenditure.

Total.

tary Votes

CR

$

$

$

$

352,455 00

4,356.75

356,811.75

308,408.12

508,488 59 486,940 80

416,200.00 416,200.00 | 92,288 59

1,080,400.00 257,921.44 1,338,321.44 1,094,817.93

}

$ 1,849,055.00 354,566 78 2,203,621.78 1,890,166.85

Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.

With regard to (i), the saving is due to vacancies in the Staff, lapsing pay of officers on leave, refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies, and the prevalence of a higher rate of exchange than that assumed in pre- paring the Estimates (average rate 1/92 against estimated rate 1/9).

In the case of (ii), savings occurred under the following sub- heads as set forth below:--

Maintenance of Lighthouses,.

Maintenance of Sewers, Nullahs, &c., Maintenance of Public Cemetery,.

Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds, Maintenance of Water Works, Kowloon,

$ 1,065.67

3,023.91

1,823.06

1,023.00

1,411.98