AnnualReport-1912 — Page 393

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The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1911 as compared with that of the previous year :-

1910.

1911.

Increase.

Decrease.

$

$

C.

$ C.

$

CA

Personal Emolu-

ments & Other Charges,..

809,784.69

308,408.12

1,376,57

Annually Recur-

rent Works,.....

429,835.24

486,940.80

57,105.56

Extraordinary

Works,

1,223,909.83

1,094,817.93

129,091.90

Total,

1,963,529.76

1,890,166.85

57,105.56

130,468.47

The decrease in the first item is due to the higher rate of ex- change prevailing during the year (average for 1911 being 1/93 against 1/91 for 1910).

The increase in the second item is principally due to increased expenditure under the following sub-heads :-

Maintenance of Buildings,

Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in City,... Maintenance of Roads & Bridges outside City,...

$ 7,843.21

14,595.88

1,829.19

Maintenance of Roads & Bridges in New Terri-

tories,.

7,971.79

Gas Lighting, City & Hill District,

5,012.73

Electric Lighting, City,

2,146.43

Exhumation of remains in Cemeteries,.

3,924.83

Typhoon and Rainstorm Damages,.

24,534.63

Maintenance of City & Hill District Waterworks,

1,572.86

The principal decreases under the second item were as follows:-

Maintenance of Buildings in New Territories,...$ 3,220,21

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

3,003.10

Maintenance of Praya Wall & Piers,

1,737.70

Maintenance of Public Cemeteries,

1,826.00

Maintenance of Public Recreation Grounds,.

1,455:29

Dredging Foreshores,

2,790.64

Maintenance of Shaukiwan Water Works,

1,232.09

The decrease in the third item may be ascribed entirely to the large sum ($364,979) expended in 1910 on resumptions of land intended for the site of the terminal station for the Railway and for the extension of the old Western Market during its reconstruction.