Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:
Amount voted. Actual Expenditure. In Estimates. Supplemen-tary Votes. Total. (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges.... $ 465,625.00 27,963.20 493,588.20 390,006.29 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, (IA) Special Expenditure; Typewriter, etc....... 1,540.00 1,540.00 1,376.35 (iii) Extraordinary Works.... 2,610,450.00 702,000.00 152,100.00 851,100.00 822,509.87 926,296.13 3,536,746.13 2,235,002.95 Total,... $ 3,779,615.00 1,106,359.33 4,885,974.33 3,448,895.46Detailed 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 who were on Active Service, refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies and the higher rate of exchange (average 3/9) which prevailed throughout the year as compared with that adopted (3/-) when the Estimates were framed.
In the case of (ii), the following were the principal savings on sub-heads :-
Hongkong.
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City, .........$ 566.05
Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District,
Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan,
Maintenance of Public Cemetery,
Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,
6,752.91
731.49
841.22
1,221.24
Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1919.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows
Amount voted.
In Estimates.
Supplemen- tary Votos.
Actual Expenditure.
Total.
S
(1) Personal Emoluments
and Other Charges....] 465,625.00
27,963.20
493,588.20 390,006.29
(ii) Annually
Works,
(IA) Special Expenditure;
Typewriter, etc.......
Recurrent
1,540.00
1,540.00
1,376.35
702,000.00
(iii) Extraordinary Works.... 2,610,450.00
152,100.00 851,100.00 822,509.87.
926,296.133,536,746.13 2,235,002.95
Total,...$ 3,779,615.00 1,106,359.334,885,974.333,448,895.46
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 who were on Active Service, refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Department for various public companies and the higher rate of exchange (average 3/9) which prevailed throughout the year as compared with that adopted (3/-) when the Estimates were framed.
In the case of (ii), the following were the principal savings on sub-heads :-
Hongkong.
Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City, .........$ 566.05 Gas Lighting, City and Suburbs and Hill District,
Electric Lighting, City, Hill District and Shaukiwan, Maintenance of Public Cemetery,
Maintenance of Chinese Cemeteries,
6,752.91
731.49
841.22
1,221.24
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