AnnualReport-1920 — Page 404

Appendix Q.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE YEAR 1920.

Expenditure.

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

Amonnt voted.

Actual Expenditure.

In Estimates.

Supplemen- tary Votes.

Total.

$

(i) Personal Emoluments

and Other Charges,... 492,406,00 ;

31,224.67 523,630.67 468,371.82

(ia) Special Expenditure;

Typewriter, etc.,

700.00

700:00

615.96

(ii) Annually

Recurrent

Works,

785,600.00 76,149.98 841,749.98 825,493,70

(iii) Extraordinary Works....: 3,973,700,00 | 524,107.05 1,497,807.05 2,555,877,69

Total.. .§i 5.251,706,00 632.131.70 5,883,887.70 3,850,359.17

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, refunds on account of supervision of work executed by the Depart- ment for various companies and the higher rate of exchange (average 4/54) which prevailed throughout the year as compared with that adopted (3/-) when the Estimates were framed.

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

Hongkong. Communications.

Maintenance of Roads and Bridges in City, Improvements to Roads and Bridges in City, Maintenance of Roads and Bridges outside City, Improvements to Roads and Bridges outside City,.. Maintenance of Telephones including all cables,

$ 1,107.16

2,963.28

6,399.20

586.10

623.59