AnnualReport-1921 — Page 43

Appendix A.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1921.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1921.

Revenue for Estimates, HEADS OF REVENUE 1921 Actual Revenue to 31st Dec., 1921. same period of preceding Year. Increase. Decrease. Light Dues... $ 100,000 105,417.09 94,225.44 12,191.65 Governor $ 80,760.00 91,035.19 90,526.45 $ 508.74 Light Dues, Special Assessment $ 10,000 15,710.44 12,609.57 3,100.87 Cadet Service Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature 252,440.00 239,948.92 239,948.92 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 49,958.00 58,415.07 35,095.13 23,319.94 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified 10,896,570 11,644,243.90 10,325,918.57 1,318,325.33 Audit Department .. 45,992.00 51,440.87 34,887.83 16,553.04 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid 1,452,740 1,194,673.94 1,126,566.51 68,107.43 Treasury ... 55,480.00 72,676.59 74,232.34 1,555.75 Harbour Master's Department 251,421.00 350,025.53 231,146.38 118,879.15 Post Office 510,000 663,914.42 541,295.01 122,619.41 Imports & Exports Department... 345,843.00 591,756.04 502,114.66 89,641.38 Royal Observatory Kowloon-Canton Railway 549,000 603,980.77 520,176.40 83,804.37 Miscellaneous Services... Rent of Government Property, Land, and Houses 1,030,130 1,158,188.80 1,063,455.21 94,733.59 Judicial and Legal Departments... Police and Fire Brigade Prison Department Medical Departments Interest 250,000 359,473.33 240,460.84 119,012.49 Sanitary Department Botanical and Forestry Department Education Department Miscellaneous Receipts Military Expenditure Public Works Department Do. Recurrent 648,442.00 845,413.82 1,410,230.36 564,816.54 Do. Extraordinary 254,947.00 271,948.20 286,591.65 14,643.45 Post Office 1,429,077.00 1,527,097.55 1,492,680.67 334,163.44 TOTAL, (exclusive of Land Sales) 15,036,350 16,094,034.39 14,133,322.80 1,960,711.59 HEADS OF EXPENDITURE. Estimates, 1921. Actual Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1921. Expenditure for same period of preceding Year. Increase. Decrease. Kowloon-Canton Railway 31,805.00 32,700.51 25,965.53 6,734.98 Charge on account of Public Debt 286,635.00 299,746.56 Pensions ... 368,794.00 378,128.77 331,020.81 47,107.96 Charitable Services 66,572.00 78,331.61 169,116.89 90,785.28 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) 300,000 1,634,097.55 556,349.13 1,077,748.42 Kowloon-Canton Railway 563,150.00 536,438.13 463,759.44 72,678.69 64,394.00 61,428.11 55,975.49 5,452.62 786,653.00 589,323.92 537,512.55 51,811.37 2,520,755.00 2,318,654.02 2,789,206.68 470,552.66 632,510.00 651,599.00 468,987.78 182,611.22 840,600.00 938,582.38 800,254.37 138,328.01 4,967,400.00 3,053,525.11 2,555,877.69 497,647.42 292,317.00 293,710.10 268,713.85 24,996.25