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Comparison of Expenditure, 1921 and 1922,
Expenditure.
2. The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1922 as compared with that of the previous year :-
1921 1922 Increase Decrease $ $ $ $ (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 650,900.00 820,529.49 169,629.49 (IA) Special Expenditure: Typewriters, etc., 699.00 1,145.40 446.40 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works. 938,582.38 1,074,646.30 136,063.92 (iii) Extraordinary Works,... 3,053,525.11 3,575,635.19 522,110.08 Total, $ 4,643,706.49 5,471,956.88 828,249.89Item (i):--The increase is due to the increase of staff.
The average rate of exchange for 1922 was 2/4 as compared with 2/8 for 1921.
Item (ii).—The increase is due to:
(a) An excess of about $56,000 in the cost of Maintenance and Improvement of Hongkong Buildings, &c., owing to increased cost of labour and materials.
(b) An excess of $15,400 and $8,600—making a total of $24,000—on Hongkong and Kowloon Waterworks respectively.
This is due to an increase of 25.237 million gallons in the number of gallons of water pumped in Hongkong as compared with 1921, to the additional cost involved in supplying an unusual number of water meters owing to the abnormal amount of building development, and to the emergency measures taken to cope with the threatened water shortage.
(c) An excess of $26,800 and $36,000 on Communications in Hongkong and New Territories respectively as compared with 1921.
Item (iii).--Hongkong alone accounted for an increased expenditure of over $714,000 made up as follows:-
Buildings over $345,000; Communications $121,000; Miscellaneous $93,000 and Waterworks $155,000.
That the actual aggregate increase is $522,110.08 only as stated is partially due to small decreases on Drainage, Resumption, &c., but more particularly to the comparatively small expenditure
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Comparison of Expenditure, 1921 and 1922,
Expenditure.
2. The following is a statement of the expenditure in 1922 as compared with that of the previous year :-
1921.
1922.
Increase.
Decrease.
$ 6.
ር.
።.
(i) Personal Emoluments and;
Other Charges,
650,900.00
820,529.49
169,629.49
(IA) Special Expenditure:
Typewriters, etc.,
699.00
1,145.40
416.40
(ii) Annually Recurrent
Works.
938,582.381,074,646.30
136,063.92
(iii) Extraordinary Works,... 3,053,525.11 3,575,635.19
522,110.08
Total, $ 4,643,706,49
5.471,956.88
828.249.89
Item (i):--The increase is due to the increase of staff.
The average rate of exchange for 1922 was 264 as compared with 2/8 for 1921.
Item (ii).—The increase is due to :
(a.) An excess of about $56,000 in the cost of Mainten- ance and Improvement of Hongkong Buildings, &c., owing to increased cost of labour and materials. (b.) An excess of $15,400 and $8,600-making a total of $24,000-on Hongkong and Kowloon Water- works respectively.
This is due to an increase of 25237 million gallons in the number of gallons of water pumped in Hongkong as compared with 1921, to the additional cost in- volved in supplying an unusual number of water meters owing to the abnormal amount of building development, and to the emergency measures taken to cope with the threatened water shortage.
(e.) An excess of $26,800 and $36,000 on Communica- tions in Hongkong and New Territories respectively as compared with 1921.
Item (iii).-Hongkong alone accounted for an increased expen- diture of over $714,000 made up as follows:-
Buildings over $345,000; Communications $121,000; Miscellaneous $93,000 and Waterworks $155,000.
That the actual aggregate increase is $552,110,08 only as stated is partially due to small decreases on Drainage, Resumption, &c., but more particularly to the comparatively small expenditure
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