Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
Expenditure.
1. The amounts voted, as compared with those actually expended by the Department under the various headings, were as follows:
Amount voted. Total. Actual Expenditure. In Estimates. Supplementary Votes. (i) Personal Emoluments and Other Charges, 1,490,959.00 14,350.00 1,505,309.00 1,346,091.10 (IA) Special Expenditure, $5,000.00 83,886.95 88,886.95 78,919.11 (ii) Annually Recurrent Works, 1,330,450.00 396,114.96 1,726,564.96 1,574,431.75 (iii) Extraordinary Works, 9,187,200.00 3,457,692.94 12,644,892.94 8,638,930.87 Total, 12,093,609.00 3,872,044.85 15,965,653.85 11,638,372.83Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the saving is due partly to higher rate of exchange than the one at which the sterling salaries in the Estimates were converted and partly to vacant posts not having been filled during the year.
In the case of (ii), savings occurred on the following sub-heads as set forth below:-
HONG KONG.
Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings, Improvements to Buildings, Maintenance of Lighthouses,
$18,828.14 8,518.62 1,772.20
Appendix Q.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
FOR THE YEAR 1925.
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.
Supplement- ary Votes.
Total.
Actual Expendi- ture.
(i) Personal Emoluments
and Other Charges,... 1,490,959.00
(IA) Special Expenditure,
$5,000,00
14.350.00 1.505.309.00 1,346,091.10
3,886.95 88,886.95 78,919.11
(ii) Annually Recurrent
Works,
1,330,450.00
396,114.96 1,726,564.96 1,574,431.75
(iii) Extraordinary Works, 9,187,200.00 3,457.692.94 12,644.892.91 8,638,930.87
Total, 12,093,609.00 3,872,044,85 15,965,653.85 11,638,372.83
Detailed statements of (ii) and (iii) are given in Annexes A and B.
With regard to (i), the saving is due partly to higher rate of exchange than the one at which the sterling salaries in the Estimates were converted and partly to vacant posts not having been filled during the year.
In the case of (ii), savings occurred on the following sub- heads as set forth below:-
HONG KONG.
Buildings.
Maintenance of Buildings, Improvements to Buildings, Maintenance of Lighthouses,
$18,828.14 8,518.62 1,772.20
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