AnnualReport-1926 — Page 7

Military Expenditure exceeded the estimate by $173,824.

EXPENDITURE.

$

C.

Governor - 115,162.79 Cadet Service 292,521.59 Junior Clerical Service 669,125.82 Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature - 55,136.12 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 8,147.42 Audit Department 45,609.05 Treasury 25,045.41 Harbour Master's Department 619,442.78 Imports & Exports Department 667,665.32 Royal Observatory 45,158.87 Miscellaneous Services 990,467.63 Judicial and Legal Departments 267,171.45 Police Force 1,745,084.97 Fire Brigade 206,232.50 Prison Department 472,337.42 Medical Department 723,228.88 Sanitary Department - 569,392.24 Botanical and Forestry Department 87,541.09 Education Department 910,063.09 Military Expenditure = 4,247,038.09 Do. Pensions - Public Works Department Do. Port Development Department Port Works Extraordinary Post Office - Kowloon-Canton Railway Charge on Account of Public Debt Charitable Services 1,248,864.89 Recurrent 1,822,816.80 Extraordinary 4,720,000.19 59,299.30 526,670.93 120,848.45 766,402.88 803,272.29 578,765.67 115,842.01 TOTAL - $23,524,715.94

The balance to the debit on the year's working was $2,393,134 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $3,486,290.54.

The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1922-1926:-

1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 Revenue. $ Expenditure. $ 22,291,065 24,783,763 24,209,640 21,131,582 ... 18,563,003 21,571,905 26,726,428 23,244,365 23,524,716 28,266,870