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The Special Expenditure for the year 1927 was allocated between Capital and Revenue, the portion chargeable to Capital included in the Capital Account while the Revenue items were debited to Operating Expenses.
The total expenditure amounted to $36,671.20 and the details thereof are shown in the statements attached. The portion for 1927 chargeable to Capital-$27,599.96-when added to the previous expenditure on Capital Account brought the total to $20,540,037.40.
61. The amount provided under Personal Emoluments was Main Line $257,106.00 and Fanling Branch $6,923, making a total of $264,029.00.
Under Main Line the increases amounted to $6,635.00 due to overtime allowances to Drivers and Firemen and additional Drivers in connection with through running to Canton, also to changes in the staff, but that excess was more than met by recovery of wages of men employed in the Workshops on work for Government Departments.
The total expenditure amounted to $253,254,12, or $3,851.88 less than estimated.
On the Fanling Branch the expenditure against an estimate of $6,923.00 was $6,274.53.
62. The estimate for Other Charges was $312,204 for Railway, and $9,000 for the upkeep and running of Government Motor Vehicles. Under all main heads of the Main Line, except F-3 Running Expenses, there were savings which totalled $17,393.14, but under E-3 Running Expenses the estimate was exceeded by $36,178.11. The amount provided under Coal was insufficient by $34,302.93, and Oil by $2,019.49 owing to the British Section locomotives running through to Canton, which service was not anticipated when the estimates were framed.
A sum of $2,000.00 was provided for oil fuel for Motor Coaches, but as these coaches were in use to a greater extent than was expected, a further sum of $1,071.80 was required.
The amount provided under Other Charges for Fanling Branch was $11,325.00, but in anticipation of closing the line, only repairs considered necessary to keep the line running were carried out, and accordingly $3,730.28 lapsed.
63. Referring to the Revenue Account, the local passenger receipts amounted to $311,075.87 as compared with $427,230.22 for the previous year; the goods receipts were $34,031.13, or $8,169.80 more. The decrease in the local passenger earnings was due to foreign passengers being able to book through to their destination in Chinese Territory during the greater part of the year, while in 1926 through booking was discontinued, and
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