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On the 21st November it was announced that His Majesty had been pleased to approve the appointment of His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., as Governor of the Straits Settlements High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States.
and
His Excellency Major-General C. C. Luard, C.B., C.M.G., General Officer Commanding the South China Command, left the Colony on the 7th March, 1929, on completion of his term of duty and was succeeded by His Excellency Major-General J. W. Sandilands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., whose command was enlarged to include all the military forces in China.
Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhitt, G.C.B., D.S.O., Commander-in-Chief of the China Station was succeeded by Vice-Admiral Sir A. K. Waistell, K.C.B., who hoisted his flag on February 1st, 1929.
II. Finance.
The total revenue of the year amounted to $23,554,475.16 which sum exceeded the Estimate by $1,275,875.16 but fell short of the revenue for 1928 by $1,413,924.
It should be noted however, that included in the revenue for 1928 was a sum of $1,963,359 which was recovered from the funds of the Public Works Loan (1927) on account of expenditure on Loan Works during the years 1923-1926.
There were increases under all heads with the exception of Licences and Internal Revenue and Fees of Court etc., which showed decreases of $498,585 and $65,595 respectively. The most notable feature was the increase in Land Sales of $936,171 and another large increase of $458,477 was shown under Miscellaneous Receipts, mainly due to exchange.
A considerable increase in Radio and Postal Traffic was reflected in the Post Office Revenue which exceeded the Estimate by $73,665 while improved conditions enabling the Kowloon-Canton Railway through service to Canton to be maintained resulted in an increase of $82,445 in the Railway revenue.
The expenditure for the year amounted to $21,983,257 which was $2,816,393 less than the estimate and $753,015 more than the expenditure in 1928.
Substantial savings were effected in the votes of the Public Works Recurrent and P. W. Extraordinary and the Kowloon-Canton Railway and to a smaller extent in many other departments.
The serious shortage of water during part of the year involved the Colony in an expenditure of $357,993 in emergency measures.
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On the 21st November it was announced that His Majesty had been pleased to approve the appointment of His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G., as Governor of the Straits Settlements High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States.
and
His Excellency Major-General C. C. Luard, C.B., C.M.G., General Officer Commanding the South China Command, left the Colony on the 7th March, 1929, on completion of his term of duty and was succeeded by His Excellency Major-General J. W. Sandi- lands, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., whose command was enlarged to include all the military forces in China.
Admiral Sir R. Y. Tyrwhitt, G.C.B., D.S.O., Commander-in- Chief of the China Station was succeeded by Vice-Admiral Sir A. K. Waistell, K.C.B., who hoisted his flag on February 1st, 1929.
II. Finance.
The total revenue of the year amounted to
to $23,554,475.16 which sum exceeded the Estimate by $1,275,875.16 but fell short of the revenue for 1928 by $1,413,924.
It should be noted however, that included in the revenue for 1928 was a sum of $1,963,359 which was recovered from the funds of the Public Works Loan (1927) on account of expenditure on Loan Works during the years 1923-1926.
There were increases under all heads with the exception of Licences and Internal Revenue and Fees of Court etc., which showed decreases of $498,585 and $65,595 respectively. The most notable feature was the increase in Land Sales of $936,171 and another large increase of $458,477 was shown under Miscellaneous Receipts, mainly due to exchange.
A considerable increase in Radio and Postal Traffic was reflected in the Post Office Revenue which exceeded the Estimate by $73,665 while improved conditions enabling the Kowloon-Canton Railway through service to Canton to be maintained resulted in an increase of $82,445 in the Railway revenue.
The expenditure for the year amounted to $21,983,257 which was $2,816,393 less than the estimate and $753,015 more than the expenditure in 1928.
Substantial savings were effected in the votes of the Public Works Recurrent and P. W. Extraordinary and the Kowloon-Canton Railway and to a smaller extent in many other departments.
The serious shortage of water during part of the year involved the Colony in an expenditure of $357,993 in emergency measures.
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