AnnualReport-1931 — Page 58

9. In the following table actual expenditure for the year 1931 is compared with the expenditure of the previous year and with the Estimates for 1931.

Heads of Expenditure.

Actual 1930 Estimates, 1931 Actual 1931 H. E. the Governor $ 150,450.32 $ 155,890 $ 170,605.97 Cadet Service 517,813.61 566,221 636,078.97 Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff 323,756.12 334,113 341,045.84 Junior Clerical Service 860,645.52 916,050 871,431.71 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature 68,438.19 60,625 68,228.05 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 18,896.25 19,629 21,308.45 Treasury... 34,189.06 54,635 71,280.57 Audit Department District Office, North Do, South Communications:- (a) Post Office 67,919.44 72,604 81,080.71 (b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Services 24,841.96 21,317 22,958.36 Imports and Exports Office 13,752.61 12,340 11,041.82 353,689.84 408,405 406,215.36 129,997.69 149,961 148,677.96 Harbour Department 903,181.60 871,194 1,031,294.48 999,605.03 1,164,394 962,648.12 Air Service... 93,896.70 154,568 26,691.12 Royal Observatory 54,133.40 71,012 74,137.85 Fire Brigade... 315,431.08 326,479 305,016.77 Supreme Court 173,796.86 173,354 185,316.02 Attorney General... 47,400.55 47,226 50,632.92 Crown Solicitor's Office 47,911.93 50,322 55,252.64 Official Receiver 23,163.87 18,631 20,711.14 Land Office 38,368.71 36,754 42,163.90 Magistracy, Hong Kong 1,961.55 2,399 1,990.37 Do.. Kowloon 2,085.55 2,190 1,892.66 Police Force 2,569,664.42 2,710,962 2,768,161.31 Prisons Department 677,585.16 713,369 778,119.73 Medical Department 1,186,249.73 1,446,585 1,336,923.89 Sanitary Department 868,949.89 954,276 851,751.65 Botanical & Forestry Department 120,191.99 119,587 116,683.84 Education Department 1,662,169.33 1,739,708 1,707,557.94 Public Works Department. 2,033,300.08 2,038,928 2,306,678.48 1,564,118.43 1,536,150 1,581,926.75 2,850,498.83 2,500,000 2,374,931.99 Kowloon-Canton Railway 917,547 879,211.25 Defence: (a) Volunteer Defence Corps (b) Military Contribution 93,842.05 103,660 97,083.26 3,863,769.31 4,784,290 4,932,598.36 Miscellaneous Services 1,733,444.10 1,490,955 2,211,125.69 Charitable Service Charge on Account of Public Debt Pensions... 135,186.50 142,295 174,585.90 1,588,117.82 1,638,230 1,541,441.41 1,080,821.99 1,228,000 1,894,290.79 Total 28,119,645.54 29,787,855 31,160,774.00