AnnualReport-1932 — Page 46

Appendix A.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1932.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE for the PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1932.

Heads of Revenue. Estimates, 1932. Actual Revenue to 31st December, 1932. Revenue for same period of preceding year. Estimates, Increase. Decrease. $ $ $ $ $ $ Duties 7,890,000 6,206,720.52 Port and Harbour Dues 793,000 811,859.55 $13,922.44 Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified 16,234,110 16,503,769.86 *5,790,939.99 712,829.87 6,597,852.02 H. E. the Governor Cadet Service Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff 209,720 755,321 165,697.86 Junior Clerical Service 2,062.89 354,240.58 499,634 302,843.48 341,045.84 973,480 932,571.81 170,605.97 636,078.97 4,908.11 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature 81,839.39 38,202.36 874,431.71 61,140.10 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 78,946 60,372.93 68,228.05 7,855.12 Treasury 27,938 28,607.63 21,308.45 115,580 92,138.35 74,280.57 7,299.18 20,857.78 Audit Department 97,954 59,883.07 81,080.71 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid District Office, North 26,867 22,005.73 22,938.36 21,197.64 952.63 Do., South 13,544 11,154.33 11,041.82 109.51 Communications: (a) Post Office 2,122,100 2,296,227.87 2,155,527.47 144,700.40 +48,592 +57,655.03 406,215.36 51,439.67 Post Office 2,340,000 1,964,593.10 2,035,938.60 Kowloon-Canton Railway 1,100,000 1,295,789.20 1,095,098.77 200,690.43 71,345.50 (b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Services 156,604 152,214.25 148,677.96 3,536.29 Imports & Exports Office 802,437 695,074.02 1,031,294.48 336,220.46 Harbour Department 1,298,865 1,020,734.07 962,648.12 58,085.93 Air Services 52,807 11,545.84 11,545.84 26,691.12 15,145.28 Royal Observatory $8,160 68,184.87 74,137.85 5,952.98 Fire Brigade 363,965 297,080.17 305,016.77 7,936.60 Supreme Court 209,300 172,095.89 185,316.02 13,220.13 Attorney General 50,190 38,717.16 50,632.97 11,915.76 1,905.02 Crown Solicitor's Office 70,668 65,003.76 55,252.64 9,751.12 Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses 24,641 18,806.12 20,711.14 Official Receiver 1,407,300 1,527,965.37 1,432,057.64 95,907.73 Land Office 48,604 37,435.93 42,103.90 5,027.97 Magistracy, Hong Kong 2,274 Do., Kowloon 2,117 2,088.09 1,733.12 97.72 Police Force 3,075,359 2,520,081.37 1,990,371.89 529,709.48 1,892.66 2,768,161.31 Interest 150,000 313,252.04 224,460.46 88,791.58 Prisons Department 942,910 765,777.56 778,119.73 12,342.17 Medical Department Sanitary Department 1,628,764 1,283,571.04 1,336,923.89 51,352.85 Botanical and Forestry Department 1,033,594 846,286.83 851,751.65 5,404.82 Miscellaneous Receipts 205,000 867,749.88 231,957.90 635,790.98 129,070 117,200.45 116,608.84 516.61 Education Department Kowloon-Canton Railway 2,040,096 474,5983.64 1,797,557.94 38,425.70 939,025 873,460.90 879,211.25 5,744.35 Defence: (a) Volunteer Defence Corps [32,949 Total (exclusive of Land Sales) (b) Military Contribution 32,241,510 32,179,057.89 29,982,623.79 2,269,842.49 73,408.39 6,366,567 110,261.35 6,569,239.47 97,983.26 13,178.09 Miscellaneous Services 4,932,598.36 1,636,641.11 Charitable Services 1,452,486 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) 175,762 Charge on Account of Public Debt 1,073,307

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates, 1932. Actual Expenditure to 31st December, 1932. Expenditure for same period of preceding year. Increase. Decrease. $ $ $ $ $ $ 1,750,000 1,370,658.40 Pensions 1,580,943.65 169,926.51 1,666,704.81 1,708,000 1,545,169.52 Public Works Department 2,211,125.59 Public Works, Recurrent 2,335,114 1,521,800 1,894,290.79 554,644.41 174,585.90 2,116,882.14 2,306,678.43 1,900,619.99 1,581,926.5 318,693.24 630,182.04 4,659.39 Do., Extraordinary 227,585.98 3,828.11 189,796.34 31,808,116 29,082,423.32 28,785,842.01 2,223,600.18 1,927,018.87 2,173,545 1,967,850.20 2,374,931.99 407,071.79 33,981,661 31,050,283.52 31,160,774.00 Expenditure from Surplus Balances 1,000,000 1,000,000.00 TOTAL 33,991,510 33,549,716.29 33,146,723.73 2,269,842.49 1,866,849.93 TOTAL $ 34,981,661 32,050,283.52 31,160,774.00 1,000,000.00 3,223,600.18 2,334,090.66 Deduct Net 2,334,090.66 $ 402,992.56 Net $ 889,509.52