AnnualReport-1936 — Page 83

In the following table the actual expenditure for the year 1936 is compared with the expenditure for the previous year and with the estimates for 1936:-

Heads of Expenditure. Actual 1935. Estimates, 1936. Actual 1936. His Excellency the Governor $143,775.73 $137,363 $148,206.83 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature $264,137.70 $322,513 $298,056.67 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs $127,624.04 $151,987 $139,948.00 Treasury $206,413.70 $234,691 $249,412.48 Audit Department $91,239.18 $101,246 $103,475.36 District Office, North $60,061.01 $69,336 $76,712.39 Do., South $43,911.09 $46,973 $48,207.58 Communications:- (a) Post Office $435,035.92 $498,847 $497,480.28 (b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Service $159,841.33 $183,614 $162,473.44 Imports and Exports Office $325,530.35 $394,345 $428,609.81 Harbour Department $958,087.22 $1,019,276 $1,071,595.55 Do. Air Service $63,599.79 $38,331 $41,303.58 Royal Observatory $56,333.76 $71,071 $71,416.17 Fire Brigade $265,832.15 $309,759 $293,162.54 Supreme Court $192,180.67 $215,667 $227,937.26 Attorney General's Office $40,919.33 $44,898 $66,665.52 Crown Solicitor's Office $45,355.06 $41,585 $44,532.29 Official Receiver's Office $20,126.56 $22,561 $24,884.40 Land Office $54,529.31 $47,310 $51,649.56 Magistracy, Hong Kong $60,347.93 $62,582 $62,112.57 Do., Kowloon $38,488.67 $43,114 $56,870.92 Police Force $2,435,772.05 $2,820,786 $2,830,635.56 Prisons Department $748,120.33 $819,457 $884,851.02 Medical Department $1,403,605.94 $1,651,378 $1,584,327.25 Sanitary Department $920,862.32 $1,021,517 $929,189.28 Botanical & Forestry Department.. $117,447.55 $127,629 $125,355.53 Education Department $1,702,205.44 $1,892,303 $1,861,899.93 Kowloon-Canton Railway $920,863.98 $779,870 $726,173.59 Defence:-- (a) Volunteer Defence Corps $112,667.49 $151,569 $137,707.79 (b) Naval Volunteer Force $28,387.41 $36,988 $32,296.18 (c) Military Contribution $4,763,943.26 $4,366,901 $4,281,239.94 Miscellaneous Services $1,701,858.02 $1,612,258 $1,485,702.98 Charitable Services $228,990.13 $179,836 $183,635.87 Charge on Account of Public Debt $1,410,431.00 $1,810,000 $1,555,604.56 Pensions $1,935,335.58 $2,203,196 $2,245,004.29 Public Works Department $1,391,102.74 $1,469,000 $1,309,311.51 Do., Recurrent $25,030,568.30 $26,390,588 $26,460,620.56 Do., Extraordinary $2,801,919.07 $3,207,560 $3,052,899.52 Naval Arsenal Yard and Kellet Island $459,148.94 ... ... TOTAL. $28,291,636.31 $29,598,148 $29,513,520.08