AnnualReport-1937 — Page 59

Appendix A.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1937.

ANNUAL COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1937.

Heads of Revenue.

Estimates, 1937- Actual Revenue to 31st December, 1937- Revenue for same period of preceding year. Estimates, Increase. Decrease. $ $ $ $ $ 2. Duties 6,415,000 7,625,411.42 6,928,572.06 635,000 Port and Harbour Dues 625,684.20 538,284.39 C. 696,739.36 12,600.19 H. E. the Governor Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature Secretariat for Chinese Affairs 13,188,600 14,192,267.74 13,837,182.66 355,085.08 Treasury - Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified - 196,786 194,814.98 347,553 297,082.33 Audit Department 166,682 130,757.37 292,474 301,692.79 148,206.83 +6,608.15 298,056.67 974.34 District Office, North 139,948.00 9,190.63 249,412.48 52,280.31 Do., South- 90,742 75,107.19 48,189.50 55,213 76,712.39 1,605.20 Fees of Court or Office. Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid 48,207.58 18,080 2,397,500 2,660,076.47 2,261,116.21 398,960.26 Do. Communications:- (a) Post Office 819,432 787,756.06 181,934.17 162,473.44 (1) Do. Wireless Telegraph Services- 183,956 458,006.78 +28,609.81 Imports & Exports Office - Harbour Department - 486,782 1,136,235 1,035,967.77 1,074,395.55 Air Service +97,480.28 290,275.78 19,460.73 29,396.97 35,627.78 79,148 Post Office 2,049,800 3,254,396.09 2,058,885.99 1,195,510.10 Royal Observatory- 85,635 83,970.09 74,416.17 12,553.92 Fire Brigade 31,797 328,892.56 293,162.54 35,730.02 Supreme Court - 260,412 234,819.59 227,937.26 6,882.33 Kowloon-Canton Railway - 1,100,150 1,297,940.29 1,245,469.16 52,471.13 Attorney General's Office Crown Solicitor's Office Official Receiver's Office Land Office 78,055 79,864.88 66,665.52 13,199.36 63,000 25,743 65,930 57,718.06 21,270.10 Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses - 1,641,200 3,725,848.68 1,632,973.99 92,874.69 Police Force- 3,288,226 3,109,696.18 Magistracy, Hong Kong Do., Kowloon 71,886 70,002 51,766.36 44,532.29 24,884.40 67,992.54 51,649.56 16,342.98 Prisons Department 74,494.80 62,112.57 12,382.23 Medical Department 56,870.92 2,830,635.56 279,060.62 13,185.77 3,514.30 5,104.56 Sanitary Department 1,018,559 1,021,593.04 884,851.02 136,742.02 Interest 90,500 92,560.15 193,291.21 100,731.06 Botanical and Forestry Department - 2,140,665 1,081,939 141,189 2,018,137.44 1,009,439.35 1,584,327.25 +33,810.19 929,189.28 80,250.07 Education Department 132,193.47 125,355.53 6,837.94 2,138,140 2,034,562.00 1,861,899.93 172,662.07 Kowloon-Canton Railway 766,300 831,129.04 726,173.59 104,955.45 Miscellaneous Receipts - 1,030,500 1,193,719.34 977,877.69 215,841.65 Defence :- (2) Volunteer Defence Corps 158,369 (4) Naval Volunteer Force- 42,914 (c) Military Contribution Total (exclusive of Land Sales)- 5,379,660 28,554,250 32,667,904.38 29,773,753.36 3,007,482.27 113,331.25 Miscellaneous Services 1,632,830 Charitable Services 182,927 Charge on Account of Public Debt- 1,371,231 Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases) 206,000 528,463.72 269,230.50 259,233.22 Pensions - 153,373.62 39,220.86 5,586,415.34 1,028,719.69 214,920.04 1,371,230.98 2,200,000 2,559,809.79 137,797.79 15,665.83 32,296.18 6,924.68 4,281,239.94 1,485,702.98 1,305,175.40 183,635.87 143,016.71 31,284.17 Heads of Expenditure. Public Works Department - Public Works, Recurrent- 1,390,831.00 2,287,745.64 2,584,733 2,436,112.31 2,245,004.29 191,108.02 Public Works, Extraordinary 1,486,500 1,768,369.96 1,309,311.51 459,058.45 19,600.02 272,064.15 30,617,130 30,600,924.21 26,460,620.56 4,216,038.56 1,642,030 1,510,298.07 3,052,899.52 1,542,601.45 75,734.91 TOTAL $ 32,259,160 32,111,222.28 29,513,520.08 4,216,038.56 1,618,336.36 TOTAL $ 28,760,250 33,196,368.10 30,042,983.86 3,266,715.49 113,331.25 Deduct $113,331.25 Nett $3,153,384.24 Deduct $1,618,336.36 Nett $ 2,597,702.20

23rd February, 1938.

T. BLACK, Accountant-General.