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Table I.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE 1937 AND 1938.

Personal emoluments*

Other Charges.

1937.

1938.

$ 2,577,894 $ 2,660,128 Ammunition Upkeep of arms Bedding 14,349 17,205 2,878 3,321 4,926 5,006 Burial of destitute dead Cleansing materials and washing Clothing and accoutrements Coal and gas Conveyance allowances 364 288 207 243 80,775 94,188 32,506 48,443 10,375 10,551 Coolie hire Disinfectants 2,409 2,073 1,759 2,030 Expenses of anti-piracy guards Emergency expenses arising from the Sino-Japanese conflict 21,853 19,760 21,386 Grants to villages in N.T. in aid of village scout scheme 480 480 Indentification of criminals 196 344 Incidentul expenses 6,500 6,477 Interpretation fees 146 98 Light and electric fans 33,595 36,974 Medals 635 515 Mess utensils 462 520 Passages 130,399 170,200 Petrol oil, etc. for police cars and cycles 8,581 10,012 Photography 3,695 4,387 Rations for Indian police 61,730 55,474 Remand home for juvenile offenders 4,811 7,479 Rent of stations and married police quarters 24,879 24,984 Repairs to police motor cars and cycles 7,008 6,435 Rewards 4,090 1,730 Secret service 14,014 15,895 Small stores 7,357 9,392 Special course of instruction 318 1,633 Subsistance of prisoners Telegrams and long distance telephone calls 6,447 6,098 503 583 Telephones Transport 698 776 11,061 10,312 Total other charges $ 499,506 $ 595,292 Special expenditure. Motor vehicles Safety First campaign Police telephone pillar Typewriters 25 -38 short revolvers 100 38 short revolvers Police van 1,271 2,095 543 1,779 3,779 5,498 Motor transport New Territories 13,359 4,328 4,625 20 303 rifles & bayonets 2,768 35 303 rifles & bayonets 3,046 Anti gas equipment 7,489 13,729 Thornton Pickard detective camera 212 "Copechat" card index system 233 Six steel filing cabinets 660 2 flare pistols 402 Fire extinguishers for police vehicles 350 Total special expenditure 32,296 34,070 Total Police Department $ 3,109,696 $ 3,289,490

Includes officers of S.C. & A. & J.C. services.