AnnualReport-1938 — Page 96

FINANCIAL RETURN No. 6.

IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE THE ACTUAL EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR 1938 IS COMPARED WITH THE EXPENDITURE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND WITH THE ESTIMATES FOR 1938.

Heads of Expenditure. Actual 1937 Estimates 1938 Actual 1938 H. E. the Governor $194,814.98 $181,897 $177,614.91 Colonial Secretary's Office and Legislature $297,082.33 $308,038 $289,148.64 Secretariat for Chinese Affairs $130,757.37 $146,094 $141,520.94 Treasury $301,692.79 $322,901 $311,370.12 Audit Department $121,973.02 $125,443 $115,934.51 District Office, North $75,107.19 $75,788 $69,799.63 Do., South $48,189.50 $53,506 $70,731.05 Communications :- (a) Post Office $787,756.06 $820,546 $942,717.00 (b) Radio Traffic Office $181,934.17 $183,065 $80,768.13 (c) Wireless $279,929 ... $211,020.71 Imports and Exports Office $458,006.78 $496,314 $457,669.38 Harbour Department :- (a) Harbour $1,035,967.77 $1,314,654 $1,246,853.86 (b) Air Services $51,930.16 $120,271 $101,138.38 Royal Observatory $83,970.09 $94,003 $92,941.16 Fire Brigade $328,892.56 $378,786 $400,269.05 Supreme Court $234,819.59 $237,906 $245,178.48 Attorney General's Office $79,864.88 $88,043 $86,472.01 Crown Solicitor's Office $57,718.06 $66,945 $66,376.63 Official Receiver's Office $21,270.10 $25,849 $26,495.59 Land Office $67,992.54 $74,011 $70,456.05 Magistracy, Hong Kong} Do., Kowloon $74,494.80 $51,766.36 $74,380 $51,457 } Police Force $3,109,696.18 $3,307,395 $3,289,490.32 Prisons Department $1,021,593.04 $983,622 $908,863.71 Medical Department $2,018,137.44 $2,177,835 $2,407,347.92 Sanitary Department $1,009,439.35 $1,123,136 $1,050,283.55 Botanical and Forestry Department $132,193.47 $139,579 $139,078.07 Education Department $2,034,562.00 $2,276,736 Kowloon-Canton Railway $2,139,241.01 $831,129.04 $832,346 Defence (a) Volunteer Defence Corps $153,378.62 $161,932 $177,614.40 (b) Naval Volunteer Force -$39,220.86 $49,164 $47,788.10 (c) Military Contribution $5,586,415.34 $5,689,578 $6,880,723.81 (d) Air Raid Precautions $50,000 $1,752,435 Miscellaneous Services $1,628,719.69 $104,501.04 $3,040,662.53 Charitable Services $214,920.04 $214,774 $460,329.47 Charge on Account of Public Debt $1,371,230.98 $1,351,631 $1,351,631.00 Pensions $2,559,809.79 $2,500,000 Public Works Department $2,706,392.00 $2,436,112.31 $2,371,510 Do., Recurrent $1,768,369.96 $1,600,200 $1,811,168.55 Do., Extraordinary $30,600,924.21 $32,101,699 $35,275,995.42 $1,510,298.07 $1,277,850 $1,899,902.40 TOTAL......... $32,111,222.28 $33,379,549 $37,175,897.82