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Table XXVI.

CHINESE TEMPLES FUND.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1939.

Receipts.

$ C. To Balance 27,155.20 Rent from Temple Keepers of:- 13 House Rents:- Property of Hau Wong Temple, Kowloon City 986.50 Rent in respect of Nos. 33 & 35 Bridges Street (Shing Wong Temple) from 3.12.1938-9.12.1939 at $160.00 per month 1,920.00 Tin Hau Temple, Shaukiwan 624.47 Rent in respect of No. 4 Lan Kwai Fong (To Ti Temple) from January to December, 1939 60.00 1,610.97 Grant from Educational Department for Chinese Public School, Kowloon City 1,440.00 Interest 546.67 19 * Advertisement 154.00 ++ Rates 138.12 ++ Crown rent! 98.39 Water account 68.42 Meter rental 20.00 Stationery and printing 18.30 ,, Revenue stamps 15.90 Cost of material etc. for fixing D/S. water meters to No. 22 Kak Hang Tsun Road, ground, first and second floors 41.96 Refund of advance payment to General Chinese Charities Fund 2,500.00 11 Total... $ 97,464.04

Expenditure.

$ C. By maintenance of Chinese Public School in Kowloon City 5,342.46 *3 Grants to:- Lok Shin Tong, Kowloon City 300.00 Che Kung Temple, Shatin 2,232.00 Chua Neung Temple, Kowloon City 125.00 The Kaifong of Hung Hom for the expenses of the Free School in Kwun Yum Temple, Hung Hom 1,200.00 Fook Tak Che, Shaukiwan 1,327.00 Ping Chan Free School 140.00 Ilau Wong Temple, Kowloon City 12,475.00 Hau Wong Temple, Tai O 450.00 The Villagers of Po Kong for the maintenance of the ancestral temple (Tin Hau Temple) there for 1939 50.00 Hung Shing Temple, Wantsai 3,597.64 Hung Shing Temple, Yaumati 1,665.65 Hung Shing Temple, Tai O 50.00 Hung Shing Temple, Aplichau 960.00 Expenses for holding theatrical performances at:- Kowloon City 500.00 Hung Shing Temple, Cheung Chan Island 120.00 Aplichau 500.00 Kwun Yum Temple, Yaumati 4,874.00 Cheung Chau Island 1,000.00 Kwong Fook Che, Tai Ping Shan 2,979.16 Ma Tau Chung 50.00 Kwun Yum Temple, Hung Hom 3,650.00 Shamshuipo 300.00 Kwun Yum Temple, Che Wan Shan 540.00 Shatin 300.00 Kwun Yum Temple, Aplichan 320.00 Tai O 200.00 Mo Tai Temple, Shamshuipo 630.00 Pak Tai Temple, Hung Hom 2,850.00 Pak Tai Temple, Wantsai 175.00 " Pak Tai Temple, Cheung Chau Island 2,880.00 Annual subscription to Confucius Society for expenses of the Free School at Yuk Hui Kung, Wantsai 520.00 Pak Tai Temple, Shamshuipo 3,360.00 1,551.75 Repairs to:- Sheung Tai Temple, Ma Tau Chung 818.00 Tin Hau Temple, Fat Tong Mun 1,765.00 Sam Tai Tez Temple, Shamshuipo She Tan, Hunghom 3,200.00 Hung Shing Temple, Tai O 720.00 Tin Hau Temple, Yaumati 80.00 Shing Wong Temple, Bridges Street 6,124.20 Kwun Yam Temple, Hunghom 2,800.00 Tin Hau Temple, Tokwawan Tin Hau Temple, Shaukiwan 14.00 4.00 Tam Kung Temple, Sung Wong Toi 160.00 562.50 Tam Kung Temple, Wong Nei Chung 255.00 2,500.00 Tam Kung Temple, Shaukiwan 1,120.00 To Ti Temple, Lan Kwai Fong 100.00 To Ti Temple, Shaukiwan 40.00 Tin Hau Temple, Aberdeen 580.00 Transfer to General Chinese Charities Fund 17 2,918.00 Refund of deposits as security to the Temple Keepers of:- Tin Hau Temple, Ping Chau Island 183.80 Tam Kung Temple, Wong Nei Chung 175.00 Tin Hau Temple, Shaukiwan 1,001.00 Tin Hau Temple, Wong Nei Chung 12.50 Tin Hau Temple, Tokwawan 170.00 Hau Wong Temple, Kowloon City 2,116.50 Tin Hau Temple, Wong Nei Chung 600.00 Tin Hau Temple, Hoi Chung Sum, Tokwawan 814.00 Tin Hau Temple, Shamshuipo 1,288.00 Tin Hau Temple, Tsing I Island 35.00 Tin Hau Temple, Stanley 114.00 Tin Hau Temple, Fat Tong Mun 237.50 Pak Tai Temple, Shamshuipo Kwun Yum Temple, Hung Hom Pak Tai Temple, Cheung Chau Island Fook Tak Che, Shaukiwan 83.75 550.00 500.00 Sheung Tai Temple, Ma Tau Chung 109.00 Tin Hau Temple, Aberdeen 71.50 65.00 Yi Pak Kung Temple, Quarry Bay 381.00 Tin Hau Temple, Ping Chau Island 37.90 3,721.15 Architect's fee for services rendered in supervising of repairs to temples 469.90 Balance 43,076.95 Total.. $ 97,464.04

R. A. C. NORTH,

Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

(Sd.) TANG SHIU KIN,

Chinese Temples Committee.