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Specify each separate lead of Expenditure according to the classi- fication employed in the Estimates.

COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT OF THE EXPENDITURE.

Expenditure,

1926.

Expenditure, 1927.

Increase.

Decrease.

Cause of Increase or Decreuse

$

C.

$

C.

C.

Governor,

115.162.79

103,096.25

**

C.

12,066.54

Cadet Service,..................

292,521.59

310,639.90

Senior Clerical and Accounting Staff

152,432.89

Junior Clerical Service.....................

669.125.82

705,809.19

24,118.37 152,432.80 36,683.37

Personnel transferred from various departments.

Colonial Secretary's Department and

55.136.12

Legislature.......

48.021.40

12.114.72

Do.

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

Audit Departinent,.....

'Treasury,

Harbour Master's Department,.

Imports and Exports Department,

Royal Observatory,

Miscellaneous Services.....

Judicial and Legal Departments,

Police.

Fire Brigade,

Prison Department.

Molical Departments,

Sanitary Department,

Botanical and Forestry Department,

Education,

Military Expenditure, ....

Public Works Department,

Do.

Port Development Department,

8.147.42

11,583.80

3,880.38

45.009.05

41,257,03

25.405.41

6.107.57

4.352.02 19.297.84

619.142.78

632.121.30

12.678.58

607 605 32

849,296.91

181,631.59

45.158.87

36,664.99

8,493.88.

DON 107 AN

1,034,917.88

44.450.25

267.171.45

1.745.084.97

206.232.50

270,903.37

3.701.02

1,759,131.57

14.046.60

190.850.27

15,882.23

472,337.42

493,379.33

21.041.91

Recurrent,

723.228.88 569.892.24 87.541 09 910 063.00 4.247.088 09 1.948 RG1 90 1.822 816.80

717.531.86

5,696.92

588.154.71

18.762.47

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Extraordinary,

4.790.000.19

93.280.00 1,091.423.21 3,554,457,25 1.309.117.34 1,542.494.98 2.966.390.69

5,748.00 181,360.12

Building Grants,

692.580.84

60.252.45

280.321.82 1,753,609.50

59.900.30

59.299.30

Port Works Extraordinary,

526 670.92

526,670.93

Post Office.......................

190 RIA 45

134.583.48

13,735.08

Kowloon-Canton Railway,

766 409 AR

632,380.39

Charge on recount of Public Debt,

A03 272 20

790,595.90

134,022.49 12,676.39

Pensions,

578 765 67

659,812.51

80.546.84

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Charitable Services,

115,842.01

118.609.41

2,767.40

Total,...............

23,524,715.94 20,845,064.60

857,434.17

3,537,085.42

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