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Specify each separate Head of Expen- diture according to the classification employed in the Estimates.

Total Expenditure

1980.

Total Expenditure 1940-1941.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE EXPENDITURE.

Expenditure per quarter.

Cause of Increase or Decrease.

1939.

1940-19-11.

Increase.

Decrease.

$ c.

$

0.

$

C.

C.

His Excellency the Governor

178,725.15

235,982.84

43,481.20

51,196.57

Colonial Secretary's Office HEKL

7,785.28

Changes in personuel.

Legislature

182,209.72

571,335.92

120,550.03

114,247.19

Audit Department

312,445.74

187,035.75

28,111.40

27,407.15

6,303.74 704.28

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Botanical & Forestry Department

145,061.41

200,807.42

36,265.35

41,870.48

5,614,18

Charitable Servicen

1,183,542.90

1,058,992.55

205,885.73

831,708.51

35,012.78

Defence:-

(a) Volunteer Defence Corps

480,602.22

308,157.74

122,400.65

79,681.33

-12,709.00

(b) Hong Kong Naval Volunteer

Force

207,286.01

50,077.86

{) Air Raid Precautions

846,356.65

1,748,263.86

51,821.73 211,580.16

J1,215.57 349,852.77

40,600.16

138,063.61

(d) Defence Contribution

6,051,026.07

7,500,000.00

1,012,991.52

1,500,000.00

12,081.52

Special measures in connection with

Defeuce.

Relief of Refugees and additional grant in sid to Tung Wah and Associated Hospitals.

Non recurrent expenditure in 1980.

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Special measures in connection with

Defence.

Contribution now at a fixed rate.

(e) Special War Expenditure

District Office, North

District Office, South

76,694.85 44,509.20

88,151.18

19,178.71

17,630.24

1,543.47

59,159.05

11,127.32

11.831.81

704.49

Education Deportment

2,148,296.72

2,730,540.46

537,074.18

546,108.00

9,083.91

Fire Brigade

829,561.01

423,717.93

82,800.48

84,748.58

2,058.10

Changes in persounel.

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Harbour Department & Air

Services:

(a) Harbour Departinent

1,221,439.92

1,867,008.00

805,350.98

378,418.72

68,058.74

(b) Air Services

Imports & Exports Office

Judiciary:-

(a) Bupreme Court

(b) Magistracy, Hong Kong (c) Magistracy, Kowloon

Kowloon-Canton Railway Legal Departments Medical Department

Miscellaneous Services

100,184,91

100,337.80

25,046.23

20,067.58

4,978.65

$11,064.72

1,168,278.62

127,771,18

283,655.79

105,884.55

Changes in personnel and higher

prices of cool and oil fuel.

Changes in personnel.

Purchase of raw opium.

225,450.33

272,054.92

56,362.58

64,410.08

74,880.82

01,881.09

18,506.08

18,866.22

1,051.60 228.86

59,895.10

79.284.30

14,973.77

15.856.88

+

727,687.78

938,025.69

181,921.95

187,605.19

883.11 5,688.18

260,872.32

302,625.21

05,168 08

60,525 04

4.643.04

2,486,598.81

8,522,224.01

621,648.70

704.444.80

82,795.10

Changes in personnel and higher

prices.

1,696,825.99

2,400,359.40

409,208.30

480,051.88

70,845.88

Printing of miscellaneous papers and acquisition of shares in Messrs. Noronha & Co., Ltd.