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ABSTRACT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1940/41.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

REVENUE.

EXPENDITURE,

C.

c.

Duties

18.261,610.63

H.E. the Governor

255,982.84

Colonial Secretary's Office and

Legislature

571,235.92

Assessed Taxes

9.229,852.18

Aulit Department

187,095.75

Botanical and Forestry Dept. Charitable Services

209,897.42

1,658,902.55

Internal Revenue

5,827.203.58 Defence:-

Licences. Fines and Forfeitures

3,302.878.61

(e) Air Raid Precautions

Fees of Count or Office. Fav. ments for Specifio Purposes, m Reimbursements in Aid.

Water Revenuc

Post Office

9,049,732.01

2,096,098.11

4,439,290.25

-

(1 Volunteer Defence Corps. (b) Hong Kong Naval Volun-

teer Force

(d) Defence Contribution (e) Special War Expenditure. District Office, North

Ito..

South

Eduention Department

Fire Brigante

Harbour Department and Air

Services

(a) Harbour Department

(b) Air Services

398,157,74

56,077.86 1,748,263.86 7,500,000.00)

88.151.18 59,150.05

2.730 540.48

423,717.93

1,867,093.60

100.837.89

Tmports and Exports Office

1,168,278.62

Junielry :—

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Revenue from Land Rents, Properties & Investments

Miscellaneous Receipts

08.5.355.87

(2) Supreme Court

272,054.92

(b) Magistracy, (Hong Kong)

91,831.09

(1) Do..

(Kowloon)

70,284.39-

Kowloon-Canton Railway

938,025.69

3,820,315.42

Legal Departments

302,625.21

Medical Department

3,522,224.01

Miscellaneous Services

2,400.259.40

8.191,619.37

Pensions

3,867,131.00

Police Force

4,811,440.95

Post Office. Wireless and

Broadcasting

(71 Post Office

979,533.61

(b) Wireless

580,304.85

(c) Broadcasting

112,191.21

Total (exclusive of Land Sales,

&c.)

Prisons Department

1,168,398.61

60,050.946.48

Public Debt

1,801,716.00

Public Works Department and

Water Works:-

Land Sales (Premin on New

Leases)

(r) Public Works Dept.

2,291,904.19

1.532,439.49

(6) Water Works

374,633.91

Public Works Recurrent :

(a) Genen

1,783,998.95

(8) Water Works

1,531,999.17

TUTAL......

61,502,384.07

Royal Observatory

136,260.80

Sanitary Department

1,530,095.43

Secretary for Chinese Affairs

and Labour Office:--

[u] Secretariut for

Affairs

Chinese

201,058.29

Grant by Colonial Development Fund for Fisheries Research Station

War Revenue

8.582,729,57

GRAND TOTAL...........................

70,175,114.54

(b) Labour Office

Stores Departinent

Treasury, etc.

Public Works Extraordinary

Fisheries Research Station War Expenditure

Inmigration Department

TOTAL.........

354,393.67

48,533,099.09

3.190.403.56

17.171.16

12,865,346.97

181,536.18

64,787,556.94

59.750.48

1,129,366.68

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