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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1873.
SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES-HONGKONG, 1873.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1873,--Continued.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE.
ESTIMATED.
ACTUAL.
INCREASE.
DECREASE,
$
C.
$
e.
£ s. d.
$
£ s. d.
$ c
403,355.71 1,525. 7.7 7,321.83
7,898. 6. 4 37,911.02
Brought forward,.
498,945.80
SERVICES EXCLUSIVE OF ESTAB
COLONIAL SECRETARY,.
COLONIAL TREASURER,
1,700.00
1,726.31
5. 9. 74
26.81
AUDITOR GENERAL,.
:
CLERK OF COUNCILS,
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
720.00
538.67
POSTMASTER GENERAL,
6,600.00
6,433.37
REGISTRAR GENERAL,.
50.00
8.80
HARBOR MASTER,............................
60.00
428.50
75.14. 7
363.50
COLLECTOR OF STAMP REVENUE,
JUDICIAL,
200.00
117.95
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES,
ECCLESIASTICAL,
EDUCATIONAL,
1,860.00
1,571.33
MEDICAL,
13,060.00
10,338.53
:
POLICE MAGISTRATES,
1,050.00
329.40
POLICE,
41,900.00
39,824.09
GAOL,
24,800.00
13,058.40
FIRE BRIGADE,
37.15. 6
34.14. 31
EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
24
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This excess is covered by the vote for Mr. Manan's remuneration for services con-
nected with Assessment.
181.83
From the demise of the late Draftsman, Mr. DUKES, to the arrival of Mr. DENBY, DO
Allowance for House Rent was drawn.
166.63 The Gratuities paid to Ship Masters were less than estimated.
9.13. 4
46.40
Incidental.
17. 1.10
82.05
This excess is for Rent of Quarters for Boarding Officers during the building of the new
Harbor Master's Office.
The amount expended for Compensation to Witnesses, &c., was below the estimate.
60. 2. 91
288.67
As the Third Master occupied for some time the Quarters of the Clerk of Works, who
was absent, no House Rent was incurred.
566.19. 51 2,721.47 This decrease is in Provisions, Medical Comforts, Light and Fuel, and Washing for the
Civil Hospital; and there is also a slight saving in the Lock Hospital.
150, 2. 6
720.60
The amount paid for Post Mortem Examinations and Medical Witnesses at Inquest was
less than estimated.
482. 9. 71 2,075.91 The Pensions due in 1872 and 1873 to those who went to India have not been as yet claimed by the Indian Government. There is also a decrease in Arms, Ammunition, Oil, Gas, Meals to Prisoners, Burials of Destitute Dead, Passages for European Constables, Return Passages and Gratuities, and Secret Services. 2,217. 0. 0 || 10,641.00 This decrease is chiefly for Provisions for Prisoners, and other items are also under the
amount estimated,"
Carried forward,........
585,445.80
538,320.86 1,606.11.10 7,711.64
11,424, 5, 954,836.58
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