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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL

Heads and Sub-Heads.

EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1915.

Estimated.

Actual.

Increase.

Decrease.

Provisionally Voted.

Brought forward,

8,389,626

*

$ 8,876,370.70 935,728.40 947,983.70

PUBLIC WORK,—Continued.

C-PUBLIC WORKS, EXTRAORDINARY,—Continued.

Brought forward,

Lighting.

624,400

587,558.91 | 226,833.09

313,674.18

277.770.00

Extensions of Lighting.......................

Shankiwan Lighting,...

Miscellaneous.

Telephone Cable across Harbour,-.

Chinese Cemeteries, Laying out terraces,

1,000 3.50

917.41 349.40

82.59 .60

Over-estimated.

8,000

2.70

4,000

1,124,34

7,997.30 2,875.66

Survey of Colony,

3,000

3,161.95

164.95

130.00

New Pillar Boxes, and new Tablets for same,

3,000

1,986.68

1,013.32

General Post Office,-Shelving in Registration and

Parcels Branch,

1,600

1,596.10

3.90

Boundary Stones,

1,000

1,179.10

179.10

200.00

Statue Square,-Railings runnd four Statnes,.. Police Station, Shaukiwan,-Relaying Compound,... Extension of Chair Coolie Shelter near Hongkong

Club,

900

600

596.68

800.00 3.32

Cable not received. Over-estimated,

Under-estimated. Over-estimated,

Under-estimated,

Deferred on account of the war.

600

504.72

95.28

Over-estimated.

Installing Electric Lights in Shaukiwan and Teat Tsz

Mui Police Stations and Sai Wan Ho Markets,... Installing Electric Lights in Wansai and Satyingpun

Markets,

530

562.60

32.60

35.00

Under-estimated.

405

Colonial Secretary's Office,-Extra lights and Fans, Improvements to the record room in Colonial Secretary's

Ofce,

250

284.91 241.76

120.09

Over-estimated.

5.24

1,200

1,300.75

100.75

140.00

Ellis Kudoorie School,—Electric fans and lights,

1,600

1,580.47

Resumption of Piers...

10,500

Miscellaneous Works,

20,000

18,952.11

19.53 10,500,00 1,047.89

Under-estimated.

Deferred on account of the war. Over-estimated.

Explanatory Remarks,

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Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

Compensation and Resumptions,

30.000

10,606.19 |

19,393,81

Do.

Waterworks.

Additional Service Reservoir, &c.,-West Point,

250,000

Tytam Tuk Scheme,-Second Section,

700,000

Bonham Road Pumping Station, ...........

7,000

Miscellaneous Waterworks,

6,000

28.474.96 800,701.25 9,998.62 4,843.88,

221,625.04

TRAI

100,701.25 2,998.62

1,156.12

105,000.00 3,000.00

Progress not so great.

Progress greater than anticipated. Pumping Engine ($75,000) was expected in 1914.

Over-estimated.

Under-estimate).

KOWLOON.

Buildings.

Quoters for Subordinate Officers,

8,000

7,916.54

Market at Shamshuipo,

18,000

Kowloon British School,-Additions,

7,500

83.46 18,000.00 7,500,00

Do.

Royal Observatory :-

(a.) Installing wireless receiving apparatus,

800

800.00

(6.) Bathroom,

Deferred on accouut of the war.

Work not undertaken.

do.

700

678.72

21.28

(r.) Seismograph Room,

5,000

5,000,00

Rented Quarters for European Subordinates, Royal

Deforred on account of the war,

Observatory,

16,000

16,000.00

Housing of European Subordinate Officers,...

Do,

do.

85,000

35,000,00

Do.

do.

Carried forward.$

1,766,935 1,435,126.75 331,010.36

Carried forward,..........................

.$

662,718.61

8,388,626 8,376,370.70 935,728.40 947,983.70

386,295.00

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