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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FOR THE YEAR 1915.
13
Heads and Sub-Heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase. Decreuse.
Provisionally
Voted.
Explanatory Remarks.
$
Brought forwarıl,
1,781,400
$ 1,378,167.30
$
$
*
5,385.14 408,617.84
90.00
More gear used.
MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES,—Continued.
Brought forward,
4,617
2,707.75
1,939.25
Commercial Intelligence Brauch of Board of Trade,-
Travelling Allowance to Correspondent...... Compensation in respect of Cancellation of Licences.. Interes: on Government Officers' Guarantee Fund,..... Crown Agents' Commission.. . . . .
360
3,000
360.00 3,000.00
120
1 16.35
3.65
3,000
2,966.86
$3.14
Field Allowances, .....
50
46.00
4.00
Government Latuches :-
Allowance to Police Sergeant for keeping stock of coal,
240
240.00
Allowance to Chinese Police Sergeant acting as In-
terpreter,.
48
48.00
5. Coolies, 1 at $144, and 4 at $132 each, Conveyance Allowance to Coaling Officer,. Gear, &c.,
672
672.00
180
180.00
700
794.48
94.43
Grauts in aid of Scientific Institutions—
Cancer Research Fund, (£30),
327
342.86
15.86
Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London, (£50),
545
561.72
London School of Tropical Medicine, (£100),
1,091
1,142.86
6.72 $1.86
Royal Society, London. (£200),
2.182
2,182.00
Tropical Diseases Research Fund, (£100),..
1,091
1,142.86
51.86
Grauts in aid of other Institutions :-
City Hall,
1,200
1,200.00
Department of Chinese in London University, (£30),-
327
342.86
15.86
District Watelimen's Fund,
2,000
2,000.00
Imperial Institute, (£100), .
1,091
1,428.77
337.57
Seamen's Hospital Society,
200
200.00
Society of Comparative Legislation, London, (£2.25.)...
23
23.44
44
University of Hongkong, Maintenance of Professorship,
10,000
10,000.00
University of Hongkong, Engineering Faculty,
Grants to Chaplains for Burials, etc.,
10,000 50
10,000,00
50.00
Loss on Subsidiary Colus,...........
768,000
1,256,057.34 488,057.34
396,000.00
New Government Offices:→
25th Grade Telephone Clerks, ($360 to $420 hy
$60 annually).
810
744.31
65.69
3 Lift Attendants, 1 at $168, and 2 at $144..
456
471.00
15.00
I Fireman for Heating Apparat:19,
180
180.00
4 Coolies for General Cleansing, 1 at $144, and 3 at
$120 each,
504
508.03
Electric Fans and Light,
10,500
Lifts Maintenance,
Other Miscellaneous Services,
Printing and Binding :-
Blue. Book,
Civil Service List,
Estimates,
950 5,000
7,381,87 776.71 60,694.14
97 3,118.13 73.29
55,694.11
4,555.00
2,300
2,531.00
1,200
1,327.50
231.00 127.50
350
350.00
Government Gazette,..
5,000
3,555.00
Orlimances, Regulations, and Reports,.
Miscellaneous Papers,
Regulations of Hongkong, New Edition,
9,000
9,711.89
711.89
5,000
4,175.05
1,445.00
824.95
4,000
5,085.00 1,085.00
1,085.00
Carried forward,
Carried forward,
.$
856,294 1,393,050.40 546,496.47
1,781,400 1,378,167.30 5,385,14 408,617.84
9,740.07
401,730.00
Lower exchange.
Do.
Do.
Contribution not paid over.
Lower exchange.
Do.
Grant increased to £125 and lower exchange.
Lower exchange.
Larger amount of coins demonetized than anticipated and greater percentage of loss.
One new appointment.
Economy being effected.
Loss on exchange account aud demurrage of ships.
Fower pages.
Increase of papers.
Under-estimated.
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