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Under Other Charges,' at the front receive their full pay less their military pay. It would have been $730 has been provided for board for a impossible to allow so many to go had house physician and house surgeon.
amounts provided for fuel and light, it not been for the excellent service which
medicines, and surgical appliances, bed- the members of the Police Reserve con- tinue to render under the able leadership ding and clothing, and provisions, have Jenkin, all been raised to meet the increase in Superintendent of Deputy
Other Charges prices. A reduction of $1,800 has been Support of lunatics (Applause.) Under
in The arrangement ade abroad." increases are shown for clothing and made in the vote" accoutrements due to the higher cost of
and 1912, under which the Government Coa! for barracks materials.
Hongkong made an anual grani f $3,80 launches is also estimated to cost more.
to the John G. Kerr Asylum for the On the other hand, a saving of $12,65 is shown in the cost of passages and Insane at Canton, was not intended to be permanent, and it came to an end on bonuses in lieu thereof owing to the re duction in the European Staff. Under the 30th June, 1916. The practice former- the heads Secret Service" and Tran-ly in force in sending Chinese lunatics, sport" reductions of $4.000 and $2,300 who are not British subjects, to have been made respectively. In the Fire Chinese Authorities at Canton was re- Brigade under Other Charges," coal verted to from the 1st July, 1915, and oil fuel are expected to cost $1,800 more than this year.
Emoluments"
In the Prison Department, under temporary "Personal Warders, Assistant Warders and Guards have been provided for. These temporary the are necessitated by arrangements absence of four Warders who have gone to the front, and by vacancies in the European Staff, which cannot be filled Other Charges,” at present. Under the votes Clothing and shoes for Staff and Clothing for prisoners" have been increased owing to the higher cost of materials, and a new item of $2,000 has been inserted for repairs to plant used for remunerative industries. This work has hitherto been paid for out of the Public Works Department votes.
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The Office of Health Officer of the Port has been removed from under "Staff." and entered separately on page 65. This arrangement enables the cost of the sub-
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certain votes Under Other Charges have been raised to meet the increased cost of coal and stores.
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In the Sanitary Department, under "Personal Emoluments," the post of 1st Grade Clerk has been abolished and a new post of 3rd Grade Clerk created. On the retirement of the Medical Officer of Health, the Assistant Medical Officer of Health was promoted to the post, and an officer on a sterling salary will per Officer of Health in 1917, drawing half form the duties of Assistant Medical the sterling salary of the post.
Under Other Charges" it has been necessary to raise the amounts provided Considerable for coal, repairs, and disinfectants to
the meet the increased prices, savings have been made in the cost of lighting the various buildings in charge of the Department, owing to the lower contract price for the supply of current, Under Special Expenditure" a sum of $35,000 has been provided for a motor refuse lighter, the need for which is explained in Appendix III.
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In the Medical Department. under "Personal Emoluments." the opportunity was taken of the departure of the Assist- ant Medical Officer at Kowloon to abolish the post, and in its place a post of the New Chinese Medical Officer in Territories has been created. This Officer will reside at Taipo, and in addition to his ordinary Medical work will advise regarding sanitation matters in villages, and supervise the Government midwives at Taipo and Un Long. It will be ob- served that the salaries of the Nursing
In the Botanical and Forestry Depart Sisters have been transferred from the
and ment small sums have been provided under for clearing heading "* Hospitals and Asylums placed under "Staff." In the Civil Special Expenditure " Hospital provision has been made for brushwood at Mount Kellet, and for lay- These in- ing out the grounds of the Ellis Kadoorie The increase of eight temporary staff nurses.
who have School for Indians. clude the Japanese taken over the entire charge of "B" nearly $3,000 in the cost of this depart- ment is very small when the valuable Block. That experiment has been so
work performed by it in all parts of the successful that it is proposed to employ Colon is considered. I wish to draw special attention to the efficiency with
nurses,
others in the Asiatic Wards in Block
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which Mr. Tutcher and his assistants | order. A sum of $100,000 has been en- carry out their duties.
tered for the extension of the Centrall In the Department of Education, under Police Station, and $35,000 for the ex- the head Queen's College," it will be tension of the Harbour Office Building noticed that the appointment of a Tran- to provide an office for the Superinten slation Master has been abolished. This dent of Imports and Exports, and quar- post has been filled for several years in ters for Revenue Officers. A sum of a most efficient manner by the Reverend $60,000 has been provided for the first H. R. Wells, of the London Mission, who block of quarters on Leighton Hill, to be never spared himself in giving all the rented to European married subordinate ime at his disposal to the work and it officers with salaries of less than £450
The is a matter for deep regret that the de- per annum. rents charged will mands on his time have necessitated his yield about four per centum on the resignation. Arrangements have been capital cost after paying the cost of main- made for the performance of the duties tenance. It is also proposed to erect two by the appointment of a senior Verna more quarters for subordinate officers cular Master. The posts of four visiting entitled to free quarters on Mount Parish Vernacular Teachers have been abolished, at a cost of $15,000 In the Belilies Public School provision has been made for a third Assistant Mistress, and the posts of the Vernacular Masters have been abolished,
Under Military Expenditure, the con- tribution to the Imperial Government is estimated to amount to $2,701,760. De tails will be found in Appendix II. The cost of the Cadet Company has been merged in the Volunteer-Other Charges. In the Public Works Department, under the head "Personal Emoluments," the lat Grade Executive Engineers have been increased from three to four on the pro- motion of the head of the Building Ordinance Office to that rank, while the 2nd Grade Executive Engineers have been reduced by one. The 1st Grade Assist aut Engineers on the permanent staff have been increased from three to four, and 2nd Grade Assistant Engineers have been reduced from four to three. A Junior Assistant Land Surveyor has been appointed on a salary of $1.440. An explanation of this post will be found in Appendix III.
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of Under Other Charges " $6,500 has been entered for the upkeep of the dredger St. Enoch. This item has hitherto appeared under "Public Works Recurrent, & sum of 84,000 having been provided
this year. Under "Public Works Recurrent," the only item to which reference. need be made is the sum of $7,500 for writing off the value of the dredger. It is proposed to provide this sum annually until the value has been written down to $75,000.
I am glad to say that owing to the improvement in the state of our finances, it is again possible to spend a larger sum on Public Works, and a total of $1,545.400
has been provided for this purpose. I will take the more important items in
Under Item 8-Roads-a sum of $37.300 has been provided for widening and grading the road from Deep Water Bay to Repulse Bay, and $13,000 for making a necessary new road from the dam at Tytam Tuk, over which the road from Stanley to Shaukiwan must pass, on the completion of the dam. to Tytan Gap. A small but useful work will be the rounding off of the corner at the bottom of Garden Road at a cost of $1,500,
At Aberdeen it is hoped to make an improvement in the road past the Docks, and a new road past the village at a cost of $27,000. Owing to the increase in motor traffic the narrow road through the village dangerous to pedestrians. Item 9, $10,500, is for an underground cable from the General Post Office to No. 2 Police Station on which route the num- ber of wires has become excessive for poles. Item 16, $1,500, is for angeful apparatus invented by Captain_Tyler, Coast Inspector to the Chinese Govern- ment, which has been successfully instal- led at Shanghai, whereby the moisture in the air in summer is reduced and the general temperature lowered. The excep- tional sum of $160,000 has been entered for Compensation and Resumptions, a9 some large resumptions are necessary.
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Under Waterworks, a sum of $320,000 is entered to complete the reservior at Tytam and the Service Reservior at West Point.
At Kowloon it is proposed to erect more Free quarters for subordinate officers, at a cost of $35,000, and to build a market at Shamshuipo for $18,000.
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Under "Miscellaneous," A sum of $11.000 has been provided for the resump- tion of ferry piers. This is in connection with a scheme for improving the ferry services between Victoris and Yaumati
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