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Rent of Leased Lands

145,914

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Slaughter Houses

32,254

Stone Quarries

30,108

23,292

Land Sales

429,757

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Conservancy Contructs

These may be generally attributed to the sharp decline in commerce and traffic during the second half of the year, owing to the strike and boycott.

EXPENDITURE.

4. The total expenditure brought to account amounted to $28,266,817 being $2,196,794 less than the estimate, and $1,540,389 more than the expenditure in 1924.

Miscellaneons expenditure exceeded the estimate by $465.771 chiefly due to the following items :—

Excess.

British Empire Exhibition

.$ 205,197

Langunge Study Allowances ...

8,692

Motor Car Running Expenses

11,008

Other Miscellaneous Services...

7,483

Rent Allowances, European Sule

ordinate Officers

8,970

Rent Allowances, Asiatic Subordinate

Officers

8,707

Stationery

23,873

Transport of Government Servants Gratuity to Mr. John Duncan Strike Expenses

14,071

9,956

198,106

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originally planned to have this vessel completed in 1924. Savings were made on most of the other items, particularly salaries,

The Prison Department expended $9,355 more than was anticipated mostly on account of increased staff and the opening of the new Halls at Lai Chi Kok.

Savings in the Medical Department amounting to 891,966 were achieved by deferring expenditure on the equipment for Victoria Maternity and Kowloon Hospitals, construction of a motor launch and ininor economies on a number of items.

The Sanitary Department's requirements fell short of the estimate by $184,650 principally due to savings on salaries and special expenditure earmarked for exhumations.

Fewer Building Grants and savings on salaries were chiefly responsible for the saving of $128,468 in the estimate for the Education Department.

Public Works Department showed a saving of $150,948 almost wholly due to lapsing salaries and allowances.

Excess expenditure ander Public Works Recurrent was in- curred to the extent of $243,981 - notable increases being :-

H. K. Typhoon & Rain Storm Daminges...$232,422 H. K. Water Works - Maintenance of City

and Hill district...

Military Expenditure exceeded the estimate by $92,436 owing to increased revenue and increase in the strength of the Volunteer Defence Corps.

Savings were effected in the Harbour Master's Department to the extent of $372,938. This was accomplished by abandoning the construction of two Patrol launches and equipment estimated to cost $316,000 and by minor savings on the majority of the other items.

The Imports and Exports Department showed a decrease in expenditure of $173,266. Savings on most of the items contri- bated to this result and a reduction in the quantity of raw opinm purchased accounted for $125,045 of the total decrease.

A decrease in the Police Department Expenditure of $70,614 was mainly owing to the non-completion of the New Cruising launch and to Lapsing Salaries.

The Fire Brigade Estimates ware exceeded by $59,195. Expenditure of $107,360 for the construction of a new fire float was not foreseen when the estimates were framed as it had been

H. K. Water Works-Water Ale (Meters)

44,199 10,028

Kowloon Typhoon & Rain Storm Damages Kowloon Maintenance of Water Works...

26,697 16,466

10,207

N. T. Maintenance of Buildings

S. T. Typhoon & Rain Storm Damages 16,270

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Savings were observed on various other items.

The expenditure on Public Works Extraordinary was $548,269 below the amount estimated.

Among the items on which increases were noted the follow- ing are prominent.

H. K. Compensations & Resumptions Kowloon

N. T.

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Increase.

.....$500,316

100,468

289,076

No expenditure was incurred on a number of items in the estimates and on many works the actual expenditure fell consider- ably short of the sum provided for.

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