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Head 34. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
Approved
Estimate, 1928.
Estimate, 1927.
Head 33.-DEFENCE
Approved Estimate, 1927,
Estimate, 1928.
A. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
Sub-heads :-
Head 34.-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES
$
$
1 Personal Emoluments
20,969
22,018
Other Charges
Sub-hoads :-
2 Armoured Car and Motor Transport Section
2,950
3,500
(1)
3 Ammunitiou
6,000
8,500
(2) (3)
Books, Stationery, and Printing
1,000
1,000
Bathing Places, North Point, Kennedy Town and Stone-
cutter's Islaud................
10,000
(1)
5 Camp Expenses
8,000
13,500
(3) (4)
6 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Sergeant-Major
180
180
1 Bonuses for Interpreters and Translators
1,500
1,500
Fuel and Light
750
750
8 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms
3,000
3,000
2 Bungalows Committee, Caretakers
288
288
9 Equipment for the Engineer Company
500
500
10 Grant to Mounted Infantry Section
6,300
6,300
11 Incidental Expenses ....
800
600
(5)
3 Contribution to Reuters for commercial and general news
service....
33,600
33,600)
12 Rifle Rangos, Expenses...
13 Transport
14 Uniform, including Boots
1,200
1,500
(3)
1,200
1,200
4 Coal for Offices....
1,800
1,800
8,000
9,000
(3)
15 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies
320
5 Crown Agent's Commission
12,000
12,000
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE,
16 2 Motor Cycles with Carriage suitable for M.G. Mountings
6 Contribution towards cost of 3 Armed Launches .......
38,815
(2)
17 Construction at Volunteer Headquarters....
18 300 I'aillasses and Bolsters
19 4 Vickers Guns
20 Colours
211 Armoured Car....
22 1 Range Finder
1 Ton Motor Lorry specially fitted as Mobile Wireless
Station
2 D. P. Machine Guns....................
2,200
2,500
1,932
7,000
1,500
10,000
7 Extra Clerical Assistance
2,000 (3)
Geological Survey of Colony
9,000
(4)
Total Volunteer Defence Corps..
3,200 250
64,299
400
(6)
Grants in aid of Institutions :-
8 British Engineering Stuudards Associations, (£15)
150
157
G
97,400
9 Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, London,
(£300)
3,000
3,131
PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.
NUMBERS.
Details of the foregoing.
1927
1928 |
10 Colonial Advisory Medical and Sanitary Committee(£16)
11 Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London, (£50).
150
167 (6)
500
522 (5)
Allowance to Administrative Commandant.
900
1
1
Adjutant at $10,200
10,200
900 10,200
Do., Pension Contribution £100
1,000
1,043
(7)
1
1
Corps Sergeant-Major, (£320 to £400 by £10
Imperial Bureau of Mycology, London, (£75)..
12 Imperial Institute, (£300)
750
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(7)
5,000
3,131
(8)
annually).
4,320
4,440
Allowances to Instructors
1,700
2,000
1
1
Armourer Attendant ($480 to $600 by $12 annually)
501
513
13 Institution of Civil Engineers; Committee on Deteriora- tion of Structures exposed to Sea Action (£50).....
500
522
(5)
ગ
1
Motor Driver, $480 per annum
480
Do..
Rent Allowance
48
(8)
14 League of Nations Health Organisation Eastern Bureau
3,000
3,000
1
1
Storeman
365
366
2
2
Messengers, at $132 each
264
261
Do.,
Rent Allowances at $48 each
96
16 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
(£100)
1,000
1,044
96
5
5
Coolies, at $132 each ....
660
660
Do., Personal Allowance to 1
12
16 Royal Asiatic Society, (£25)
250
261
(5)
Do., Good Conduct Allowances to 1 at 855, 1 at
$36, 1 at $24, 1 at $12 and 1 at $3
106
130
17 School of Oriental Studies, London Institution (£30). .¦
300
314
10.
1
1
1
Rent Allowances at $48 each
Range Warden, ($300 to $360 by $12 annually)
Do., Rent Allowance.....
Watchman
Do., Good Conduct Allowance
Do., Rent Allowance
Total Personal Emoluments
B. HONG KONG ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER
RESERVE.
Maintenance of oue Gunboat and training of 50 volunteers......
240
240
353
360
18 Seamen's Hospital Society
200
200
48
48
132
132
19 Tropical Diseases Research Fund, (£30)
1,000
522
(8)
36
38
48
48
20 City Hall, Hong Kong.............
1,200
1,200
20,969
22,018
21 Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Hong
Kong
2,500
2,500
Carried forward
87,688
106,674
-MILITARY CONTRIBUTION,
Contribution to Imperial Government
(1) More motor vehicles.
(2) More machine guns.
(8) Formation of Portuguese Company.
(4) Payment of Volunteers when fu camp.
(5) Considered sufficient.
40,000
(9)
3,523,006
3,653,644
(10)
3,523,006
3,658,614
(8) Non recurrent.
(7) Lower Exchange.
(8) New post for increased number of motor Vehicles.
(9) Scheme in abeyance.
(10) See Appendix III.
(1) Now under Head 30, Public Works Recurrent. (2) New vote,
(3) Previously paid out of sub-head 29.
(4) Survey completed.
(5) Lower exchange.
(6) 0.0. Circ. D. of 5th April, 1927.
(7) Grant discontinued.
(8) Reduced grant.
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