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the votes, and is also morc convenient in working.

Provision is made for the purchase of one more

motor refuse lorry, and for the fitting of solid tires to

all Sanitary Dopartment lorries. Owing to the nature of

their work, the use of pneumatic tires has been found

uncconomical.

Head 27 - Botanical and Forestry Department.

There is an increase of nine gardeners, six of

whom will be required to look after the extensive lawns

surrounding the Kowloon Hospital, two for the nursery and

propagating department and one for the General Civil Hospital.

Head 28 - Education Department.

At present we are without King's College which is being used as a military hospital. It is however necessary that provision should be made for staffing it and running

it in the event of the number of troops in the Colony being

so reduced next year that they will not require King's Collogo.

Six British mistresses on the temporary staff who were formerly

paid from savings on personal amoluments are now included in

the ostimetos. The teaching staffs of the Vernacular Middle

School and the Normal School for Women have been increased

by onc English teacher at the former, and by three lecturers

at the latter. Both those schools are proving very popular

and arc expanding.

Subhead 7- 'Incidental Expenses' has been

increased so as to provide uniforms for office attendants,

messengers, and coolics in accordance with the recommendat-

ions of the Committee which investigated the matter.

same scale applics for all office staff throughout the

servico. Subhoads 10 and 11- 'Students-in- training' havo

'Students-in-training'

been reduced with the decrease in number of those students.

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