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9. In the following table actual expenditure for the year 1931 is compared with the expenditure of the previous year and with the Estimates for 1931.
Heads of Expenditure.
Actual 1930
Estimates, 1931
Actual 1931
H. E. the Governor
District Office, North
South
Do, Communications:- (a) Post Office
(b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Services
Imports and Exports Office
$ 0.
0.
150,450.32
Cadet Service
517,813.61
155,890 566.221
170,605.97 636,078.97
Senior Clerical and Accounting
Staff
323,756.12
334,113
341,045.84
Jurior Clerical Service
860,645.52
916,050
871,431.71
Colonial Secretary's Office and
Legislature
68,438.19
60,625
68,228.05
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs
18,896.25
19,629
21,308.45
Treasury...
34,189.06
54,635
71,280.57
Audit Department
67,919.44
72,604
81,080.71
24,841.96
24,317
22,958.36
13,752.61
12,340
11,041.82
353,689.84
408,405
406,215.38
129,997,69
903,181,60
Harbour Department
999,605.03
149.96L 871.194 1,164,394
148,677.96 1,031,294.48
962.648.12
Do.
Air Service..
93,896.70
154.568
26,691.12
Royal Observatory
54.133,40
71,012
74,137.85
Fire Brigade
315,431.08
326,479
305,016.77
Supreme Court
173.796,86
173,354
185,316.02
Atto ney General.
47.400.55
47.226
50,632.92
Crown Solicitor's Office
47.911 93
50,322
55,252.64
Offical Receiver
23,163.87
18.631
20,711.14
Land Office
38.368.71
36,754
42,163.90
Magistuacy, Hong Kong
1,961.55
Do.. Kowloon
2,085.55
Police Force
2,569,664.42
Prisons Department
677,585.16
2.399 2.190 2,710,962 713.369
1,990.37
1,892.66
2,768,161.31 778,119.73
Medical Department
1.186,249.73
1,446,585
1,386,923.89
Sanitary Department
Botanical & Forestry Department
868,949.89 120,191.99
Education Department
1,662,169.33
954,276 119,587 1,739.708
851,751.65
116,683.84
1,707,557.94
2,033,300.08
2,038,928 2,806.678.48
1,564,118.43
1,536,150 1,581,926.75
2,850,498.83
Kowloon-Canton Bailway
826,405.47
2,500,000 947,547
2,374,981.99
879,211.25
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer Defence Corps
93,842.05
(b) Military Contribution
3,863,769.31
103,660 4,784.290
97,083.26
Miscellaneous Servicés
1,733,444.10
1,490,955
2,211,125.69
Charitable Service
135,186,50
142,295
174,585.90
Charge on Account of Public
Debt
1,588,117,82
Pensions...
1,080,821,99
1,638,230 1,228,000
1,894,290 79 1,541,441.41
Recurrent
Public Works Department
Do. Do.
Extraordinary
4.932,598.36
Total
...$
28,119,645.54
29,787,855 31,160,774.00
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10. Comments on the more important items showing in- creases and decreases over the estimates are given below,
Decreases.
JUNIOR CLERICAL SERVICE
(Vacancies in staff).
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT
(Annual overhauls and repairs generally were cut down. Conversion of Commercial Moor- ings was not proceeded with so rapidly. Replacement of boilers to two launches and purchase of new launch for Sanitary De- partment were suspended).
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT, AIR SERVICES
(Annual subsidy to Flying Club reduced by $15,000. Subsidy to Commercial Aviation $50,000 not required and grant of $60,000 to Flying Club inserted in the Estimates erroneously).
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
(Economical measures and lower contract prices accounted for a saving of $17,758 in provisions for patients. Equipment of the maternity block, Kowloon cost $23,475 less than expected. Maintenance of Lunatics at Canton and the grant to the Sheklung Leper Asylum accounted for $10,954. Vacancies in office and leave reduced the amount requir- ed under Personal Emoluments and Convey- auce allowances by $18,193 and $6,513 respectively).
SANITARY DEPARTMENT
(Vacancies in staff reduced the amount re- quired under Personal Emoluments by $28,084. A saving of $15,354 was made on the 33 Subheads under "Other Charges. In- stead of four light draft lighters and two sail- ing junks being purchased only one lighter and one junk were bought, a decrease of $24,000. In addition the purchase of two motor cars and two motor vans estimated at $30,000 was postponed).
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
(Of this amount the sum of $28,456 was saved under Personal Emoluments due to vacancies unfilled).
$ 44,618
$201,745
$127,876
$109,661
$102,524
$
$ 32,150
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