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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
$
G.
C.
H. E. the Governor
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
Junior Clerical Service
860,645.52
334,113 341,045.84 916,050 871,431,71
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
District Office, North
Do, South
Communications:-
(a) Post Office
(b) Do. Wireless Telegraph Services
Imports and Exports Office
Harbour Department
Do.
24,841.96
24,317
22,958.36
13,752.61
12,340
11,041.82
353,689.84
408,405
406,215.36
129,997.69
149.961
903,181.60
871.194
148,677.96 1,031,294.48
999,605 03
1,164,394
962,648,12
Air Service...
93,896.70
Royal Observatory
54,133,40
154,568 71.012
26,691,12
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
...
444
38,368.71
36,754
42,163.90
Magistracy, Hong Kong
Do.. Kowloon
Police Force
1,961.55
2.399
1,990.37
2,085.55
2,569,664.42
Prisons Department
677,585.16
2.190 2,710,962 713.369
1.892.66
2,768,161,31
778,119.73
Medical Department
1.186,249.73
1,446,585
1,336,923.89
Sanitary Department
868.949.89
Botanical & Forestry Department
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
Public Works Department..
2,033,300.08
2,038,928 2,306.678.48
Do. Do.
Recurrent
1,564,118.43
1.536,150 1,581,926.75
Extraordinary
2,850,498.83
2,500,000
2,374,931.99
Kowloon-Canton Railway
826,405.47
947,547
879,211.25
Defence:-
(a) Volunteer Defence Corps (b) Military Contribution
93,842.05
103,660
97,083.26
3,863,769.31
4,784.290
4,932,598.36
Miscellaneous Services
1,733,444.10
1,490,955
2,211,125.69
Charitable Service
136,186,50
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
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- ance 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 où 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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