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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL

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Heads and Sub-heads.

Brought forward

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.-Contd.

OTHER CHARGES,—Continued.

Brought forward

Sub-beads :-

Estimated.

Actual.

Increase.

Decrease.

EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1932

Provisionally

Voted.

$

S

$

$

$

15,188,111

12,549,108.98

162,167.45

2,796,169.47

765,750

699,632.84

6,621.71

72,738.87

21 Printing and Stationery.

E-1-5-3 Stores

E-1-6

Head Office

60 540

59.96 503.98

.04 36.02

E-2-5

Printing, Stationery and

Tickets

2.400

1,639.04

760.96

E-3-1-1-4 Running Expenses

200

194.15

5.85

E-5-1-3 Maintenance of Way and

Structures

300

295.85

4.15

22. Ruils and Fastenings.

E-5-5-3 Fastenings

1.500

1,200.42

239.58

Rails

1.000

260.87

739.13

23 Rents.

E-1-13 Rent of Shum Chun Station.

8.223

3.222.70

.30

399

24 Signals and Switches.

E-5-6 Maintenance of Signals

F

Points and Crossings

1,1(K) 1,500

1,091.25 517.21

8.75 982.79

25 Sleepers.

E-5-5-2 Sleepers

40,000

38,424.34

1,575.66

26 Stations Buildings and Staff Quarters E-5-7-2 Repairs, Stations and

7.382.00

1

1

Buildings

8,712

3,606.02

105.98

Maintenance of Turret

Clock

340

F-5-7-3 Repairs, Staff Quarters

3,000

290.58 2,967.84

49.42

32.16

27 Stores.

E-2-4-1 Stations

4,000

3,316.65

683.35

E-3-1-5 Locomotives. Miscellaneous

Stores

6,000

5.983.20

16.80

E-3-2-3 Carriages and Wagons,

Miscellaneous Stores ....¡

4,500

4.483.84

16.16

1 1 1

28 Telegraphs.

E-5-14-2 Maintenance of Telegraphs

and Telephones

2,250

2,124.37

125.63

1

29 Tools and Plant.

E-4-8-1 Plant (Workshops)

4,000

3,905.35

94.65

E-4-8-2 Tools (Workshops)

1.500

1,324.26

175.74

E-5-9-1 Plant (Maintenance of Way

and Structures)

E-5-9-2 Tools (Maintenance of Way

and Structures)

Carried forward

500

1,850

849.225

441.14

1,522.90

777,068.76

58.86

327.10

6,621.71

78,777.95

7.382.00

Carried forward

15,183,111

12,549,108.98

162,167.45

2,796,169.47

Explanatory Remarks

Economy,

Time table issued once instead of twice during the year.

Fewer renewals.

Fewer renewals.

There were credit of $703.00 from old sleepers.

Few failures of electric bulbs,

1 Rigid economy exercised.

Stores reduced by 25% late in 1931. Effect be- came apparent during the year.

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