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total charges for 1934 arc a lakh and a half higher than

for 1933. In the matter for Public Works also the depart-

mont cannot be said to have been starved. part from the

new Civil Hospital, the accommodation of Kowloon Hospital

has been very materially cnlarged and $70,000 towards the

building of a new out-patients department is down for next

year.

As regards increases in personnel, in the cleri-

cal staff there is an increase of seven posts, which are

required for the Births and Deaths Registration, which is

now onforced in the New Territories; the Administrative

staff, the work of which has considerably increased as a

result of the steady expansion of the Department, and

the Kowloon Hospital. The Radiology branch is strengthenoå

by the addition of one now post of Radiographer, and a sum

of $10,000 has been inserted under Special "xpenditure for

X-Ray apparatus; part of this is for now machines and part

for replacements. The Nursing Staff shows a considerable

incrcase which is required for the now blocks of the Kow-

loon Hospital. School Hygiene and Maternity and Child Telfare also show slight increases. Finally Honourable

Hombors will notice on the last page a new sub-heading

Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital. This hospital which was

first openca in 1922 by the Chinese Public Dispensaries

Committee, has proved such a success that it was growing

beyond the resources of the Committce who have therefore

offered it to Government. The offor was accepted with

the approval of the Secretary of Stato and the hospital