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British Section are due to be handed over to the Chinese
The Chinese Section will then cease to
Section in May 1936.
pay the British Section for running the engines but there will be a countervailing saving to this Section in running expenses. "Markets" show a gratifying increase of $50,000. The increases and decreases in Royalties paid by public utility companies roughly cancel out. Land sales are estimated to fall by one
half.
Turning now to the "Abstract of Differences", a copy
of which is in the hands of every Hon. lember, it will be seen
that "New Posts" anount to a lakh and a half. A brief analy-
sis as to how this total is reached will, I think, reveal that
it is not so formidable as it might appear. The Police Depart- ment accounts for nearly one half, and the greater part of these Police increases have already been approved by Finance Committee but now appear in the Estimates for the first time. They are offset to the extent of $10,500 by "Abolition of
Posts". The Education Department accounts for $12,000, and
practically all of this is for the new Trade School, a scheme
which has, I am sure, the support of the whole Council. The next biggest is the liedical Department with $13,000. Just half of this is accounted for by the staff of the Fumigating
and Disinfecting Bureau having been taken over by Goverment
and the new post of Rat Searcher, both of which have already received the approval of Finance Committee and of the
Secretary of State.
The crews of the Fumigating craft are shown under the Harbour Department, and explain the increase in that Department.
The $11,000 for
the Public forks Department, which is all but balanced
by the $10,500 for "Abolition of Posts", falls under
three heads, electrical and wireless, storage of sand, and
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