939
11.
Head 26.
Kowloon-Canton Railway.
Special Expenditure includes two items for increasing
two
the efficiency of locomotives, and the other items which are
in continuation of programmes commenced in previous years.
It is hoped that the cost of air-conditioning a first
class steel coach will be covered by the additional revenue
which will result from this amenity.
Retrenchment in staff has been effected by the aboli-
tion of a number of posts of watchmen, drivers, firemen,
brakesmen, fitters and coolies,
Head 27. Defence.
A. Volunteer Defence Corps.
The Machine Gun Troop is being converted into a
mechanised unit, and the necessary equipment is provided for
under Special Expenditure. The $3,600 so provided is offset
by a corresponding deduction from the Grant to Machine Gun
Troop under Other Charges.
The Nursing Detachment is a new unit, and the provision
for 1936 under sub-head 19 was sufficient for uniform only.
The expenses of hospital training call for an increase of
$1000 in this vote.
The officer who was formerly Adjutant of the Corps
has now been promoted to Commandant to replace the former
Volunteer Commandant. The post of Adjutant is now filled by
an officer lent unseconded from the Regular Army, in respect
of whom a sum of $2,400 per annum is to be paid to the War
Office.
The appointment of an Armourer Staff sergeant though
desirable has had to be postponed.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.