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shape of ships and the cash gift of £100,000 (Sub-head

3).

abnormal

3.

In the case of the second category

recurrent expenditure imposed on the Colony by

war conditions Sub-heads 4-9 are self-explanatory.

To Sub-head 2, extraordinary Local Defence, Item 1,

Raval, #875,000, will be charged the expenses of

the partly mobilized Naval Volunteer Force to the

extent by which they exceed the average normal

expenditure of that Force over the four years

1935-1938 and consequently savings to the extent

of $19,149 are anticipated under Head 6, Defence,

B., Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force, on page 27

of the printed estimates for 1940-41. Similarly,

to Sub-head 2, Extraordinary Local Defence, Item

2, Military, 337,000, will be charged the war-

time expenses of the Volunteer Defence Corps to

the extent by which they exceed the average

normal expenditure of that Force over the five

years 1934-1938 and savings to the extent of

$336,496 are anticipated under Head 6, Defence,

A., Volunteer Defence Corps, on page 26 of the

printed estimates for 1940-41.

4.

In addition no expenditure will be

charged to the block vote of 1,000,000 under

Head 6, Defence, I., Special war Expenditure,

on page 30 of the printed estimates for 1940-41.

The total savings are therefore estimated at

$1,355,645.

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