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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL
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Heads and Sub-Heads.
EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939
Provisionally
Estimated.
Actual.
Increase.
Decrease.
Voted.
$
$
$
Brought forward
14,781,496 14,851,610.84 2,255,090.19 2,184,965.35
3,501,957.00
14. LEGAL DEPARTMENTS.
Explanatory Remarks.
Sub-heads :-
1 Personal Emoluments
446,715
447,817.50
602.50
1,900.00
Extra stenographers for Traffic Commission and War Work.
OTHER CHARGES.
2 Books
550
468.82
81.18
8 Conveyance Allowances
1,200
1,142.10
57.90
4 Electric Fans and Light
1,900
2,124.76
224.76
300.00
Under estimated.
5 Fees to Counsel and Solicitors for
prisoners
2,000
3,597.15
1,597.15
2,000.00
6 Gas
100
23.60
76.40
Increase in number of capital charges.
Discontinued.
7 Incidental Expenses
1,425
1,340.09
84.31
Legal Expenses
3,000
11,238.57
8.238.57
13,000.00
Cost of appeal to Privy Council (Rex. v. Chung Chi Cheung).
9 Library
1,000
919.23
80.77
10 Registration of Companies at Shang-
hai
10,000
10,000.00
Rent of Public Telephones
513
273.00
12 Subsistence
Judge)
Allowance (Appeal
200
240.00
200.00
13 Travelling Expenses (Appeal Judge).
400
400.00
Two telephones removed.
No Appeal Judge visited Colony.
do.
14
Uniform for messengers
600
433.89
166.11
15 Watchmen
12,000
4,835.08
7,164.32
1
Fewer distraint warrants and writs of executions.
SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.
16 Halsbury's "Laws of England;" replacement of four sets; seventh instalment
500
483.72
16.28
17 One Typewriter
391
379.18
18 Books
226
90.02
11.82
135.98
19 Nine registers
135
1,454,74
1,319.74
1,320.00
Total Legal Departments
482,855
486,122.65
11,982.72
8,715.07
18,520.00
Less Decrease
Increase
8,715.07
3,267.65
Carried forward
15,264,351 15,337,733.49 2,267,062.91 2,193,680.42
9,520,477.00
Over estimated.
Additional Trade Mark registers.
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