CO129-584-1 Financial returns 1939 17-9-1940 - 17-9-1940 — Page 48

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COMPARATIVE STATE MENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL

Heads and Sub-Heads.

Estimated.

Actual.

Increase.

Decrease.

EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939

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Provisionally Voted.

Explanatory Remarks.

$

$

$

$

Brought forward

17,911.061 17,958,607.72

2,368,062.55 2,320,515.83

3,705,947.00

18.-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

Sub-heads :-

1 Bonuses for Examinations

3,500

2 Bungalows Committee, Caretakers

360

3 Crown Agents' Commission

21,000

7,050.00

360.00

13,145.43

3,550.00

4,200.00

More officers qualified for language bonuses.

4 Extra Clerical Assistance

1,500

1,061.12.

7,854.57

438.88

Over estimated.

do.

Grants in aid of Institutions:--

5 Advisory Committee on Educa-

tion in the Colonies (128)

2,083

2,078.92

9.08

Exchange difference.

6 Bureau of Hygiene anl Tropical

Diseases, London, (£300)

4,882

4,882.00

7 Colonial Medical Fund (£80)

1,302

1,134.18

167.82

8 Imperial Agricultural Bureaux

and Farnham House, (£174)

2,831

2,819.24.

11.76

9 Imperial Economic and Imperial

Shipping Committees, (£129) ... 10 Imperial Institute of Entomo-

logy, London, (£50)

2,099

2,090.13

8.87

Reduced grant.

Exchange difference.

do.

814

814.00

11 Imperial Institute, (£600)

9,763

9,768.00

12 League of Nations Heatlh Organisation Eastern Bureau (£250)

4,068

4,050.63

17.87

13 London School of Hygiene and

Tropical Medicine, (£100)

1,628

1,620.25

7.75

14 Royal Asiatic Society, (£10)

163

162.03

.97

15 School of Oriental Studies, Lon-

don Institution (£350)

5,695

5,670.89

24.11

16 Seamen's Hospital Society (£20).'

326

324.05

17 Boy Scouts Association

1,200

1,200.00

18 Girl Guides Association

800

692.00

108.00

1.95

Over estimated.

do.

do.

do.

do.

do.

19 District Watchmen Fund

100

100.00

20 New Territories Agricultural

Association

2,000

2,000.00

21 Society for Prevention of Cruelty

to Animals, Hong Kong

2,500

22 Hong Kong Travel Association

15,000

2,500.00

3,896.00

11,104.00

23 British Empire Leprosy Relief

Association ($50)

814

24 University of Hong Kong

350,000

810.13

350,000.00

3.87

Variable; based on subscriptions from the Public.

Exchange difference.

25 Yunnan Scholarships at Uni-

versity.

2,240

2,240.00

Carried forward

436,669

420,459.00

3,550.00

19,759.00

4,200.00

Carried forward

17,911,081

17,958,607.72 2,368,002.55 2,820,515.83

3,705,947.00

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