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Classes I and II are abolished. The increase of 27 posts of Engineers Class II does not represent any additions to the approved establishment because 27 posts are vacant in the higher class and provision is made only for existing personnel.

During 1949/50 an appointment was made to the new post of Director of Music as a preliminary to the establishment of a Police Force band. Other changes in the non-pensionable establishment which were approved in 1949/50 were ten additional posts of Women Confidential Assistant, four Assistant Wireless Technicians, eleven Coolies, and one Cook Class II. The new post of Assistant Photographer is provided for, together with three new posts of Assistant Armourer Attendant, Fitter and Armourer.

The total increase in Personal Emoluments amounts to $1,540,310.

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As a result of a larger force, Recurrent Expenditure is inevitably higher. An additional $230,000 is required for clothing and Accoutrements; $132,000 for Arms and Ammunition; $83,100 for Stores and Equipment; and $15,000 for Uniforms for Civilian Staff. An additional $400,000 is required for Passages for Deportees, Prisoners, etc., and an extra $230,000 for Special Services. provision for Police Reserve expenses is increased from

1,400 to $60,000 because the Police Reserve is being called upon increasingly to assist the regular Force. new items of interest are $8,500 for the Feeding and Maintenance of Police dogs and $5,000 for the Upkeep of Ranges. The extra $230,000 required for Fuel, Light and Power arises out of the provision of more stations and the abolition of free light and fuel for Police officers. Total Recurrent Expenditure for 1950/51 is $3,461,300 compared with $1,943,800 in the previous year.

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Special Expenditure items are self-explanatory but it will be observed that the total figure is less by $137,770 than in 1949/50.

The total expenditure on the Police Force has risen by nearly 25 per cent from $12,633,722 to $15,553,762.

Head 25A. Post Office.

Estimate 1950/51

Revised Estimate 1949/50 Approved Estimate 1949/50 Actual Expenditure 1948/49

$4,179,804

3,215,428

3,664,958

2,932,582

A Cadet Officer has been transferred to the District Office, New Territories, and four Lift Operators to the Public Works Department, while one Wireless Inspector has been moved from the Telecommunications Branch. The only other change in establishment is a revised ratio of classes for Postmen. A small of $29,978 results in Personal Emoluments.

increase

The increase in Recurrent Expenditure of $520,900 is almost entirely accounted for by an extra $500,000 for the Conveyance of Mails and $20,000 for Stores and Equipment.