CO129-623-8 Estimates of Expenditure- includes a report for the year ending March 1951 1-12-1949 - 31-3-1951 — Page 41

SAVINGRAM

To the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

From the Governor, Hong Kong.

Date.........

41

No.

Buildings &

Furniture

Lands not Leased

Public Utility

Royalties

Land Sales

2 -

Approved Estimates 1950/51

Proportionate Estimate for 1st half year

Actual so far recorded for 1st half year

$1,400,000

1,650,000

$ 700,000 825,000

7,530,000

3,285,000 1,375,000

1900

768,442

1,811,231

6,983,461

3,270,907.

Estimate 1950/51

4.

2,750,000

Particulars of the major heads of expenditure excluding Crown Agents' expenditure in August and September are as follows:-

Proportionate Estimate for 1st half year

Actual so far recorded for 1st half year

Civil Aviation Dept. Colonial Secretariat Commerce & Industry Education Department Fire Brigade

$1,136,379

$

568,190

356,450

1,177,833

588,917

559,824

1,236,167

618,084

528,292

5,443,781

2,721,891

2,120,305

1,382,027

691,014

540,215

H.K. Defence Force

1,741,283

870,642

327,494

Kowloon-Canton Railway 5,007,031

2,503,516

3,136,066

Marine Department

6,169,258

3,084,629

1,775,263

Medical Department

12,668,351

6,334,176

5,603,103

Miscellaneous Services 37,521,500

18,760,750

23,344,460

Pensions

7,870,000

3,935,000

2,848,440

Police Force

15,553,762

7,776,881

6,202,499

Post Office

5,574,456

2,787,228

1,866,331

Prisons Department

4,268,341

2,134,171

1,586,980

Public Debt

5,084,631

2,542,316

2,152,475

Public Works Department 5,434,368

2,717,184

2,113,537

Public Works Recurrent 16,633,000

8,316,500

5,501,380

Public Works Non-

Recurrent

Sanitary & Urban

Council

Stores Department

29,184,563

14,592,282

9,016,822

7,444,297

3,722,149

2,967,487

5,564,002

2,782,001

1,189,675

Subventions

5.

14,326,900

7,163,450

8,066,240.

Expenditure recorded locally against the Rehabilitation Loan up to the 30th of September, 1950, amounted to $115,852,841, of which $65,852,841 was met from surplus balances,

In my

(21) confidential despatch No. 120 of the 14th of November, 1950, I

have referred for your consideration proposals made, on the assumption that there will be a surplus on the year of proxi- mately $60,000,000, for the charging off to revenue of some $50,000,000 of the Rehabilitation expenditure which has been met from surplus balances. You will be aware from that despatch of the reasons for my estimate of the net revenue surplus for the year, and the arrangements which will be made, including provision for meeting the contribution towards the cost of reinforcing the garrison, which will probably have the effect of reducing the revenue surplus to a purely nominal sum, if