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HOMBRONG ESTIMATES-

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.

Approved Estimate, 1920.

Estimate, 1921.

10.—MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES.

Bathing Places, North Point and Kennedy Town,......

2,700

2,700

Bonuses for Interpreters and Translators,

1,050

1,050

Bungalows Committee, Caretakers,.....

240

240

Coal for Offices,

2,500

2,500

Crown Agents' Commission,

2,500

2,500

Government Launches :-

Allowance to Police Sergeant as Coaling Officer,

240

Allowance to Chinese Police Sergeant acting as Interpreter,

48

(1)

5 Coolies, 1 at $144, and 4 at $132 each,

672

(2)

Conveyance Allowance to Coaling Officer,.... Gear, Porterage, &c.,

180

(1)

900

Slipway at Yaumati,

500

} (2)

Grants in aid of Scientific Institutions :—

Cancer Research Fund, (£30),..............

200

180

(3)

Imperial Bureau of Entomology, London, (£300),.

333

1,800

(4)

Imperial Bureau of Mycology, London, (£75),

500

450

London School of Tropical Medicine, (£100),

667

600

(3)

Tropical Diseases Research Fund, (£100),

333

600

(4)

Tropical Diseases Bureau, Loudon, (£100),

667

600

(8)

Grants in aid of other Institutions :—

City Hall,

1,200

1,200

District Watchmen's Fund,

2,000

2,000

Imperial Institute, (£125),

833

750

School of Oriental Studies, London Institution, (£30), Seamen's Hospital Society,

200

180

(3)

200

200

Society of Comparative Legislation, London, (£1. 18.),

7

6

University of Hongkong, Maintenance of Professorships,...

10,000

University of Hongkong, Engineering Faculty,..... University of Hongkong, Yunnan Scholarship Fund, University of Hongkong,

10,000

1,000

(5)

200,000

Language Bonuses,

600

Language Study Allowances,.

720

600 3,500

(6)

Government Buildings:-

3 6th Grade Telephone Clerks, ($360 to $420 by $60

annually),

819

•

3 Lift Attendants, 1 at $180, and 2 at $168 each,

516

1 Fireman for heating apparatus,

180

4 Coolies for General Cleansing, 1 at $144, and 3′ at $120

each,

(7)

504

Electric Fans and Light,

6,000

Lifts Maintenance,..

900

(1) Allowances abolished.

(2) Under Harbour Department.

(3) Higher exchange.

(4) Increased graut.

Carried forward,

49,909

221,656

(5) Inclusive vote. Increase considered necessary,

(6) 4 Unpassed Cadets.

(7) Under Public Works Department.