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Head 32.-WAR EXPENDITURE

WAR EXPENDITURE,-Continued.

Approved Estimate, 1940-41.

Estimate, 1941-1942.

69

B. EXTRAORDINARY LOCAL DEFENCE.

Sub-heads :- 1 Naval

2 Military 3 Civil

Total B.-Extraordinary Local Defence

C. CONTRIBUTION TO IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT.

Sub-heads :-

1 Admiralty

2 War Department

3 Cash

Total C.-Contribution to Imperial Government

D. CENSORSHIP AND ECONOMIC WARFARE.

Sub-heads :-

1 Personal Emoluments

Other Charges.

2 Alterations and Additional Accommodation

3 Coal and Stores

4 Furniture

5 Incidental Expenses

6 Light and Power

7 Printing and Stationery

8 Rent of Offices

9 Rent of Public Telephones

10 Telegrams

11 Travelling Allowances...

Total Other Charges

Total D.-Censorship & Economic Warfare!

Personal Emoluments.

Details of the foregoing.

$

883,867 (1)

494,091

(2)

4,000,000

(3)

5,377,958

:

:

¡4,700,000

(4)

520,000

(5)

5,220,000

NUMBERS

1940-41 1941-42

Censorship

1

| Chief Censor

1

I

:

:

:

1

1

1

Chief Postal Censor, †(£1,100 to £1,300 by £50

annually)

Deputy Postal Censor, Cadet Officer, Class II† (£525 to £1,400 by 3 of £50, 1 of £75, 1 of £100 and 11 of £50).....

Assistant Censor, †(£500 to £950 by 5 of £30, 2 of

£60 and 6 of £30 annually) Assistant Censor, (Chinese), †(£500 to £950 by 5 of £30, 2 of £60 and 6 of £30 annually) Assistant Censor, (Chinese), ($1,800 to $1,950 by $150, then $2,250 to $3,000 by $150, and then $3,200 to $6,000 by $200 annually)

Junior Clerical Service :-

Class IV, ($1,500 to $1,800 by $100 annually).

1 Chief Cable Censor, at $9,000

Assistant Cable Censor, at $6,600

:

527,520

10.000

15,000

5,000

2,500

8,000

16,000

70,000 (6)

3,500

(7)

2,500

1,800

134,300

661,820

20,800 (9)

16,146

15,200

(9)

15,200 (9)

4,133 (9)

3,550

9,000

(10)

1

2

Cable and Postal Censors, at $6,300

16

Do..

at $5,400

17

Do.,

at $3,600

6

Do.,

at $2,880

72

12422

По-т

at $2,520

Do.,

Do.,

Do.,

(1) To

Do.,

Carried forward

at $2,400

at $2,100

at $1,800

at $1,200

cover pay and allowances of mobilized members of the H.K.N.V.F.; includes $43,867 transferred from Head 6B, H.K.N.V.F.

(2) Transferred from Head 6A, Volunteer Defence

Corps.

(3) To cover cost of protection for civil population

against air attack.

(4) To cover cost of building vessels for Admiralty.

6,600

12,600.

86,400

61,200

17,280

10,080

4,800

8,400

129,600

2,400

423,389

(5) To cover cost of building vessels for War De-

partment.

(6) Rent of offices for departments displaced from

Post Office Building.

(7) Rent of telephones for departments displaced from

Post Office Building.

(8) Honorary.

(9) Seconded from Education Department. (10) Seconded from other departments.