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Head 17.-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

Approved Estimate, 1940-41.

Estimate, 1941-1942.

Head 17.-MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES

Sub-heads:-

1 Bonuses for Examinations

2 Bungalows Committee, Caretakers

3 Crown Agents' Commission

$

$

$

€

9,000

6,000 (1)

450

360

26,000

20,000

(1)

4 Extra Clerical Assistance

1,500

1,500

5 Entertainment of Distinguished Visitors

1,000

(2)

Grants in aid of Institutions :—

6 Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies (£170)|

7 Boy Scouts Association

2,766

2,766

2,000

2,000

8 British Empire Leprosy Relief Association (£50)

814

814

9 Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases, London,

(£300)

4,882

4,882

10 Colonial Medical Fund (£70)

1,139

1,139

11 District Watchmen Fund

100

100

12 Girl Guides Association

800

800

13 Imperial Agricultural Bureaux and Farnham House,

(£174).

2,831

2,831

14 Imperial Economic and Imperial Shipping Commit-

tees, (£129).....

2,099

212

(3)

15 Imperial Institute of Entomology, London, (£50)

814

814

16 Imperial Institute, (£600)

9,763

9,763

17 League of Nations Health Organisation Eastern

Bureau (£250)

4,068

4.068

18 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,

(£100)....

1,628

1,628

19 New Territories Agricultural Association.............

2,000

2,000

20 Royal Asiatic Society, (£10).

163

163

21 School of Oriental and African Studies, London Uni-

verity (£350)

5,695

5,695

22 Seamen's Hospital Society (£20)

326

326

23 Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Houg

Kong

2,500

2,500

24 University of Hong Kong

350,000

455,000

(4)

25 Victoria League (£50)

814

814

26 Yunnan Scholarships at University

2,240

2,240

Colonial Empire Marketing Board (£100)

1,628

(5)

Hong Kong Travel Association.....

15,000

(6)

Carried forward

451,020

529,415

(1) Considered sufficient.

(2) Considered necessary.

(3) Temporarily reduced to 10% of normal annual

contribution.

(4) Provision made for grant to be increased by $105,000. This includes $5,000 for training of medical students at Victoria Mortuary.

(5) Temporarily suspended owing to the War. (6) Association's activities temporarily suspended.