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Head 2-AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES, AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Approved Estimate 1952-53
Estimate 1953-54
Personal Emoluments
Sub-heads
$
*A
$
$
$
1 Personal emoluments
1,101,157
877,447
Other Charges
2 Daily-rated staff
3 Entertainment expenses
462,000 500
435,000 (18)
500
4 Fuel, light, and power
11,000
9,000 (18)
5 Incidental expenses
5,000
3,500 (18)
6 Publications
6,000
4,000 (19)
7 Rewards
500
8 Rent of offices, quarters, and stations
2,500
500
2,500 (20)
9 Running expenses of vehicles
45,000
35,000 (18)
10 Stores and equipment
11 Subsistence allowances
12 Travelling expenses
13 Uniforms
14 Agricultural services.
15 Compost production
16 Feed for livestock
96,000
78,000 (18)
2,000
2,500 (21)
36,000
35,000 (18)
12,000
10,000 (18)
40,000
35,000 (19)
80,000
5,000 (22)
125,000
120,000 (23)
17 Maintenance of agricultural stations
25,000
65,000 (24) (25)
18 Maintenance of agricultural station buildings
10,000
15,000 (26)
19 Fisheries expenses
7,500 (27)
20 Fish fry expenses
85,000
85,000
21 Brushwood clearance
13,500
13,500
22 Christmas trees
5,000 (28)
23 Forestry lots in New Territories
14,000
20,000 (24)
24 Maintenance of forest areas
24,000
44,000|(25)
Alterations and additions to Government grounds
35,000
(4)
Maintenance of gardens and grounds
98,000
(4)
Maintenance of Kai Tak airport grounds
27,500
Upkeep of moving machines
5,000
(4)
Casual labour
40,000
(29)
Prevention and control of livestock diseases
5,000
(30)
Total Other Charges
1,305,500
1,030,500
Special Expenditure
25 Agricultural show
26 Purchase of livestock
27 Fisheries vessel
Agricultural experimental station Motor transport
Pool scheme for recreation grounds
20,000
35,000 (31)
20,000
20,000
16,000
50,000
21,000
102,000
Total Special Expenditure
Total Expenditure
213,000
2,619,657
71,000
1,978,947
(1) Title changed from Agricultural Assistant (2) Title changed from Fisheries Assistant (3) 1 new post
(4) Provided for under Sanitary Department and
Urban Council
(5) 2 Overseers in place of 2 Foremen Class I (6) 2 posts provided for under Sanitary Depart-
ment and Urban Council
(7) 1 post provided for under Sanitary Depart-
ment and Urban Council
(8) 1 post previously pensionable
(9) 2 new posts
(10) 5 new posts
(11) 3 new posts
(12) 4 new posts
(13) 6 new posts
(14) Staff now itemised
(15) 1 supernumerary post for 9 months
(16) Previously provided for under Temporary staff (17) Previously provided for under Miscellaneous
Services
(18) Provided for in part under Sanitary Depart-
ment and Urban Council
(19) Considered sufficient
(20) Title changed from Rent of agricultural and
forestry stations
(21) Previously underestimated (22) Title changed from
Activities reduced
(23) Previously overestimated (24) Activities expanded
Nightsoil disposal.
(25) Previously provided for in part under Casual
labour
(26) More maintenance
(27) Token vote
(28) Offset by revenue
(29) Provided for in part under Maintenance of agricultural stations and in part under Maintenance of forest areas
(30) Provided for under Maintenance of agricul-
tural stations
(31) Expenses of show previously underestimated
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