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PART II — EXPLANATORY NOTES ON EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES

GENERAL

Actual expenditure

Approved estimate

Revised

Estimate

estimate

1965-66

1963-64

1964-65

1964-65

$

$

$

$

Personal Emoluments

403,491,251

460,248,900

488,558,000 547,701,300

Other Charges Annually Recurrent

333,418,859

392,485,010

411,290,000 471,984,340

Other Charges Special Expenditure

558,462,731

643,298,600

589,700,000 691,722,400

Total

1,295,372,841

1,496,032,510

1,489,548,000 1,711,408,040

The revised estimate of expenditure for 1964-65 is $6.5 million less than the approved estimate. In arriving at this figure, account has been taken of the supplementary provisions approved during the year to meet unforeseen expenditure. The following summarizes the more important amounts over and under the estimates on the various Heads of expenditure:

Amount in $M

Head

Under

Over

Colonial Secretariat and Legislature

0.8

Commerce and Industry

0.7

Defence: Miscellaneous Measures

10.9

Education

2.4

Fire Services

0.5

Kowloon-Canton Railway

0.6

Marine

Medical and Health

Miscellaneous Services

New Territories Administration

Pensions

Police Force: Hong Kong Police

Prisons

Public Works Department

1.6

2.1

3.2

0.6

1.2

7.2.

0.8

1.3

Urban Council

Public Works Recurrent

Public Works Non-Recurrent

Resettlement

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

Stores

Subventions:

Education

Urban Services Department and

World Refugee Year Schemes

1.7

62.9

1.3

0.5

3.1

15.5

0.6

1.4

The Expenditure Estimates for 1965-66 are generally presented in the same form as those for preceding years, except that consequent upon the combination of the Departments of Agriculture and Forestry with Co-operative Development and Fisheries, there is now a single Head for the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. There is a further change in that the single Head of Public Works Non-Recurrent has been broken down into four Heads corresponding to the three major sub-departments of the Public Works Depart- ment that is Buildings, Civil Engineering, and Waterworks, with a fourth Head for Public Works Department— Headquarters for expenditure not directly related to the activities of these three sub-departments. In the presentation of the Personal Emoluments Estimates for each Department separate provision is not now made for each item in the subhead for staff. The financial provision is for Personal Emoluments as a whole with separate provision for allowances only.

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