HEAD 40 — INLAND REVENUE DEPARTMENT
275
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1967-68
1965-66
1966-67
1966-67
$
$
$
$
Personal Emoluments
6,086,944
7,176,600
7,289,000
8,153,200
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
313,300
266,500
279,000
664,500
Other Charges Special Expenditure
58,263
59,300
59,000
87,000
Total
6,458,507
7,502,400
7,627,000
8,904,700
The increase in Other Charges Annually Recurrent is mainly due to the additional sums provided for the necessary administration of new office accommodation.
Under Special Expenditure, funds are provided for additional accounting machines and office equipment to cope with the increasing volume of work.
HEAD 41 JUDICIARY
Actual expenditure
Approved
Revised
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1967-68
1965-66
1966-67
1966-67
$
$
$
Personal Emoluments
6,891,100
7,981,100
7,981,000
9,078,100
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
820,277
983,500
1,037,000
1,177,700
Other Charges Special Expenditure
118,347
126,000
130,000
81,700
Total
7,829,724
9,090,600
9,148,000
10,337,500
Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent, the overall increased provision reflects the expansion of the Judiciary and is due in the main to the separate housing of the Victoria District Court and the recently introduced Legal Aid Ordinance 1966 whereby financial assistance is made available to aid persons of limited means to engage lawyers in order to assure satisfactory legal representation.
HEAD 42 — KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY
Actual
Approved
Revised
expenditure
Estimate
estimate
estimate
1967-68
1965-66
1966-67
1966-67
$
$
Personal Emoluments
3,868,817
3,891,500
4,158,000
4,560,200
Other Charges Annually Recurrent
1,721,553
1,922,100
2,135,000
2,539,700
Other Charges Special Expenditure
1,773,314
2,420,400
3,164,000
2,532,900
Total
7,363,684
8,234,000
9,457,000
9,632,800
Under Other Charges Annually Recurrent the increased provision for 1967-68 reflects generally the higher cost of the operation and maintenance of the Railway following the large increase in goods traffic and special trains over recent years. In particular, increased provision for the maintenance of the permanent way and structures and of the rolling stock is made necessary by this expansion of activity. The cost of fuel and lubricants is also commensurately increased.
Under Special Expenditure provision is made for the continuance of the phased programme for the renewal of the permanent way and for improvement of facilities in stations.
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