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PART II - EXPLANATORY NOTES ON EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES

GENERAL

Actual

Approved

expenditure

estimate

1967-68 $

1968-69

Revised estimate 1968-69

Estimate

1969-70

Personal Emoluments

671,901,042

Other Charges Annually Recurrent

Other Charges Special Expenditure

632,791,106

461,329,892

743,238,600 783,534,000 852,360,700

734,559,610 753,236,000 816,748,430

487,554,800 393,824,000 449,086,700

Total

1,766,022,040

1,965,353,0.10 1,930,594,000 2,118,195,830

The revised estimate of expenditure for 1968-69 is $34.8 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 table summarizes the more important cases in which the revised estimate is under or over the original estimate on the various Heads of expenditure.

Amount in $M

Head

Under

Over

Defence: Miscellaneous Measures

4.8

Fire Services

1.8

Information Services

1.5

Inland Revenue

1.1

Medical and Health

2.5

Miscellaneous Services

1.7

Pensions

4.9

Police Force: Hong Kong Police

9.6

Police Force: Auxiliary Police

1.4

Post Office

12.3

Prisons

1.8

Public Works Department

2.1

Public Works Non-Recurrent :

Buildings

20.6

Public Works Non-Recurrent:

Civil Engineering

22.0

Public Works Non-Recurrent :

Waterworks

25.8

Resettlement

2.6

Secretariat for Home Affairs

22265

2.7

Stores

5.2

Subventions:

Medical

1.8

Urban Services Department and

Urban Council

4.4

The Expenditure Estimates for 1969-70 are generally presented in the same form as those for 1968-69. There is one new Head created to accommodate expenditure in connexion with the new Transport Department. The Head for Secretariat for Chinese Affairs : Public Enquiry Service has been deleted as this Department has been fully absorbed by the Secretariat for Home Affairs' Head under the City District Office scheme. The Subheads for Other Charges Annually Recurrent of the Public Works Department Head and the Head for Public Works Recurrent have been recast to give details of expenditure of each of the six major sub-departments of the Public Works Department with the aim of giving a clearer picture of the incidence of costs than the previous composite method of presentation.

The following table shows the relationship between Personal Emoluments, Other Charges Annually Recurrent and Special Expenditure for the four years ending 31st March, 1970 (including allowance for certain adjustments between recurrent and special expenditure) :-

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