Head of Expenditure
74. Public Works Non-Recurrent: Waterworks 75. Radio Hong Kong
Original Estimate $
Revised
Actual Estimate Expenditure
$
$
Excess or Saving on Original Estimate
$
%
354,140,000
312,630,000
295,536,444
58,603,556 16.5
34.
11,505,000
12,022,000
76. Rating and Valuation Department...
77. Registrar General's Department
78. Registration of Persons Department
79. Registry of Trade Unions
11,429,000
11,306,000
11,602,622 + 97,622 0.8 11,213,879
35. 1
215,121 1.9
10,894,000
12,248,000
5,070,000
597,000
80. Royal Observatory
81. Social Welfare Department
82. Subventions: Education
8,460,000
264,886,000
4,983,000 594,000 8,366,000 307,988,000
12,065,910 + 1,171,910 10.8
4,827,995
36. }
242,005
4.8
37. I
585,100
11,900
2.0
38.
8,195,501 294,764,330
264,499
3.1
39. I
+29,878,330 11.3
40. ]
797,010,000
744,694,000 721,267,656
75,742,344 9.5
41. ]
83. Subventions: Medical
188,435,000
188,604,000
167,025,229
21,409,771 11.4
42. I
84. Subventions: Miscellaneous
59,155,000
59,905,000
59,810,506 for
655,506
1.1
43. 1
85. Subventions: Social Welfare
47,650,000
47,450,000
45,707,996
1,942,004
4.1
44. J
86. Transport Department
14,082,000
12,168,000
11,850,683
2,231,317
15.8
45. I
87. Treasury
11,657,000
11,329,000
11,183,903
473,097 4.1
46. I
88. Universities and Polytechnic
290,807,000
315,321,000
310,202,599
+19,395,599 6.7
47.
89. Urban Services Department...
46,214,000
48,353,000
6,615,394,000
6,222,254,000
47,547,040 + 1,333,040
6,032,190,492 -583,203,508
2.9
48. I
49. I
50. N
51. N
53. N
54.
56. F
58. P
59. P
60. P
62. P
63. P
Supplementary provisions totalled $488,760,012 but only $372,320,743 was spent against these provisions.
9. Excesses and shortfalls on subheads are shown in the detailed statement of expenditure (Statement 4). The major variations from the estimates were:
'Personal Emoluments'
Expenditure on Personal Emoluments totalled $1,781,514,055, compared with the total provision in the estimates of $1,739,690,000; an excess of $41,824,055 (2.4%); which resulted in approximately 50% of depart- ments' Personal Emoluments subheads being exceeded. The excess would have been significantly larger had the actual strength of the public service not been substantially below the approved establishment throughout the year. The average monthly strength of the public service was in fact 7,351 below the approved establishment for 1st April, 1975 of 113,625. At the end of March, 1976 the actual strength of the public service was 105,274 compared with 104,818 at the end of March, 1975. The increase in expenditure was the result of a number of pay changes during the financial year 1975/76. In chronological order the major items were: (1) revision of salary scale with retrospective effect to September, 1974 for Health Auxiliaries and Student Health Auxiliaries in April, 1975; (2) revision of salary scale with retrospective effect to January, 1975 for Immigration Assistants in April, 1975; (3) regrading with retrospective effect to November, 1974 of Estate Caretakers and Head Estate Caretakers of Housing Department in April and May, 1975; (4) promotion-cum-reclassification with retrospec- tive effect to April, 1972 for professional staff in the Education Department in April, 1975; (5) regrading with retrospective effect to January, 1975 of Postmen in May, 1975; (6) re-organisation of the Engineering Section of the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force in August, 1975 and (7) grant of incremental credit for experience with retrospective effect to June, 1974 to nursing and allied grades of Medical and Health Department in February, 1976.
In the following table the original personal emoluments estimates are compared with actual expenditure:
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURE ON PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1975/76
64. P
65. P
66. P
67. P
68. P
75. R 76. R
77. R
78. R
79. R
80. R
81. S.
86. T
87. T
88. U
89. U
Head of Expenditure
21. H.E. The Governor's Establishment
22. Agriculture and Fisheries Department 23. Audit Department
24. Census and Statistics Department
25. Civil Aviation Department
26. Colonial Secretariat
27. Colonial Secretariat: London Office
28. Commerce and Industry Department
30. Defence: Auxiliary Medical Service
31. Defence: Civil Aid Services...
32. Defence: Essential Services Corps and Directorate
of Manpower
Original Estimate
$
Actual Expenditure $
Excess or Saving on Original Estimate
In the pared with
$
%
1,434,000
1,366,522
-
67,478
4.7
24,036,000
23,968,194
67,806
0.3
4,229,000
4,334,702
105,702
2.5
Expen
8,250,000
8,718,072
468,072
5.7
Expen
13,311,000
13,153,818
157,182
1.2
(a) Tc
42,729,000
43,629,174
900,174
2.1
(b) Tc
3,026,000
3,352,764
326,764
10.8
(c) Pe
40,879,000
40,841,349
37,651
0.1
(d) Tc
771,000 1,713,000
776,663 1,704,980
5,663 0.7
(e) Pe
290,000
172,977
117,023
8,020 0.5
40.4
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