187594-1932-Financial-Returns-for-the-year-1931 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 22, 1932.

319

FOR THE YEAR 1931.

DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1931.

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates,

1931.

Actual Expenditure

to 31st December, 1931.

Expenditure

for same period of preceding year.

TREASURY.

Increase.

Decrease.

C.

C.

4.

C.

H. E. the Governor

155,890

170,605.97

Cadet Service

566,221

636,078.97

150,450.32 517,813.61

20,155.65 118,265.36

Senior Clerical and Ac-

counting Staff

334,113

341,045.84

323,756.12

Junior Clerical Service

916,050

871,431.71

860,645.52

17,289.72 10,786.19

Colonial Secretary's Office

and Legislature

60,625

68,228.05

68,438.19

210.14

Secretariat for Chinese

Affairs

19,629

21,308.45

18,896.25

2,412.20

Treasury -

54,635

71,280.57

34,189.06

37,091.51

Audit Department

72,604

81,080.71

67,919.44

13,161.27

District Office, North

24,317

22,958.36

24,844.96

Do., South

12,349

11,041.82

13,752.61

1,886.60 2,710.79

Communications :--

(a) Post Office

408,405

406,215.36

353,689.84

52,525.52

(b) Do. Wireless

Telegraph Services-

149,961

148,677.96

129,997.69

18,680.27

THRO

Imports & Exports Office -

871,194

1,031,294.48

903,181.60

128,112.88

Harbour Department -

1,164.394

962,648.12

999,605.03

Do.

Air

Service

154,568

26,691.12

93,896.70

36,956.91

67,205.58

Royal Observatory-

71,012

74.137.85

54,133.40

20,004.45

Fire Brigade

326,479

305,016.77

315.431.08

10,414.31

Supreme Court -

173,354

185,316.02

173,796.86

11,519.16

Attorney General

47,226

50,632.92

47,400.55

3,232.37

Crown Solicitor's Office

50,322

55,252.64

47,911.93

7,340.71

Offical Receiver -

18,631

20,711.14

23,163.87

2,452.73

Land Office

36,754

42,163.90

38,368.71

3,795.19

Magistracy, Hong Kong

2.399

1,990.37

1,961.55

28.82

Do., Kowloon

2,190

1,892.66

2,085.55

192.89

Police Force-

2,710,962

2,768.161.31

2,569,664.42

198,496.89

Prisons Department

713,369

778.119.73

677,585.16

100,534.57

Medical Department

1,446,585

1,336.923.89

1,186,249.73

150,674.16

Sanitary Department

954,276

851,751.65 868,949.89

17,198.24

Botanical and Forestry

Department -

119,587

Education Department

116,683.84 1,739,708 1,797,557-94 1,662,169.33

120,191.99

3,508.15

45,388.61

Public Works Depart-

ment

2,038,928

2,306,678.48

2,033,300.08

273.378.40

Public Works, Recurrent-

1,536,150

1,581,926.75

1,564,118.43

17,808.32

Do., Extraordinary-

2,500,000

2,374,931.99

2,850,498.83

475,566.8+

Kowloon-Canton Railway

947,547

879,211.25

826,405.47

52,805.78

Defence :-

(a) Volunteer Defence

Corps

103,660

97,083.26

93,842.05

3,241.21

(6) Military Contribu-

tion

4,784,290

Miscellaneous Services

1,490.955

Charitable Services

142,295

Charge on Account of

Public Debt-

Pensions

4,932,598.36 2,211,125.69 174,585.90

1,638.230 1,894,290.79 1,588,117.82 1,228,000 1,541,441.41 1,080,821.99

3,863,769.31

1,068,829.05

1,733,444.10

477,681.59

135,186.50

39,399.40

306,172.97 460,619.42

TOTAL

29,787,855 31,160,774.00 28,119,645.54 3,659,431.64

618,303.18

Deduct

Net

618,303.18

$3,041,128.46

**