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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 6, 1937. 615

TREASURY.

DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31st MAY, 1937.

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates

1937.

Expenditure from 1st to 31st

May, 1937.

Expenditure

for same period of preceding year.

Actual Expenditure to 31st May, 1937.

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

C.

$$$$

C.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

196,786

10,073.47

11,788.11

63,356.17

56,312.67

Colonial Secretary's Office

and Legislature

347,553

24,843.58

22,317.94

121,300.68

118,756.93

Secretariat

for

Chinese

Affairs

166,682

9,793.04

11,432.99

56,505.50

55,475.29

Treasury

292,474

20,957.96

21,287.55

110,784,85

Audit Department

98,266.87

124,473

11,504.44

9,222.84

49,768.21

42,701.07

District Office, North

90,742

5,810.02

4,798.21

32,914.22

Do., South

25,788.25

55,213

4,421.27

3,739.64

20,988.20

17,310.05

Communications :—

(a) Post Office

819,432

42,192.30

45,845.44

288,110.34

(b) Do. Wireless

213,910.55

Telegraph Service.

183,956

14,575.20

14,285.38

70,561.57

67,560.96

Imports and Exports

Office

486,782

38,850.11

32,812.25

190,965.01 170,228.52

Harbour Department

1,136,235

114,565.20

106,720.36

393,315.12

462,041.04

Do.

Air

Service

70,148

3,708.30

3,740.88

17,340.03

18,290.14

Royal Observatory

85,635

6,640.48

5,240.91

33,232.43

27,046.90

Fire Brigade.....

311,797

24,037.13

35,120.16

137,246.94

Supreme Court..

115,401.67

260,412

19,515.74

20,044.25

103,683.90

Attorney General's Office..

96,997.31

78,065

6,238.60

5,286.08

31,276.04

26,107.73

Crown Solicitor's Office

63,000

4,775.29

3,529.03

20,307.40

16,572.78

Official Receiver's Office...

25,745

2,426,82

1,936.30

10,858.57

10,016.14

Land Office

65.920

5,572,88

3,969.26

25,873.04

20,343.89

Magistracy, Hong Kong...

71,886

5,729.12

4,902.56

28,911.68

Do., Kowloon

24,734.36

70,002

4,368.89

4,808.47

18,647.66

20,386.14

Police Force.

3,288,226

237,205.51

172,476.60

1,285,239.72

Prisons Department..

1,184,218.72

1,018,559

81,945.78

67,176.53

379,454.92

340,180.70

Medical Department

2,140,665

167,097.41

139,921.63

771,056.75

658,789.48

Sanitary Department

1,081,939

81,439.90

75,468.03

403,657.95

Botanical and Forestry

367,607.94

Department

141,189

12,768.71

10,190.50

54,179.15

47,655.21

Education Department

2,138,140

128,597.95

121,932.56

922,735.36

857,290.07

Kowloon-Canton Railway..

766,300

59,766.12

48,162.48

300,888.29

297,999.23

Defence :-

(a) Volunteer

Defence

Corps

158,369

12,467.25

12,147.33

62,862.38

(b) Naval

56,493.52

Volunteer

Force

42,914

1,498.35

1,449.68

12,974.27

9,822.76

(c) Military

Contribu-

tion

5,379,660

995,899.96

75,528.32

2,665,178.28

1,604,878.00

Miscellaneous Services

1,632,830

303,836.22

228,052.10

730,017.82

733,644.59

Charitable Services

182,927

7,477.72

4,235.17

148,473.08

23,662.98

Charge on Account of

Public Debt

1,371,231

322,160.00

331,960.00

Pensions

2,200,000

166,623.94

Public Works Department.

2,584,733

191,905.73

Do., Recurrent.......

1,486,500

89,527.67

192,238.72 170,933.71 81,440.50

1,105,545.33

950,155.88

949,720.22

922,205.54

445,084.48

343,287.35

30,617,130 2,918,658.06

Do., Extraordinary. 1,642,030 200,402.00

1,774,182.47 12,385,175.56 | 10,434,601.23

216,318.27 771,850,21 1,300,817.13

TOTAL......

32,259,160 3,119,060.06

1,990,500.74 13,157,025.77 | 11,735,418.36

S. CAINE,

Financial Secretary & Treasurer.