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FOR THE YEAR 1940.

EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1941.

TREASURY.

Estimate

Heads of Expenditure.

Actual Expenditure from 1st January,

Expenditure

for

Increase.

Decrease.

1940-41.

1940 to 31st March, 1941.

preceding year.

C.

..

$

C.

H. E. the Governor

218,528

255,982.84

212,282.89

43,699.95

Colonial Secretary's Office and

Legislature-

682,818

571,235.92

604,710.84

Audit Department

149.332

137,035-75

140,651.86

33.474.92 3,616.11

Botanical & Forestry Dept.

196,466

209,397-42

178,460.20

Charitable Services

797,579 1,658,992.55

1,402,249.62

30,937.22 256,742.93

Defence :-

(a) Volunteer Defence Corps.

(b) H. K. Naval Volunteer Force

(c) Air Raid Precautions

(d) Defence Contribution

(e) Special War Expenditure

District Office, North

329,167

398,157.74

585,322.64

65,303

56,077.86

210,831.28

187,164.90 154,753.42

1,111,627

1,748,263.86

875.646.29

872,617.57

7,500,000 7,500,000.00

7,551,926.07

51,926.07

1,000,000

Do.,

South

95,042 57.315

88,151.18

95.226.60

7,075.42

59,159.05

54,580.40

4,578.65

Education Department

2,969,517

2,730,540.46

2,637,442.23

93,098.23

Fire Brigade

425,295

423,717.92

396,921.59

26,796.33

Harbour Dept. & Air Services:-

(a) Harbour Dept.

1,802,312

1,857,093.60

1,523,697.42

343,396.18

(b) Air Services

143,968

100,337.89

120,166.92

19,829.03

Imports & Exports Office

628,594

1,168,278.62

666,015.55

502,263.07

Judiciary :-

(a) Supreme Court-

291,610

272,054.92

277.576.70

5,521.78

(b) Magistracy, Hong Kong

107,498

91,831.09

90,196.51

1,634,58

(c)

Kowloon

"}

79,316

79,284,39

75,790.30

3,494.09

Medical Department

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Legal Departments

Miscellaneous Services

Pensions

Police Force-

852,896

938,025.63

940,066.+4

2,040.81

330,160

302,625.21

315.574.66

12,949.45

3,635,709 3.522,224.01

3,059,320.36

462,903.65

2,362,445

2,400,259.40 2,130,622.19 3,620,000 3,367,831.00 3,350,853-55 4,620,397 4,611,440.95 4,428,635.80

269,637.21

16,977-45

182,805.15

Post Office, Wireless and

Broadcasting

(a) Post Office

1,245,203

(») Wireless

979-533.61 1,071.777.84 749.422 536,804.85

92,244.23

412,572.94

124,231.91

(e) Broadcasting

127,350

112,191.21

97-479-35

Prison Department

1,220,972

1,166,598.61

1,133,242.43

Public Debt

1,595,391

1,801,716.00

1,624,791.00

14,711.86 33.355.18 176,925,00

Public Works Department &

Water Works:-

(a) Public Works Dept.

2,384,105

2,281,904.19

2,296,647.49

14,743.30

(b) Water Works

393,568

Public Works Recurrent :-

(a) General

(b) Water Works

Royal Observatory

Sanitary Department

1,552,224

374,633.91

1.737.450 1,783,898.95 1,488,132.18 1,245,501 1,531,993.17 1.369,955.34

162,954

136,260.80 1,530,095.43

371,462.41

3.171.50

295.766.77

162.037.83

138,051.66

1,790.86

1,453,846.50

76,248.93

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

and Labour Office :-

(a) Secretariat for Chinese

Affairs

178,227

201,958.29

206,783.38

Stores Department

(b) Labour Office

Treasury, etc.

Public Works Extraordinary

Fisheries Research Station

War Expenditure Immigration Department

92,431 448,894 1,123,366.68

59,750.46

54,925.37

1,607,228.85

483,862.17

352,042

354,393.67

315,171.30

39,222.37

47,558,628 48,533,099.09 45,511,911.58

4,092.179.98

1,070,992.47

3,583,550 3,190,403.56 1.978,078.03

1,212,325.53

160,000

17,171.16 12,865,346.97 1,874,653.71 | 10,990,693.26

181,536.16

181,536.16

17,171.16

TOTAL

-

51,302,178 64,787,556.94| 49,364,643.32

16,493,906.09

1,070,992.47

Deduct

$1,070,992.47

Nett

-

$15,422,913.62

ERIC W. PUDNEY,

Accountant-General.