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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 29, 1915.

HONGKONG.

No. 25 OF 1915.

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Nine million eighty-one thousand two hun- dred and nine Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1916.

I assent to this Ordinance.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Governor.

Short title.

[29th October, 1915.]

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1916 has, apart from the contri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure and Charges on account of Public Debt, been estimated at the sum of Nine million eighty-one thousand two hundred and nine Dollars:

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the " Appropriation Ordinance for 1916".

2. A sum not exceeding Nine million eighty-one thousand two hundred and nine Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1916 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :—

Governor,

EXPENDITURE.

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,

Do.,

Special Expenditure,-

85,873 500 86,951

250

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

57,452

Do., Audit Department,

Special Expenditure, -

100

34,146

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

100

Treasury,

66,006

Harbour Master's Department,

181,267

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

140,200

Imports and Exports Department,

967,774

Royal Observatory,

+

22,649

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

Miscellaneous Services,

Judicial and Legal Departments,

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

250 1,113,289 280,532 830

Police and Prison Departments,

977,459

Do., Medical Departmeut,

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

3,860

-

247,095

Special Expenditure, -

2,674

Sanitary Department, -

379,748

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

5,850

Botanical and Forestry Department,

49,216

Education,

357,782

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

2,300

Carried forward,

5,064,153

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