475485-1938-Comparative-Statement-of-Revenue-and-Expenditure-for-the-period-ended-31st-December-1937 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 25, 1938.

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DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1937.

Expenditure

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates

1937.

Expenditure from 1st to 31st December,

for same period of preceding

1937.

year.

TREASURY.

Actual Expenditure

to 31st December, 1937.

Expenditure

for same period of preceding

year.

C.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

196,786

29,700.22

13,070.52

191,814.98

148,206.83

Colonial Secretary's Office

Secretariat

and Legislature

for

347,553

24,731.87

24,443.71

297,082.33

298,056.67

Chinese

Affairs

166,682

11,774.80

9,645.74

130,757.37

139,948.00

Treasury

292,474

26,128.21

24.411.40

301,692,79

249,412.48

Audit Department

124,473

8,517.40

9,357.26

121,973.02

103,475.36

District Office, North

90,742

5,018.38

8.070.45

75.107.19

76,712 39

Do., South

55,213

3,158.56

5,379.74

48,189.50

48,207,58

Communications :-

(a) Post Office

819,432

115,857,05

41,942 44

787,756.06

497,480.28

(b) Do. Wireless

Telegraph Service.

183,956

16,065.60

13,850.00

181,934.17 162,473.44

Imports and Exports

Office

486,782

35,889.80

26,783,38

Harbour Department

1,136,235

131,758.28

112,851,10

458,006.78 428,609.81 1,035,967.77

1,071,595.55

Do.

Air

Service

70,148

5,566.11

4,80130

51.930.16

41,303.58

Royal Observatory

85,635

8.250.84

7,37246

83,970.09

71,416.17

Fire Brigade..

311,797

37.311.19

30,446.17

328,892.56

293,162.54

Supreme Court..

260,412

14,324.97

19,306.41

234,819.59

227,937.26

Attorney General's Office..

78,065

6,898.29

5081.88

79,864.88

66,665.52

Crown Solicitor's Office

63,000

4,436.30

3,983.25

57,718.06

44,532.29

Official Receiver's Office...

25,745

2,138.80

2,289.60

21.270.10

24,884.40

Land Office

65,930

6,334.20

3,704.26

67,992.54

51,649.56

Magistracy, Hong Kong...

71,886

7,609.34

5,540.97

74.494 80

62,112.57

Do., Kowloon

70,002

6,817.80

4,308.57

51.766.36

56,870.92

Police Force.

3,288,226

268,096.78

263,871.62

3,109,696.18

2,830,635.56

Prisons Department..

1,018,559

95,594 98

Medical Department

2,140,665

172,123.64

94,156.46 136,719.41

1,021,593.04

884,851.02

2,018,137.44

1,584,327.25

Sanitary Department

1,081,939

95,421.68

83,788.68 1,009,439.35

929,189,28

Botanical and Forestry

Department

141,189

13,255.87

11,554.32

132,193.47

125.355.53

Education Department

2,138,140

173,154.74

162,493.15

2,034,562.00

1,861,899.93

Kowloon-Canton Railway..

766,300

105,564.69

64,936.69

831,129.04

720,173.59

Defence:

(a) Volunteer

Defence

Corps

158,369

25,535.29

21,264.15

153,373.62

137,707.79

(b) Naval

Volunteer

Force

42,914

13,315.37

11,389.98

39,220.86

32,296.18

(e) Military

Contribu-

tion

5,379,660

417,319.58

382,337.42

5,586,415.34

4,281,239.94

Miscellaneous Services

1,632.830

105,866.60

100,919.26

1,628,719.69

1,485,702.98

Charitable Services ....

182,927

38,928.11

5.065.95

214,920.04

183,635.87

Charge on Account of

Public Debt

Pensions

Public Works Department. Do., Recurrent...........

1,371,231 2,200,000 195,123.38 2,584,733 234,054.70 1,486,500 480,651.59

1,371,230.98 156,202.49 2,559,809.79 2,287,745.64 203,984.53 2,436.112.31 2,245,004.29 378,995.12 1,768,369.96 1,309,311.51

1,390,831.00

DO.,

30,617,130 2,942,295.01

Extraordinary. 1,642,030 254,378.15

2,454,919.84 30,600,924.21 26,460,620.56

414,078.93 1,510,298.07 3,052,899.52

TOTAL........

32,259,160

3,196,673.16

2,869,598.77 | 32,111,222.28 | 29,513,520.08

T. BLACK, Accountant-General,