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FOR THE YEAR 1937.

EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1937.

Expenditure

Estimates,

Heads of Expenditure.

1937.

Actual Expenditure to 31st December,

for same

1937.

period of preceding year.

C.

TREASURY.

Increase.

Decrease.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

196,786

194,814.98

148,206.83

+6,608.15

Colonial Secretary's Office

and Legislature

347-553

297,082.33

298,056.67

974 34

Secretariat for Chinese

Affairs

166,682

130,757.37

139.948.00

9,190.63

Treasury -

292,474

301,692.79

249,412.48

52,280.31

Audit Department

124,473

121,973.02

103,475.36

18,497.66

District Office, North -

90,742

75,107.19

76,712.39

1,605.20

Do.,

South -

55,213

48,189.50

48,207.58

18.08

Communications :--

(a) Post Office

819,432

787,736.06

497,480.28

290,275.78

(4) Do. Wireless

Telegraph Services-

183,956

181.934.17

Imports & Exports Office -

162,473.44

19,460.73

486,782

458,006.78

428,609.81

29,396.97

Harbour Department

1,136,235

1,035,967.77

1,071,595-55

35,627.78

Do.

Air

Service

70,148

51,930.16

4,303.58

10,626.58

Royal Observatory-

85,635

83.970.09

71,416.7

12,553-92

Fire Brigade

31,797

328,892.56

293,162.54

35.730.02

Supreme Court -

260,412

234.819.59

227,937.26

6.882.33

Attorney General's Office

78,065

79,864.88

66,665.52

13,199.36

Crown Solicitor's Office

63,000

57,718.06

44,532.29

13.185.77

Official Receiver's Office ·

25,745

21,270.10

24.884.40

3.514.30

Land Office

65.930

67.992.54

51,649.56

16,342.98

Magistracy, Hong Kong

71,886

74.494.80

62,112.57

Do., Kowloon

12,382.23

70.002

51,766.36

56,870.92

5,104.56

Police Force-

3,288,226

3,109,696.18

2,830,635.56

279.060.62

Prisons Department

1,018,559 1,021.593-04

884,851.02

136,"+2.02

Medical Department

2,140,665

2,018,137.4+

1,584,327.25

433.810.19

Sanitary Department -

1,081,939

1,009,439.35

929,189.28

80,250.07

Botanical and Forestry

Department -

141,189

132,193.47

125.355.53

6,837.94

Education Department

2,138,140

2,034,562.00

1,861,899.93

172,662.07

Kowloon-Canton Railway

766,300

831,129.04

726,173.59

104.955.45

Defence:-

(a) Volunteer Defence

Corps

158,369

153,373.62

(6) Naval Volunteer

137.797.79

15,665.83

Force-

42,914

(c) Military Contribu-

tion

5,379,660

Miscellaneous Services

39,220.86

5,586,415.34 4,281,239.94

32,296.18

6,924.68

1,305,175.40

1,632,830

1,628,719.69

1,485,702.98

143,016.71

Charitable Services

182,927

214,920.04

183,635.87

31.284.17

Charge on

Account of

Public Debt-

Pensions -

1,371,231 1,371,230.98 2,200,000 2,559,809.79

1,390,831.00

19,600.02

2,287,745.64 272,064.15

Public Works Depart-

ment

Public Works, Recurrent-

2,584.733 2,436,112.31 2,245.004.29 1,486,500 1,768,369.96 1,309,311.51 459,058.45

30,617,130 30,600,924.21 26,460,620.56

Do., Extraordinary 1,642,030 1,510,298.07 3,052,899.52

191,108.02

TOTAL

4,216,038.56

75.734-91

1,542,601.45

32,259,160

32,111,222.28 29,513,520.08 4,216,038.56 1,618,336.36

Deduct

1,618,336.36

Nett

J

$2,597,702.20

T. BLACK, Accountant-General.