475665-1938-Comparative-Statement-of-Revenue-and-Expenditure-for-the-period-ended-31st-January-1938 — Page 2

THE HONG KUNG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 18, 1938.

DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST JANUARY, 1938.

Estimates

Heads of Expenditure.

1938.

Expenditure from 1st to 31st January, 1938.

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

181,897

14,020.13

12,864.60

Colonial Secretary's Office

Secretariat

and Legislature

for

308,038

21,802.02

23,128.29

Chinese

Affairs

146,094

10,306.48

11,693.46

Treasury

322,901

25,382.88

21.889.78

Audit Department

125,443

10,067.17

9,915.18

District Office, North

75,788

6,828.68

7,630.69

Do.,

South

53,506

3,707.55

3,503.63

Communications:

(a) Post Office

820,546

68,253.02

54,401.47

(b) Radio Traffic Office..

183,065

13,688.69

(c) Wireless

279,920

16,49101

13,404.11

Imports

and

Exports

Office

496,314

34,887.31

34,824.04

(a) Harbour Department

1,314,654

58,122.70

62,395.71

(b) Air Service

120,271

4,188.55

3,093,32

Royal Observatory

94,003

6,876.45

7,131.12

Fire Brigade...

378,786

18,830.56

45,864.31

Supreme Court....

237,906

18,816.76

18,326.64

Attorney General's Office..

88,043

6,998,99

6,249.62

Crown Solicitor's Office

66,945

5,218.66

3,985.29

Official Receiver's Office...

25,849

2,609.07

2,300.01

Land Office

74,011

6,367.50

5,039.66

Magistracy, Hong Kong...

74,380

7,749.79

5,718.13

Do., Kowloon

51,457

6,352.21

3,846.24

Police Force

3,307,395

237,790.26

244,504.71

Prisons Department..

983,622

80,500.26

67,204.22

Medical Department

2,177,835

147,935.02

137,009.16

Sanitary Department

1,123,136

76,386.74

78,128.41

Botanical and

Forestry

Department

139,579

9.004.41

7,122.24

Education Department

2,276,736

149,549.79

131,466.40

Kowloon-Canton Railway..

832,346

$1,097.77

55,645.57

Defence:-

(a) Volunteer Defence

Corps

161,932

11,403.68

5,702.51

(b) Naval

Volunteer

Force

49,164

3,005.34

3,318.05

(c) Military

Contribu-

tion

5,680,578

435,482.58

417,319.58

(d) Air Raid Precau-

tions

50,000

Miscellaneous Services

1,752,435

481.90 339,088.67

240,068.05

Charitable Services ..

214,774

143,185.32

7,425.55

Charge on Account of

Public Debt

Pensions

Public Works Department.

Do., Recurrent............

1,351,631

215,600.00

225,400.00 2,500,000

277,680.13 200,558.59 2,871,510 170,049.37 184,081.00 1,600,200 45,322.07 22,531.32

32,101,699 2,791,193.49

2,390,850.66

Do., Extraordinary. 1,277,850

26,105.62

36,348.41

TOTAL.....

€

33,379,549 2,817,299.11 2,427,199.07

163

TREASURY.

Actual Expenditure

to

1938.

Expenditure

for same period of preceding

year.

D. KELVIN-STARK,

Accountant-General.

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