476217-1938-Comparative-Statement-of-Revenue-and-Expenditure-for-the-period-ended-31st-March-1938 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 20, 1938.

393

TREASURY.

DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1938.

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates

1938.

Expenditure from 1st to 31st March, 1938.

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

Actual Expenditure

to 31st March, 1938.

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

A

C.

C.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

181,897

14,229.72

16,205.72

43,277.18

41,960.23

Colonial Secretary's Office

and Legislature

308,038

22,168.90

23,135.16

70,041,95

72,188.40

Secretariat

for

Chinese

Affairs

146,094

11,053.91

13,798.88

31,038.63

35,646.65

Treasury

322,901

25,512.66

24,733.31

75,890.08

68,398.86

Audit Department

125,443

8,841.57

8,442.71

26,530.17

29,382.99

District Office, North

75,788

5,990.82

5,938.52

18,136.89

20,893.71

Do.,

South

53,506

4,556.36

4,472.35

12,887.59

12,160.55

Communications:-

(a) Post Office.

820,546

37,119.39

113,495.23

149,632.11

209,375.24

(b) Radio Traffic Office..

183,065

8,300.52

16,035.40

31,749.91

41,417.73

(c) Wireless.

279,929

22,330.87

54,963.23

Imports

and

Exports

Office

496,314

43,024.51

35,906,86

111,439.67

107,369.52

(a) Harbour Department

1,314,654

120,908.66

63,955.91

261.105.32

199,725.51

(b) Air Service

120,271

16,390.38

3,541.72

24,852.63

10.030.80

Royal Observatory

94,003

6,947.95

5,988.07

21,158.13

19,802.90

Fire Brigade...

378,786

20,002.09

22,773.22

61,774.31

91,387.10

Supreme Court...

237,906

29,429.42

25,781.74

67,213.25

63,633.31

Attorney General's Office..

88,043

6,618.07

6,240.61

18,214.17

18,739.94

Crown Solicitor's Office

66,945

5,275.69

4,116.54

15,746.06

11,318.41

Official Receiver's Office...

25,849

2,916.24

1,470.90

6,972.53

6,249.42

Land Office

74,011

7,312.33

5,292.15

18,276.09

14,904.85

Magistracy, Hong Kong...

74,280

8,218.66

5,973.42

23,644.42

17,350.41

Do., Kowloon

51,457

4,983.28

3,440.42

19,831.35

11,503.16

Police Force

3,307,395

307,538.42

263,888.61

$15,436.15

761,376.35

Prisons Department...

983,622

74,091.58

76,322.65

233,575.43

211,531.84

Medical Department

2,177,835

221,951.65

167,549.57

568,873.19

436,186.01

Sanitary Department

1,123,136

87,322.33

83,764.87

247,874,97

241,114.95

Botanical and Forestry

Department

139,579

11,157.80

9,534.96

32,022.29

27,276.93

Education Department

2,276,736

175,760.05

384,789.29

746,476.59

657,880.48

Kowloon-Canton Railway..

832,346

86,428.51

67,548.02

257,510.07

178,898.43

Defence:-

(a) Volunteer

Defence

Corps

161,932

20,882.04

12,932.43

42,567.38

(b) Naval

35,980.30

Volunteer

Force

49,164

3,958.70

(c) Military

Contribu-

tion

5,689,578

435,482.58

1,792.67

417,319.58

10.939.45

8,536.70

1,306,447.74

1,251,958.74

(d) Air Raid Precau-

tions

50,000

2,878.16

3,950.80

Miscellaneous Services

1,752,435 | Cr. 30,415.83 | Cr. 88,064.25

415,424.08

287,883.40

Charitable Services

214,774

17,433.47

13,868.25

181,249 92

Charge on Account of

24,420.79

Public Debt .

1,351,631

312,360.00

322,160.00

Pensions

Public Works Department.

Do., Recurrent..

2,500,000 206,137.98 2,371,510 175,015.27 196,976.43 1,600,200 121,208.48 113,791.87

291,178.49

695,054.06

698,145.54

513,129.81 249,268.23 218,142.57

575,484.42

32,101,699

Do., Extraordinary. 1,277,850

2,348,323.19

81,057.06

2,423,932.28 7,797,130.83 7,040,417.14

220,578.82 153,171.74 381,231.15

TOTAL.........$ 33,379,549

2,429,380.25

2,644,511.10 | 7,950,302.57 7,421,648.29

T. BLACK, Accountant-General.