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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 235.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 17th October, 1916:-

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1917.

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1917 Kas, 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 Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five 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 1917".

2. A sum not exceeding Eight million six hundred and five thousand one hundred and five Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1917 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-

EXPENDITURE.

$

Governor,

85,011

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,

79,169

Do..

Special Expenditure, -

1,150

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

57,345

Audit Department,

35,294

Treasury,

67,460

Harbour Master's Department,

189,454

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

740

Imports and Exports Department,

977,999

Royal Observatory,

22,750

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

6,100

Miscellaneous Services,

714,213

Judicial and Legal Departments, Police and Prison Departments,

272,478

-

1,000,361

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

134

Medical Department,

264,030

Sanitary Department,

381,899

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

39,000

Botanical and Forestry Department,

51,838

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

650

Education,

338,011

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

1,900

Military Expenditure,-

Volunteers,

Public Works,—

70,152

Public Works Department,

464,981

Public Works, Recurrent,

589,200

Public Works, Extraordinary,

1,545,400

Post Office,

438,350

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

400

Kowloon-Canton Railway,-

Working Expenses,

366,381

Pensions,

Special Expenditure,

Charitable Services,

158,896

340,700

44,159

Total,

8,605,105