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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 253. The following Bill was read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 11th October, 1917:-

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Eight million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1918.

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1918 has, 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 three hundred and sixty-eight thousand uine hundred and ten Dollars :

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Comïïeil thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Ordinance for 1918 ".

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Appropriation

2. A sum not exceeding Eight million three hundred and sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and ten Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1918 and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :--

EXPENDITURE.

Governor,

84,088

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,

$1,072

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

650

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

57,487

Audit Department,

36,581

Treasury,

67,622

Harbour Master's Department,

200,316

Do..

Special Expenditure, -

500

Imports and Exports Department,

850,627

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

300

Royal Observatory,

23.252

Miscellaneous Services,

446,700

Judicial and Legal Departments,

268,138

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

- 180

Police and Prison Departments,

1.032,734

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

700

Medical Department,

276.397

Sanitary Department,

398,466

Do.,

Special Expenditure,

3,000

Botanical and Forestry Department,

52,564

Education,

376,052

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

4,850

Military Expenditure,--

Defence Corps,

97,448

Public Works,—

Public Works Department,

471,612

Do.,

Special Expenditure, -

280

Public Works, Recurrent,

608,700

Public Works, Extraordinary,

1,685,800

Post Office,

397,354

Kowloon-Cauton Railway,—

Working Expenses,

392,335

Pensions,

Special Expenditure,

Charitable Services,

76,885

334,630

42,590

Total,

8,368,910