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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 1905.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Five million seven hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and seventy-six Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1906.

Short title.

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1906 has, apart from the contri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure, been estimated at the sum of Five million seven hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and seventy-six 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 Ordinance for 1906."

Appropriation

2. A sum uot excceding Five million seven hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and seventy-six Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the year 1906, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-

EXPENDITURE.

Charge on account of Public Debt,

185,000

Pensions,

236,294

Governor,

87,074

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature,

73,056

Registrar General's Department,

46.363

Audit Department,

16,298

Treasury,

60,271

Post Office,

417,118

Harbour Master's Department,

169,922

Harbour Office - Special Expenditure,

15,400

Observatory,

23,344

Judicial and Legal Departinents,

214,715

Police and Prison Departments,

731,895

Medical Departments,-

247,857

Sanitary Department, -

491,645

Botanical and Forestry Department.

47,677

Education,

188,851

Ecclesiastical,

3,800

Charitable Allowances,

5,420

Transport, -

10,000

Miscellaneous Services,

142,291

Military Expenditure,—

Volunteers,

Public Works,—

Public Works Department,

Public Works Recurrent,

Public Works, Extarordinary, viz. :

Buildings

Government Civil Hospital,

Extension

10

Staff

Quarters,

5,000

Harbour Office,

31,500

Law Courts.

160,000

Mong-kok-tsui Market,

5,000

Western Market,

33.000

Post Office,

160,000

Do., Shanghai,

10,000

Prison,

40,000

Public Latrines and Urinals,

12,000

School, Yaumati,

3,000

Tai Po, Quarters for Officers,

3,000

49,463

283,022

409,200

Carried forward,...$462,500 $ 4.155.476