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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 12, 1940.

589

TREASURY.

DITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST JANUARY, 1940.

Expenditure from

Heads of Expenditure.

Estimates 1940-41.

1st to 31st January, 1940.

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

Actual Expenditure

to 1940,

Expenditure for same period of preceding

year.

C.

C.

H. E. the Governor

218,528

12.827.44

13,613.12

Colonial Secretary's Office

and Legislature

682,818

46.140.39

38,262.82

Audit Department

149,332

8,998.30

12,165.05

Botanical & Forestry Dept...

196,466

7.940.06

8,753.86

Charitable Services

797,579

40.521.06

189.451.57

Defence:--

(a) Volunteer Defence

Corps

329,167

16.460.97

5,473.97

(b) Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force...

65,303

909.45

3,162.40

(e) Air Raid Precautions

1,111,627

7,903.40

3,546.66

(d) Defence Contribution

7,500,000

500,000.00

500,000.00

(e) Special War Expen-

diture

1,000,000

89,934.96

District Office, North

95,012

5,722.72

5,428.30

Do., South

57.315

3,042.86

3,624.68

Education Department

2,969,517

144,918.44

140,615.22

Fire Brigade

425,295

18,060.63

18.340.00

Harbour Department and

Air Services :-

(a) Harbour Department

1,802,312

71.202.66

69,181.36

(b) Air Services.

143,968

6,744.85

6,142.40

Imports & Exports Office

628,594

52,669.64

35,584.55

Judiciary: --

(a) Supreme Court

291,610

16.734.83

18,268.50

(b) Magistracy, (Hong

Kong)

107,498

5,003.90

0,226.97

(c) Do.,

(Kowloon)

79,316

5,018.26

1,928.42

Kowloon-Canton Railway...

852,896

60,652.75

31,500.05

Legal Departments

330,160

19.487.82

29,054.88

Medical Department

3,635,709

165,031.14

168,181,55

Miscellaneous Services

2,862,445 274,616.86

264,082.52

Pensions

3,620,000

247,267.29

266.464.54

Police Force

4,620.397

260,986.69

253,075.57

Post Office, Wireless and

Broadcasting:-

(a) Post Office

1,245,203

57,339.00

104,070.01

() Wireless

749,422

28,000.45

21,878.49

(c) Broadcasting

127,850

4,132.75

8,092.70

Prison Department

1,220,972

68.883.88

63,150.32

Public Debt

1,595,391

196.000.00

205,800.00

Public Works Department

and Water Works:-

(a) Public Works Dept...

2.384,105

147,212.51

115,622.21

(b) Water Works

393,568

99,576.94

21,519.12

Public Works Recurrent :

(a) General

1,737,450

53,508.80

10.661.61

(b) Water Works.

1,245,501

12,311.98

19,115.09

Royal Observatory..

162.954

9,116.67

7,101.46

Sanitary Department....

1,552,224

83,055.81

76,761.75

Secretariat

for

Chinese

Affairs & Labour Office:--

(a) Secretariat for

(b) Labour Office

Chinese Affairs

Stores Department

178,227

12,720.63

92,431

3,731.10

14,630.80

448,894

Treasury, etc.

352,042

199,246.07 21,115.57

102,847.35

19,985 94

47,558,628

Public Works Extraordinary

Fisheries Research Station

TOTAL.

$

3,583,550 160,000

51,302.178

3,014,82162 9,979.86

2.966,371.90

27,759.30

3,024,80148

2,994,131.20

C.

ERIC W. PUDNEY, Acting Accountant-General.

C.