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XXX SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1897.

STATEMENTS SHEWING COST OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE

COLONY DURING 1895 AND 1896.

QUESTION.—In view of Your Excellency having received several applications for an increase of salary from officers in the service of the Government and your proposal to refer these to a Committee for consideration and report, will the Government lay upon the table a statement shewing the total cost of or expenditure on the administration of the Government, including pensions, exchange compensation, and all other allowances, during the years 1895 and 1896 separately?

ANSWER.

DEPARTMENT.

Governor and Legislature,

Colonial Secretary,

Audit,

Treasury,

Public Works,

Post Office.........

Registrar General,

Harbour Master,

Lighthouses,

Observatory,

Stamp Office,..............

Botanical and Afforestation,

Legal,.

Ecclesiastical,

Education,

Medical,

་་་

Magistracy,

Police,........

Gaols,

Fire Brigade,.

Sanitary,

COST OF ADMINISTRATION DURING 1895 AND 1896.

Salaries.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.

Increase. Decrease. Personal Allowance. Increase.

Decrease.

1895.

1896.

$

1895.

1896.

38,875.9237,581.01

1,294.91

29,092.33 24,556.61

4,535,72 360.00

360.00

4,883.98 6,522.48 1,638,50

25,386.70 | 22,740.32

2,646.38 120,00

77,643.99 | 78,979.93

1,335.94

28,563,54 | 39,910.15 | 11,846.61

480.00

480.00

480.00

480.00

15,776.08 | 12,701.29

49,856.29 | 47,499.11

3,074.79 120,00

2.357.18

120.00

996.00

996.00

10,286.27 | 10,030.26

10,438.39 10,495.22

256.01

56.83

:

3,441.13 3,312.00

129.13

8,672.83 8,763.90

73,733.51 | 75,697,49

91.07

320.00

372,00

372.00

1,963.98

2,392.00

1,760.00

*

:

29,308.48 | 44,320,84 *15,012.36

46,877.9551,828.78 4,950.83

20,101.95 21,409.34 1,307.39

157,265,91 159,341,12 2,075.21

35,156.59 35,185.40 28.81

13,531.27 11,958.00

:

660.00

300.00

600.00

600.00

264.00

264.00

38,058.62 | 38,052.16

1,573.27

6.46

$ 716,951.73 740,885.41 39,807.53 15.873.85

7,164.00 5,732.00

:

:

:

;

:

:

:

120.00

:

320.00

632.00

360,00

1,432.00

* Of this increase, $12,667 is due to school fees no longer being appropriated in aid of Salaries, and the rest to Leave Salaries paid in Sterling,