990 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH NOVEMBER, 1897.
No. 22 of 1897.
An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-three thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1898.
LS
WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[18th November, 1897.]
WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1898 has, apart from the contri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure, been estimated at the sum of Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-three thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Dollars: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. A sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-three thousand Seven hundred and Thirty Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1898, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :--
EXPENDITURE,
Charge on account of Public Debt, -
176,123
Pensions,
145,000
Governor and Legislature,
42,903
Colonial Secretary's Department,
27,267
Audit Department,
10,000
Treasury,
22,667
Public Works Department,
92,782
Post Office,
211,785
Registrar General's Department,
13,341
Harbour Master's Department,
62,813
Lighthouses,
15,770
Observatory,
12,876
Stamp Office,
3,617
Botanical and Afforestation Department,
18,509
Legal Departments,
73,930
Ecclesiastical,
2,200
Education,
76,403
Medical Departments,
108,133
Magistracy,
Police,
•
Sanitary Department,
19,562
300,252
105,018
Charitable Allowances,
Transport,
5,260
3,000
Miscellaneous Services,
173,103
Contribution towards Barrack Services,
Colonial Defences-Expenses of the Volunteers,
Contribution towards Defence Works,
40,000
12,000
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30,000
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Public Works, Recurrent,
199,000
AT KAVATE-PLANETE
Carried forward, $2,003,314
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