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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 JANUARY, 1835.
will do the same. I have no doubt that we shall be successful; for by the later Parlia- mentary Papers issued on this subject, I find that the original vote for the armament of the Forts at Hongkeng has been already doubled. There is also the subjoined paragraph in an Official letter from the War Office to the Treasury, dated November 1st, 1884;
"At the time the carlier Parliamentary Estimate was framed, it was intended to provide "wrought iron guns as possessing sufficient power for the work they would be likely to be "called upon to perform. The armaments of the Forts, however, are required to resist the "present power of foreign ships which may attack them, and consequently must be of a more "formidable nature than was at first contemplated; therefore, some of the guns have been "chosen from the latest pattern of breech-loading Ordnance; which has greatly increased "the cost."
Once more, Honourable Gentlemen, in the name of the QUEEN, I thank you for this vote. REVISED ESTIMATES, 1885.-The Colonial Secretary laid on the table the revised Estimates for 1885, and made the following statement in connexion therewith :-
The Estimates of Revenue for 1885, which were originally have been carefully revised and additions shewn in the annexed Schedule have
•been made to the amount of...
.$1,212,188
9,050
$1,221,238
whilst on the other hand the reductions also shewn in the Schedule have been effected to the amount of
$3,680
The total of the revised Estimates of Revenue for 1885 are therefore .........$1,137,558
The Estimates of Expenditure for 1885 were originally..
additions have had to be made to the sum of.....
.$1,150,801 ·
26,880
as shewn in the Schedule A.
$1,177,681
Whilst reductions on the other hand have been effected as shewn in the Schedule B to the extent of........
84,700
$1,092,981 45,577
The revised Estimate of Expenditure for 1885 amounts to
The excess of estimated Revenue over Expenditure during the year is therefore,
SCHEDULE showing various items of increases and decreases from the Original Estimates of Expenditure for the year 1885.
(A.)
Increases.
(B.)
Decreases.
Registrar General's Establishments,
$1,680.00
Ecclesiastical.-Grant for a Roman Catholic
Chaplain in the Gaol and Civil Hospital,
720.00
Colonial Secretary.-Passed Cadet,................................. Treasury.-Opium Revenue Department to beĮ abolished, 10 months salaries,... §
1,800.00
6,900.00
Medical.-Care-taker of the Mortuary,
120.00
Government Gardens and Plantations.--Troe
Planting, to be reduced by
4,000.00
Police. Increase of Salaries,
5,500.00
PUBLIC WORKS:
Gaol.-Increase to Salary of Hospital Warden,......
60.00
Grant to the City Hall,..
1,200.00 ·
PUBLIC WORKS :-
New Central School (to be paid out of balances), 50,000.00
Draining of Wongneichong, to be reduced by 20,000.00
Widening Kennedy Road, to be struck out,
2,000.00
Civil Hospital Extension, re-vote,
3,300.00
$84,700.00
Do.
further vote for additional story)
and extension of separate
$,000.00
Deduct,......
26,880.00
buildings,
Repairs to Public Buildings, increase,
2,000.00
Nett decrease,
..$57,820.00
Police Station Kunghòm, extension of,
3,300,00
Police Boat Basin, re-vote,
1,000.00
$26,880.00
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