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1186 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907.

No. 622.-The following Bills were read a first time at a Meeting of the Council held on the 17th September, 1907 :——

Short title.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding Four million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars to the Public Service of the year 1908.

WHEREAS the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1908 has, apart from the contri- bution to the Imperial Government in aid of Military Expenditure, been estimated at the sum of Four million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three 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 Appropriation Ordinance for 1908.”

2. A sum not exceeding Four million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-three Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the revenue of the Colony for the service of the year 1908, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say :-

EXPENDITURE,

Governor,

77,124

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature, Registrar General's Department, -

71,621

38,691

Audit Department,

19,531

Treasury,

57,654

Post Office,

410,514

Harbour Master's Department,

158,655

Harbour Office,--Special Expenditure,

1,000

Observatory,

18,662

Miscellaneous Services,

204,655

Judicial and Legal Departments,

193,295

Police and Prison Departments,

699,138

Fire Brigade,-Special Expenditure,

51,000

Medical Departments,-

237,001

Sanitary Department,-

146,393

Botanical and Forestry Department,

48,773

Education,

200,026

Military Expenditure,-

Volunteers,

45,916

Public Works,-

Public Works Department,

268,126

Public Works, Recurrent,

437,500

Public Works, Extraordinary,

822,900

Charge on account of Public Debt,

275,013

Pensious,

196,000

Charitable Services,

13,765

Total,

* 4,992,953