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No.

17 1917

HONGKONG.

QUARTERLY RETURN OF EXCESSES ON SUB-HEADS MET BY SAVINGS UNDER HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.

(For the 1st Quarter of 1917.)

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency

the Governor, April 19th, 1917.

Head and Sub-head of Service.

Amount.

$ c.

|

Explanation.

Sanitary Department, Special Expenditure, 10,000.00 Owing to outbreak of small-

Vaccination Campaign.

Imports and Exports Department, Other

Charges, Conveyance Allowance.

Medical Department, D.---Bacteriological In- stitute, &c., Other Charges, Investigation of Life, History of Ascaries Lumbricordes.

Imports and Exports Department, Other

Charges.

Sanitary Departinent, Special Expenditure,

Vaccination Campaign.

pox. Vote will be taken.

360.00 Allowance to Passed Cadlet attached to the Depart- ment for duty.

250.00 In order to carry out further experiments in the Bac- teriological Laboratory.

47.00 Rent of new quarters in- creased from $12 to $16. Former quarters burnt down by fire.

5,000.00 | Owing to outbreak of small-

Vote will be taken.

pox.

Miscellaneous Services, Contribution to Im- 652,631.58 For war purposes.

perial Government.

Miscellaneous Services, Language Study

Allowance.

Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong,

Other Charges, Conveyance Allowance.

Post Office, Other Charges, Repairs to Steam

Launches.

Public Works, Extraordinary, Hongkong, Buildings, Improvements to Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station.

Medical Department, B.-Hospitals and Asy- lums, Kennedy Town Hospital, Provisions, &c.

240.00 Under G. 0. 134 (6).

27.37 For doing extra work.

1,540.50 Bill not received until Jan-

uary, 1917.

3,360.73 Vote will be taken.

2,000.00 Under-estimated.

The pre- valence of small-pox accounts for the increased expenditure.

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