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Appendix II

(Chapter 1: Review of the Year)

Colonial Development and Welfare

Details of locally-administered Grants and Loans made by the United Kingdom Government towards schemes in progress during

1955.

Schemes No.

Title of Scheme

Estimated expenditure

Grant Loan

up to 31.12.55.

Research

R. 480A

Fisheries Research

£

£

£

Unit,

Hong Kong University: Capital expenditure

33,975

32,951

Recurrent expenditure

11,000

3,255

Development

D. 1435

Mechanization of fishing fleet

9,700

2,906

D. 1661A

(Original grant of £20,000 reduced in August, 1955) Survey party in connexion with the construction of piers in the New Territories

10,550

5,500

(Incorporated into D. 2539 in August, 1955)

D. 1952A

Irrigation in the New Terri-

38,750

11,607

D. 1967

D. 2061

tories

(Incorporated into D. 2539 in August, 1955) Loans to fishermen for

mechanization

(Interest free. Repayment of capital by annual instal- ments of £5,000 to start in 1958)

...

Site development for low- cost housing, Hung Hom (Grant of £125,000 reduced in August, 1955)

50,000

31,548

62,500

37,840

D. 2341

Site development for low- cost housing, Healthy

Village

25,000

5,914

D. 2487

Construction of

Pathology

Building, Hong Kong

University

80,781

12,650

(Approved in June, 1955.

Administered by Univer-

sity)

D. 2539

Development schemes in New

Territories

263,500

59,128

(Approved in August, 1955)

£535,756 50,000 203,299