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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT

and ultimately the problem of finding the means to finance new projects.

Actual Expenditure on education by the Education and other departments from August 1956 to July 1957 may be briefly summarized as:

Total $

Recurrent Expenditure:

Personal emoluments

$15,727,647

Other Charges

3,236,880

Maintenance and Repairs of

School buildings (Public Works

Department)

352,120

19,316,647

Grants and Subsidies:

33,733,786

(recurrent and capital, and

including the University)

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Capital Expenditure:

Furniture & equipment for new

government schools

462,268

New school buildings (Public

=

Works Department)

4,886,452 5,348,720

$58,399,153

Expenditure by other Departments:

Medical Department

1,018,691

Kowloon-Canton Railway

92,849

Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry Depart-

ment

155,783

$ 1,267,323

Legislation. All colleges, schools and other institutions of learning, with the exception of a small number of schools for the children of members of Her Majesty's Forces, are subject to the provisions of the Education Ordinance, 1952. The Director of Education, who, under the Ordinance, has general control over education in the Colony, is chairman of the Board of Education, which has advisory functions, its members being appointed by the Governor. The Director is required to keep registers of schools, teachers, and man- agers of schools, and to ensure that satisfactory standards