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Appendix I

(Chapter 4: Public Finance and Taxation) Colonial Development and Welfare

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

1957. Schemes

No.

Title of Scheme

Research

R. 480A

Fisheries Research

Grant Loan

£

£

Unit,

4?

Estimated expenditure

up to 31.12.57. £

Hong Kong University: Capital expenditure

Recurrent expenditure

Development

..

33,975

9,077

33,927

8,664

D. 994

Village Agricultural Depots,

Capital expenditure

9,000

9,000

D. 1967

Loans to fishermen for

mechanization

50,000 46,250

(Interest-free

Repay-

ment of capital by annual instalments of £5,000 to start in 1958).

D. 2061

Site development for low-

D. 2341

cost housing, Hung Hom.. Site development for low-

62,500

62,500

cost housing, Healthy

Village

25,000

18,349

D. 2487

Construction of Pathology

Institute, Hong Kong

University

80,781

69,650

(Administered by Univer-

sity).

D. 2539

Development

schemes in

New Territories

263,500

177,767 (1)

D. 2594

Aeronautical telecommunica-

tion

16,800

3,789 (2)

D. 2663 & A

Site development for low-

cost

housing, Kennedy

Town

52,500

51,562

D. 2990

Site development for low-

cost housing, So Uk (Grant of £100,000 approved in October 1956, and reduced in March

88,875

46,648(3)

1957).

£642,008 £50,000 £528,106

Notes: (1)

Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share of estimated expendi- ture varies with the items comprising this scheme as follows:

Item 1. Road on South Lantao

2.

Six feeder roads

3.

Piers in the New Territories

4. Irrigation schemes

42%

50%

85%

85%

85%

5. Survey party

(2) Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (80%) of estimated

expenditure.

(3) Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme share (75%) of estimated

expenditure.