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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30th DECEMBER, 1893.
1. A sum not exceeding Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars shall be and the same is hereby charged upon the Revenue and other funds of the Colony for the service of the year 1894, and the said sum so charged may be expended as hereinafter specified, that is to say:—
Expenditure. | $ | |
Charge on account of Public Debt, | 177,026 | |
Pensions, | 86,260 | |
Governor and Legislature, | 41,339 | |
Colonial Secretary's Department, | 35,976 | |
Audit Department, | 10,000 | |
Treasury, | 24,888 | |
Public Works Department, | 89,791 | |
Post Office, | 163,646 | |
Registrar General's Department, | 24,726 | |
Harbour Master's Department, | 60,707 | |
Lighthouses, | 15,418 | |
Observatory, | 12,752 | |
Stamp Office, | 4,318 | |
Botanical and Afforestation Department, | 20,950 | |
Legal Departments, | 70,538 | |
Ecclesiastical, | 2,200 | |
Education, | 79,886 | |
Medical Departments, | 84,714 | |
Magistracy, | 25,172 | |
Police, | 235,884 | |
Gaol, | 58,024 | |
Fire Brigade, | 20,098 | |
Sanitary Department, | 62,557 | |
Charitable Allowances, | 5,200 | |
Transport, | 3,000 | |
Miscellaneous Services, | 72,411 | |
Military Expenditure, | 332,000 | |
Public Works, Recurrent, | 162,500 | |
$1,982,981 | ||
Public Works, Extraordinary, viz.:— | ||
Central Market, | $99,000 | |
Praya Reclamation, (Government Contribution), | 30,000 | |
Slaughter-House, and Sheep and Pig Depôts, | 30,000 | |
Goal Extension, | 40,000 | |
Kowloon New Roads, | 5,000 | |
New Streets, Kennedy Town, | 3,000 | |
New Water Mains, | 5,000 | |
Sewerage of Victoria, | 40,000 | |
Water Supply, Kowloon Peninsula, | 85,000 | |
Tytam Reservoir, Clear Water Channel, | 4,000 | |
Extension, MacDonnell and Austin Roads, Kowloon, | 8,000 | |
Kowloon Cattle Depôt, | 7,500 | |
Village Water, Drainage, and Sewerage Works, | 8,000 | |
364,500 | ||
Total, | $2,347,481 |
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 21st day of December, 1893.
Arathoon Seth,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 22nd day of December, 1893.
G. T. M. OBrien,
Colonial Secretary.