# Appropriation Ordinance 1893

No. 14 of 1893.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to apply a sum not exceeding Two millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars to the Public Service of the Year 1894.
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William Robinson, Governor.
[22nd December, 1893.]
Whereas the expenditure required for the service of this Colony for the year 1894 has been estimated at the sum of Two Millions Three hundred and Forty-seven thousand, Four hundred and Eighty-one Dollars: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:—
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 | $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.
This work is created by an officer of the Hong Kong Government, and is in the public domain in Hong Kong, because:
* It was created before 1899; or
* It was first published commercially within 75 years from the end of its creation year, and 50 years have passed since the end of the calendar year of its first commercial publication. In other words, it was created after 1898, and published before 1974.
See Section 182 of the Copyright Ordinance (Cap. 528) of the Laws of Hong Kong.
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