At a meeting of the Education Board held on February 11, the estimates of extraordinary expenditure of the Education Department for 19398 were considered.
In order to allow for a more accurate distribution of the cost of the! Assembly Hall and Gymnasium at the Western District Public School between 1937 and 1938, the appropria-lon for this item was increased from $2,600 to $8,500, while an appropria ion of $2,300 was included for the Valance of cost of the Cookery and Needlework Centre at the Public School for Girls.
For additional fire protection measures at the foreign schools, a sum of $1,920 was approved.
For the Chinese schools, a reduced appropriation of $5,000 10 cover the balance of cost of alterations and additions at the Cunningham Road Primary Schoo! was approved as was also an item of $9,240 for additional fire protection measures.
The amended estimates of the Chinese Studies & Translation Ofce mounted to. $0010. as" compared with $100,000 ip the 1957 Buaget, keane of appcosimately 88 bet "Phe {otal estimated requirentents of the Finance Deparimint amounted to Si,1120H0)" a decrease. of $3,000 compared wilh the relative figure for bgt his Agure eluded the tslimate" of 9606000 for the Reverie The Treasurer & Contcoller_ine formed members that the only add tional remarks he" wished to. make were in connection with the Revenie Oise" 1 wae impracticable fo effect substantial reduction in the east of this Section, owing to the nambers the outdoor. Chinese ud' foreign Personnel. required." He considered that it-was of very vital importance In'the present elreumstances to Keep a ult establishment, and even to fortin the Chinese grades in order {o speed up operations. Tt was now ore aim cult to collet revenue than Hheformer years, and he felt that the fervieessendored "by the Revenue mee had been really very remark able." tu January" 1096, the" collec= tions wore' $1,88000;" in" January 397, they" were $2,200,000; and Sonuney-of this year they have been S2010000, which' represented a very fine effort on the part of the Revenue Ofc. "Members expressed. gratia: tion atthe result stated.
The estimates of the Departments mentioned above. were approved by the Finance Committee and: endorsed the Council on February 20.
The total expenditure to be included in the Budget for items for which the Council is already committed of which are considered urgent was reduced to $25,560, compared with the Agure of $39,150 appearing in the preliminary estimates, Subject to any further adjustment by the Treasurer & Controller in conjunction with the Commissioner of Public Works, the estimates of extraordinary expenditure for 1938 were approved for submission to the Finance Committee.
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