Estimates of expenditure totalling $411,140 being an increase of $196,470 or 93.32 per cent. more than last year of the Legal Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council have been approved by the Finance Committee and the Council for 1941, A
Council communique issued yesterday in connection with these estimates follows:
The preliminary estimates for 1941 submitted by the Municipal Advocate (Legal Department) totalled $363,290 an increase of $150,620 or 70.82 per cent, compared with the budget vision for last year. This initial figure of $363,290 has been increased by $47,850 following adjustments in line with recently approved increases in the high cost of living and rice allowances and amendments for various other reasons.
The estimates in their present form, approved by the Finance Con mittee and Council, amount to $41 140, an increase of $198,470 or 98: per cent. compared with the relative appropriation for last year of $212,- 670,
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