6. Other Duties. The increase of $39,574 is due in part to collections from
 the estate of a wealthy businessman.

 7. During the year the sum of $430,511 was credited to Revenue on account of
 Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes. This figure is $245,792 more than the
 Estimates and includes reimbursement of expenditure in respect of the previous
 year.

 III. EXPENDITURE.
 9. The approved Estimate of Expenditure was t2,611,483 and included $184,719
in respect.of Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes, the Actual Expenditure
for the year was $2,846,026.
 The main heads responsible for the excess of $234,543 were-
 (a) Head 6A. Central Road Authority $39,759. This was due to increases
 in expenditure on storm damages $42,719.
 (b) Head 16. Miscellaneous $40,941. Increases were mainly incurred under
 (i) Passages of Officers ...... $10,064
 (ii) Leave Passages ...... $ 7,472
 (iii) Arrears of Salaries ...... $ 5,165 (Hodgens' Report).
 (c) Head 25. Public Works Annually Recurrent $23,609 due mainly to the
 purchase of Unallocated Stores.
 (d) Head 8. Colonial Development and Welfare Schemes $194,050. This
 increase is due to the expenditure on Schemes approved late in the year
 and thus not included in the Approved Estimates.

 10. The detailed statement of Expenditure is shown at Appendix IV to this
Report.


 IV. STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES.
 ASSETS.
 11. Advances :-
 1. At 31st December, 1954, .the Advance had increased $403,216 over those
 at 31st December, 1953 and could be accounted for as under-
 Increase Decrease
 $ $
 Authorised Advances 396,484
 Cotton Working Account 6,849
 Post Office Account 22,434
 Town Funds 917
 Controller of Supplies 9,246
 Windward Islands Administrations 16,987
 Central Housing and Planning Authority 8,865

 432,499 29,283
 Net Increase .403,216

 432,499 432,499


 2. Adances in anticipation of Loan under Ordinance No. 14 of 1951 amount-
 ed to $395,435. Details of those are shown at Appendix V.
 3. Appendix VI shows the total advances at 31st December, 1953. These
 amounted to $833,753.

 12. Investments. Detailed statement is given at Appendix VII.

 LIABILITIES.
 13. Deposits, Special Funds. Details of these are given in Appendix X.
 (i)' ,Colonial Development & Welfare Schemes-Please see Appendix XV;
 (ii) The estimated expenditure on Colonial Development and Welfare
 schemes for 1954 was $184,719 as compared with an actual expenditure
 of $378,768. The increase was due mainly to the ependiture on Schemes
 approved late in the year and thus not included in the Estimates.