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CLASS I.
HONGKONG ESTIMATES
TAXES.
Approved Estimate, 1913.
Estimate 1914.
$
1. LIGHT DUES, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
84,000
92,000 (1)
Do.,
Special Assessment, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
TOTAL,....
96,000
104,500 (1)(2)
180,000
196,500
2. LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE
SPÉCIFIED :-
-
Arms Licences, Ordinance 2 of 1900,
6.000
A Assessed Taxes, Ordinance 6 of 1901,
1,563,400
6,000
1,620,000 (3)
Auctioneers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
1,200
1,200
Billiard Table and Bowling Alley Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
2,000
1,800
(1)
Boarding-house Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,.................
75
75
Boat Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
50,000
55,000
(1)
Carriage, Chair, &c., Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,.
Chinese Boarding House Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,
Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,
Chinese Undertakers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
Companies Local Registers Licences, Ordinance 58 of 1911,
108,570
108,000
5,000
5,000
(4)
1,500
2,100
(1)
500
500
34,000
35,200
Dangerous Goods Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1873,
1,700
1,900
(1)
Dog Licences, Ordinance 5 of 1893, .
4,900
5,400
Emigration Brokers' Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,
1,600
1,600
Ferry Licences, Ordinance 34 of 1910,......................
15
15
Fines,
70,000
95,000
(1)
Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899, ..
2,500
3,300
Fishing Licences,
10
(5)
Forestry Licences, New Territories, Ordinance 34 of 1910,
4,700
4,800
Forfeitures,
12,000
20,000
(1)
Game Licences, Ordinance 6 of 1885,
1,700
1,800
Hawkers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
27,860
31,000
Import or Export of Morphia, &c., Licences, Ordinance 23 of 1909,
10
(6)
Carried forward,........
1,899,230
1,999,700
(1) Based on revised estimates for 1913.
(2)
REVENUE.
Light Dues, Special Assessment, collected to
Do., Balance,
31st December, 1912, estimated for 1913,......
Typhoon Refuge.
$377,398 104,500 262.214
FXPENDITURE. Half Payments to 31st December. 1912,.........
Do.
estimated for 1913,
$549,112 195,000
$ 744,112
$744,112
(3) Proposed new assessment in 1914.
(4) Former designation "Emigration House Licences". (5) New tem.
(6) Import and export now prohibited.
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