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CLASS 1.
HONG KONG ESTIMATES
TAXES.
Approved Estimate, 1914.
Estimate, 1915,
92,000
94,000
1. LIGHT DUES, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
Do.,
Special Assessment, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
TOTAL,...
104,500
105,000(1)
196,500
199,000
2. LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE
SPECIFIED:
Arms Licences, Ordinance 2 of 1900,
6,000
4,820 (3)
Assessed Taxes, Ordinance 6 of 1901,
1.620,000
1,953,200 (1)
Auctioneers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
1,200
1,200
Billiard Table and Bowling Alley Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
1,800
2,000 (1)
Boarding-house Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,.....
75
75
Boat Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
55,000
106,500 (4)
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,
Compounds of Opium Licences, Ordinance 23 of 1909,.......
108,000
114,500 (1)
5,000
5,500 (5)
2,100
1,800 (1)
500
300
35,200
34,000 (1)
125 (6)
Dangerous Goods Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1873,
1,900
1,960
Dog Licences, Ordinarce 5 of 1893,
5,400
7,150
Emigration Brokers' Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,
1,600
1,600
Ferry Licences, Ordinance 34 of 1910,..
15
12 (1)
Fines,
95,000
95,000
Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
3,300
3,000 (1)
Fishing Licences,
10
10
Forestry Licences, New Territories, Ordinance 34 of 1910,
4,800
4,740 (1);
Forfeitures,
20,000
20,000
Game Licences, Ordinance 6 of 1885,
1,800
2,000
(1)
Hawkers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,
31,000
33,200
(1) Based on revised estimate for 1914.
(2)
Carried forward,..
REVENUE.
Light Dues, Special Assessment, collected to
Do., Balance,
31st December, 1913, . estimated for 1914,......
1,999,700
2,292,892
EXPENDITURE.
Half Payments to 31st December, 1913,......... $ 729,996
Do.
estimated for 1914,
250,000
Typhoon Refuge.
$ 482,047
115,000 382,949
$ 979,996
(3) Fewer licences.
(4) Some crafts which formerly took out Junk Licences are now licensed as " boats". (5) More licences anticipated in consequence of the new licensing system. (6) New item.
979,996
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