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HONGKONG ESTIMATES
EARNINGS OF GOVERNMENT.
CLASS II.
1. FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-
Approved Estimate, 1915.
Estimate, 1916.
49
Ambulance Fees, Government Notifications 517 and 631 of 1909 ; and
Cremation Fees, Government Notification 31 of 1910,
700
400 (1)
Analyses, Government Notifications 285 of 1907, and 360 of 1910,.............
10,000
16,000 (1) (2
Bills of Health, Government Notification 645 of 1902,
8,500
7,000
Births and Deaths Registration, Ordinance 7 of 1896,
1,800
1,400 > (1)
Cemetery Fees, Ordinance 1 of 1903,
800
400
Certificates to Chinese entering America, Ordinance 3 of 1898,
300
400 (3)
Chemists and Druggists Registration, Ordinance 12 of 1908,
25
25
Chinese Cemetery Fees, Ordinance 1 of 1903,
3,000
2,600
(1)
Companies Registration, Ordinance 58 of 1911,
8,000
8,500
Contribution from Chinese Dispensaries, &c., for clerical assistance,
240
(4)
Contribution from Wei-hai-wei Government for clerical assistance,
450
(5)
Court Fees, Ordinance 3 of 1873,...
38,000
38,000
Crown Leases, Ordinance 10 of 1884,.
3,000
3,000
Deeds Registration, Ordinance 1 of 1844,
37,100
30,000
(1)
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, Ordinance 10 of 1899,...................
35,500
30,000
Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-Launches, Ordinance
10 of 1899,
280
280
Examination of Masters, Mates and Engineers, Ordinance 10 of 1899, .
3,100
2,500 (1)
Fees for use of Government Buoys,
22,500
23,000 (6)
Graves Certificates, New Territories, Ordinance 4 of 1910, .........
140
140
Gunpowder Storage, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
10,000
10,000
Householders Registration, Ordinance 3 of 1888,
20
30 (1)
Legal Costs, Ordinance 40 of 1911,
2,000
2,000
Letters Patent, Ordinance 2 of 1892,..........
450
450
Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse, Contribution from Chinese
Government,
750
750
Carried forward,....
(1) Based on revised estimate for 1915.
(2) Increased demand for analyses. (3) Average of five years.
186,655
176,875
(4) Item to be an expenditure credit, Secretariat for Chinese
Affairs.
(5) Item to be an expenditure credit, Audit Department. (6) Governor's Despatch No. 331 of 6th October, 1915.
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