12
HONGKONG ESTIMATES
EARNINGS OF GOVERNMENT.
CLASS II.
1. FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-
Approved Estimate, 1916.
Estimate, 191
Ambulance Fees, Government Notifications 517 and 631 of 1909; and
Cremation Fees, Government Notification 31 of 1910,
400
450 (1)
Analyses, Government Notifications 285 of 1907, and 360 of 1910, .
16,000
21,000 (2)
Bills of Health, Government Notification 645 of 1902,
7,000
7,000
Births and Deaths Registration, Ordinance 7 of 1896,
1,400
1,400
Cemetery Fees, Ordinance 1 of 1903,
400
.400
Certificates to Chinese entering America, Ordinance 3 of 1898,
400
500
Chemists and Druggists Registration, Ordinance 12 of 1908,
25
25
China Companies Fées, Ordinance 31 of 1915,
40,000 (4)
Chinese Cemetery Fees, Ordinance 1 of 1903,
2,600
2,600
Court Fees, Ordinance 3 of 1873,.................
Crown Leases, Ordinance 1 of 1844,
Custodian's Fees, Ordinance 8 of 1916,
38,000
38,000
3,000
3,000
500
Deeds Registration, Ordinance 1 of 1844,
Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, Ordinance 10 of 1899,..
30,000
39,200 (6)
30,000
30,000
Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-Launches, Ordinance
10 of 1899,
280
1
·280.
Examination of Masters, Mates and Engineers, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
2,500
2,500
Fees for use of Government Buoys, Ordinance 10 of 1899, and Govern-
ment Notification 53 of 1916,
23,000
55,000 (7)
Graves Certificates, New Territories, Ordinance 4 of 1910,`..
140
100 (1)
Gunpowder Storage, Ordinance 10 of 1899,
10,000
4,000 (8)
Hongkong Companies Registration, Ordinance 58 of 1911,
$,500
8,500
Householders Registration, Ordinance 3 of 1888,
30
20. (1)
Legal Costs, Ordinance 40 of 1911,
2,000
6,200 (9)
Letters Patent, Ordinance 2 of 1892,..
450
450
Maintenance of Gap Rock Lighthouse,-Contribution from Chinese
Government,
750
750
Carried forward,.
176,875
261,875
(1) Based on revised estimate for 1916.
(2) Increased demand for analyses.
(3) Average for last five years.
(4) New item,-see remarks under "Companies Local Re-
gister Licences" under Class I.
(5) New item.
(6) More registrations.
(7) Former private buoys now owned by Government,
(8) Less gunpowder stored.
(9) $500 a month payable by Chinese Government in conne
tion with extradition cases.