6
REVENUE
Abstract of actual, estimated, and revised estimates of revenue for the period 1946 to 1949.
Actual
Approved
Revised
HEAD OF REVENUE
Revenue for
Estimate
Estimate
Approved Estimate
1946-47
1947-48
1947-48
1948-49
$
$
$
$
1.
Duties
34,196,087
37,900,000
52,000,000
40,050,000
2.
Assessed Taxes
6,826,649
6,510,000
10,000,000
11,015,000
3. Internal Revenue
12,127,253
29,950,000
36,675,000
58,150,000
4.
Licences, Fines, and Forfeitures...
3,851,675
3,125,100
7,280,900
6,258,450
5.
Fees of Court or Office
4,948,179
7,428,450
8,554,365
8,561,700
6.
Water Revenue
2,538,684
4,841,000
4,863,600
4,851,600
7.
Post Office
5,258,079
3,635,000
7,400,000
6,165,000
8. Kowloon Canton Railway
4,414,899
5,355,300
6,700,000
5,362,000
9. Revenue from Land Rents, etc.
2,437,520
2,280,800
3,585,800
3,313,100
10. Miscellaneous Receipts
5,362,163
3,184,100
4,186,559
4,101,100
11. Colonial Development and Welfare
Grants
560,000
81,961,188
104,209,750
141,246,224
148,387,950
12. Land Sales
180,368
5,630,000
8,900,000
3,020,000
Total Revenue
82,141,556*
109,839,750
150,146,224
151,407,950
* For eleven months only.