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DETAILS OF REVENUE
1-DUTIES
1 Import duty on hydrocarbon oils
REVENUE
Approved Estimate
Estimate
1952-53
1951-52
$
SA
$
CA
12,000,000
15,000,000 (1)
2 Import duty on liquor
9,000,000
13,000,000
(2) (11)
3 Import duty on perfumed spirits
400,000
500,000
(11)
4 Import duty on tobacco
25,000,000
30,000,000
(1)
5 Duty on locally-manufactured liquor
4,000,000
5,000,000
(11)
6 Duty on proprietary medicines and toilet preparations.
3,500,000
4,000,000 (3)
7 Duty on table waters
2,500,000
1,500,000 (4)
Total
56,400,000
69,000,000
2-RATES
1 Hong Kong
2 Kowloon
3 New Territories
16,000,000
19,500,000 (5)
11,000,000
12,500,000
(5)
40,000
70,000
(5)
27,040,000
32,070,000
Total
3-INTERNAL REVENUE
5,000,000 4,000,000 600,000
1 Bets and sweeps tax
2 Business registration tax
3 Dance halls tax
4 Earnings and profits tax
5 Entertainment tax
6 Estate duty
7 Meals and liquor tax
8 Stamp duties
Total
4-LICENCES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES
A-LICENCES
2
6,500,000
(11)
4,000,000
700,000 (1)
44,000,000
60,000,000
(6)
7,000,000
9,000,000 (1)
8,000,000
4,000,000 (7)
3,000,000
3,500,000 (1)
11,500,000
12,000,000
(8)
83,100,000
99,700,000
1 Air services
2 Arms
3 Auctioneers
10,000
7,000
(9)
51,000
52,600
(10)
1,800
1,800
4 Bakehouses
5 Banks
6 Billiard tables
7 Boats
8 Cafes
9,000
9,000
650,000
615,000
(9)
9,300
11,100
(10)
375,000
400,000
(11)
7,000
8,000
(10)
9 Cattle, goats, and swine
10,000
16,000
(10)
10 Chinese boarding houses
24,500
24,500
11 Companies, local registers
25,000
5,000 (12)
12 Dairies
2,000
2,200
(10)
13 Dance halls
20,000
20,000
14 Dangerous goods
35,000
40,000 (10)
15 Dangerous and offensive trades
27,000
29,200 (10)
16 Dogs
50,000
95,000
(1)
17 Emigration passage brokers
4,000
4,000
18 Ferries
410,400
8,400 (13)
19 Fishing stakes and stations
1,000
1,000
20 Food factories
31,000
42,000
(10)
21 Food-preserving establishments
25,000
26,000
(10)
22 Forestry, New Territories
6,000
8,000 (10)
23 Game
35,000
35,000
24 Hawkers
26 Junks
629,000
821,000
(10)
25 Hydrocarbon oils
20,000
27,000 (1)
80,000
80,000
27 Laundries
8,500
9,900
(10)
28 Liquor
1,265,000
1,415,000
(10)
30 Marriage
29 Marine-store dealers
31 Massage
32 Milk shop
33 Minerals, authorized buyers
51,000
66,500
(10)
18,000
18,000
1,000
1,000
4,000
5,300
(10)
10,000
(14)
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