COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1896 & 1897.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7тu MAY, 1898.
COLONY OF HONGKONG,
409
REVENUE,
Amount Total Estimated. Revenue.
RETURN OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1897.
More than Less than Estimated.) Estimated
EXPENDITURE.
Amount
Estimated. Expenditure. Estimated. Estimated.
Total
More than
Less than
$
$
$
f.
$
(.
$
113,000
114,17641
1,176.41
› INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPE-
320
nance,.
RxCs,
420,000
s' Licences,
1.800
bles and Bowling Alleys Licences, ...... House Licences,
1,000
2,200
6,067
430.00 429,136.89 1.800.00 900.00 206.26 6,971.35
110.00 9,136,89
100,00 1,593,74
904.85
Govenor aml Legislature..
Colonial Secretary's Department,
Audit Department,
Treasury,
Public Works Department,.
Post Office,
Carge on Account of Public Debt, Trusions,
6.
$ 143,000,00 157,490.70 129,000,00 140,824.22
$ 14,190,70 11,824.22
$
c.
42,903.00 14,243.94
1,840.94
30,616.00
25,691,46
4,924.54
10,000,00
12,103.30
2,103.80
22,742.00
22,249.23
492.77
90,826.00
89,556.92
1,269.08
207,361.00
Licences.
11,866
11,418.00
108.00
Registrar tieneral's Department,
207,080.20
280.7 1
12,957.00)
Harlor Master's Department,
12,193.82
761.68
62,313.00
hair, &c., Licences,..
10,800
48,328.50
ssenger Ships Licences,
350
380,00
adertakers' Licences,
360
200,00
2,523.50 80.00 40,00
Lighthonsus,
61,485,00
82800
16,870,00
16.394.03
476.97
Observatory,
12,876 00
14,568.99
1,687.99
Stamp Office.
3.572.00
2.500
NOR,
2.433.00
67.00
Botanical and Afforestation Departinent,
18,698,001
1 Brokers' Licences,..
1,00
1,000.00
3564.62 18,862.41
51,892
3183480
Legal Departments,
73,168,001
76.882.20
20,057.20
164.41 3,214.20
Ecclesiastical,
2.200.00
3,065
3,
Licences,
nces,
4.857.07 1,292.07
1.825,00
Education.
5,861
6.834.50
973.50
76,043,00 72.984.83
31,500
20,063.80
Medical Departments,
98.257.00
2,436.20 Magistracy,
114,978,80
16,721,80
19,652.00
Dil Licences,
130
21,082,51
ore Dealers' Licences,
Licences....
angers' Licences,
5,500
200 5.0
503.00 5,280.00 4$2.00 550.00
55.00
186.00 10.00
Julier,
239,560.00
241,568.32
1,430,53 2,008.32
7.38
375.00 3,058.17
220.00
tiaols,..
60,086,00
Sanitary Department,
96,622,00
59.872.25 96,662.40
718,75
40.40
Charitable Allowances,
5,260.00
4,231.00
1,028.91
nopoly,
286,000
236,000.00
ers Licences,..
39,000
Transport,
3,000,00
7,712,86 4,712.86
icences,
39,000.00 120.00
Miscellaneous Services,
186,607.00
307.265.81 170,658,81
20.00
Military Expon‹liture,
470,294.00
476,869,66 |
6,575.66
ences,
65,000
67,136.50
2,136.50
Public Works, Recurrent, .
203,000.00
206,451,67
8,451.67
215,000
252,216.88
37,216,88
inch Licences,
800
932.50
182.50
RT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PUR.
AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID-
with.
2.200
2,016 00
154.00
Deaths, Registration of,
110
217,58
t Certificates,
1.900
1.923.00
Burials,
550
1,059,24
137.58 28.00 509.24
Fees from Public Cemeteries for Chinese,
1,700
1,126,00
azette, Sale of
89
25.00
578.501 14.001
8, Registration of
1.200
2,863.25
1,668.25
abour and other items.
5,000
4.811.61
188.89
gistration of
4.500
4.988.00
488.00
of Crews and Seamen,
9,500
10,624.00
524.00
ion of Masters, &c.,
1.700
3.050.00 1,350.00
urt,
14.044
13.984.20
59.71
rant of Leases.
1,000
sting Petroleum,
300
705.00 335.00
295.00
inses,—Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Mi-
Departments, Seamen and Debtors,..
1.200
1,815.15
. Storage of......
9.000
18.3.58.44
35.00
115.15 4.353.44
iers, Registration of
1.358
1.278.75
Post Office, Contribution from
6,804
0875.97
pital, Grant-in-Aid from Admiralty,.
xamination of Emigrants,
egistration Fees,
923 22.000 10
1.018.76
'reatment of Patients in the Civil Hospital,
18.030
19,814.25 30.00 19,021,58
93.76
20.00 1,021.58
84.25 1,428.03
2,185.78
ee of Gap Rock Lighthouse.---Contribution from
se Imperial Government towards the
750
Iministrator and Trustee,
1500
750,00 3.496.71
gnatures, ....
300
orms, Sale of
200
oorings and Buoys, Rent for
2.700
14,160.11 181.75 2.880,00
1.996,71 13,860.11
18.25
ollege, Fees from Scholars,
11.003
Fecs,
300
13,460,00 706,00
180.00 2,460,00
406.00
Police Pay,
3,800
1,817.29
17.29
ost of Police and other Stores...
500
537.01
37.01
Crews and Seamen..
10,500
10.947.20
447.20
pages from Police Force,
unches, Surveyor's Certificate,
Steam-Ships,
700 1,500 10,200
1.023.54
828.54
1.600.00
100.00
Girls, Fees from Scholars.
500
argo-Working Permits,
9.000
rks, Registration of
1,000
11,829.77 619,00 11,850.00 2,956.04
1,629.77
119.00
2.850.00
1,956.04
Fees Engagement and discharge of Crews on
1 Ship,
*wever
240,000
FERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES :-
5
400 530
ands,
215,000
i Leased,
11,500
69.663
515.00
268,616.40
792.00 683.84 211,798,70 10,190.47 70,519.15
515.00
28,616,49
302.00 153.84 26,798.70
$56.15
1,300.53
6,600
4,082.19
1,917.81
Arrics,
House,
15,850
15,500.00
350,00
42,750
41412.00
1,338,00 -
| Pig Depôts,
11,000 11,147.54
10,000
4,70.84
6,423.16
US RECEIPTS:--
ed Stores, &e...
1,000
2,071.01
or use of Furniture at Government House,
145
1 Contracts,.....
28440
156,43 27,840.00
1,671.041 11.431
wellaneous Receipts,
20,000
12.921.47
600.00 7,975.53
Subsidiary Coins,
115,000
115,018.91
15.91
AL, czelusive of Land Sales and Water Account....$ 2,248,823 |2,352,366,32 |151,840,37
48.297.07
UNT-014, 16 of 1890,
100,000 90,000
224,500,59 | 124,500,59
110,047,79 20,047.79
Public Works, Extraordinary,.
$ 2,287,483.00 2,413,698,38, 210,426,29
14,215.9G
113,600.00
127,71638,
14,116.38
TOTAL,
$ | 2,488,823 |2,486,011,70|296,388,75; 48,207.05.
TOTAL..
...$||2,101,083.00| 2,641,409.71|| 254,542.437
14,215.9G
Public Works Extraordinary chargeable against the New Loan, $
368,000
321.703.80
46,291.11
easury, Hongkong, 8th March, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Treasurer.