THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27т APRIL, 1889.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 197..
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The following Statement, showing the total Receipts and Payments for 1888, including the Accounts received and paid by the Crown Agents in England, together with a Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Years 1887 and 1888, which was laid before the Legislative Council on the 26th instant, is published for general information.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th April, 1889.
By Command,
COLONY OF HONGKONG.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS IN THE YEAR 1888.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Colonial Secretary,
Amount
REVENUE.
Total Estimated. Receipts.
More than Less than Estimated. Estimated.
EXPENDITURE.
Amount Total More than Less than Estimated Payments. Estimated. Estimated
$
8
$ 4. $ 0.
$
*
e.
Lensed Lands,.............................................
Fees on Grant of Leases,
RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:-
Markets,
Buildings,.
LAND REVENUE:-
Landa uot Leased. including Stone Quarries,
CIVIL DEPARTMENTS:-
155,000
19.000
300
156,625.78 29,558.66 805.00
1,625.78
10,588,68
505,00
70,000
71,934.54
1,934.54
Piers,........
Verandah,..
LICENCES:
7,000 1,000
6,077.00 1,365.00
$23.00
*x+
213.13
365.00 243.45
The Governor....
Colonial Secretary,.
Auditor.......
Treasurer,...........................
$3,975
33,854,53
23,782
22,099.73
6,248
6,225.60
$ E. ♦
120.47
1,632.27
12.10
14,342
15,069.68 727.68
***
Spirit,
41,000
l'awnbrokers,
14,000
Auctioneers.............
2,100
42,000.00 18,650.00 2,100.00
1,000.00
Clerk of Councils,
1,300 1,286.32
Tenements for Emigrants, .
Emigration Brokers,
10 1,200
350,00
10.00
Surveyor General,
Billiard Tables,
900
1,400.00 1,050,00
200.00
Postmaster General,.
76,731 72,607.02
103,088
13.68
4,126.98
164,452.70 61,364.70 |
150.00
Opium,
182.400
182,074.13
$25,87
Registrar General,
Boarding Houses,
200
150.00
50.00
Marriage,......
350
122.00
72.00
Harbour Master,.....
Chinese Undertakers,
100
110.00
10.00
Money Changers,
750
625.00
125.00
Lighthouses,
18,230 17,442.06
51,082 19,942.24
6,508 4,585.82
+4
787,91
1,139.76
1,922.18
Marine Store Dealers,
1,000
960.00
40.00
Shooting Licence, (Ordinance No. 15 of 1885),
15,00
16.00
Observatory,
6,420
Arms Ordinance, 1887,
200
186.00
14,00
TAXES:--
Collector of Stamp Revenue, .
4,822
Stamps,
160,000
Municipal Rates,
POSTAGE...
387,000 135,000 144,218.89 9,218.89
187,160.20 27,150.20 360.291.91
26,708,09
Government Gardens,
20,813
6,571,48 151.48
4,836.40 14.10
20,506,49
**
311,51
FINES, FORFEITURES & FEES OF COURTS:—
Judicial Departments,...
61,657 63,184.62 1,527.62
Fines,
Forfeitures,
fees,
20,000 1,000 10,000
27,382.70 3,222.71 10,426.74
7,582.70
2,222,71
Ecclesiastical Department,.
6,218
6,218.00
++1
425,74
FEES OF OFFICE:-
Educational
do..
69,087
48,961.16
10,125.84
Burials,
600
1,105.25
605.25
Licences for Junks, &c.,
19.000
19,781.25
761.25
Medical
do.,
12,085
Registry of Boats,
3.400
5,795.10
2,305.10
Do. of Cargo Boats and Crews,
4.700
8,836.77
4,136.775
Police Magistrates' do.,
50,181.32 8,396.32
20,076 19,843.01
232,99
Do. of Hawkers,
3.900
4,975.80
1,075.50
Cargo Boat Certificates,
1.131.00
381.00
Police
do.,
205,312
203,759.92
1,552,08
Registration of Householders,
1,600
2.271.00
671,00
Do. of Servants, C.,
25
Official Signatures, ......
200
Registration of Deeds,
4,000
8.75 193.00 1,443.00
16.25 Gaot
du,
7.00
Shipping Seamen,
9,DEN
10.061.00
443.00 1,061.00
***
Fire Brigade
do.,
Examination of Masters, &c.,
1,430
1.135.00
Burvey of Steam Ships, &c.,..
15.00 Pensions, Retired Allowances & Gratuities,
60,038 53,454.17 3,118.17
15,350 23,595.87 8,045.87
38,000 48,412.66 10,412.06
10,00)
0.901.31
8,69
Registry Fees, &c., (Mer. Shipping Act),.
500
401.00
...
9.00
Charitable Allowances,
Do.. of Carriages, Chairs, &c.,
11,000
Registration of Coinpanies,
1,000
Examination of Emigrants,
18,000
20.025.70 2,585.06 26.172.00
9,025.70 1,385.06
Transport, .....
8,472,00|
Registration of Births, &c.,
60
Light Dues,
32,000
84.40 32,056.28
24.10
562
Licences for Stenin-Launches, .
Surveyor's Certificate for Steani-Launches,
350 33)
$67.50
117.50
1,145.00
245.00
Official Administrator, Assignet, &c........
3,000
3,326.31
326.31
liegistration of Trade Marks,
300
906.81
606.81
Licences for Chinese Passenger Ships,
600
500.00
Medical Registration Fees, .....
25
Bills of Health. ..................................
2,000
1,017.00
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:-
Steam-Launch Slunity....................
Garden Plants,
Old Police Boats, and Sundry Condemned Stores, &c.,
REIMAD ESEMENTS:
Sick Stoppages from Police Force,
Subsistence of Scamen, &c., in Guol, ...
YAP
3,700.00 3,700.00
1,000
3,723.02 2,723,02
Treatment of Seamen, &c., in Hospital..
Convict Labour and other items,
800
1,081.04 300
236.05 7,000 10,414.56
291.00
Extraordinary Public Works,.
25.00
Works and Buiklings, -
Roads, Streets and Bridges,
Miscellaneous Services,
Military Expenditure,......
63.00 Interest on Loan and Sinking Fund,
1,332,193 1,161,459.64 |155,820.97 26,554.33
636,000 530,870.03
1,000 3,514.93
4,500 3,019.16
51,000
55,500
61,492,65 7,492,65
75,476.99 19,976.89
...
116,440) 150,181,58 34,033.58
137,235 134,594.68
2,640.32
03,192 95,148.95 256.95
455.07
1,480.84
105,120.97
43,95
3,500
3,414.56 5,121.70 1,621,70
Sale of Printed Forms,
Gaol Expenses recovered....
Contribution from Imperial Post Office,
Sale of Chinese Gazette,
Interest on Furniture at Govt. House.. Fees from Scholars at Central School, Sale of Tickets for Destitutes' Shelter, INTEREST,
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:
Storage of Gunpowder,
Other Miscellaneous Receipts,..
TOTAL REVENUE...
1,200
1,498.75
206.73
1.000
3,116.15
116.15
3,983 9,883.00
50
150
10,000
02.00 67.86 6,899.00
2.00
12
82.54 3,101.00 12.00
8,081.12 8,094.12
114
11,000
6,130,68 60,000 101,210,80 41,210.60
4,869,32
1,437,670 1,557,300.03 | 156,418,51|| 36,738.51
TOTAL EXPENDITURE,
1,988,193 | 1,992,329,67 | 165,820.97) 131,684.30
RECEIPTS.
Deposits Available,-Premia on Land Sales,",
Other Deposits,
r
Deposits not Available,
Advance Account,
Family Remittances, ...
Subsidiary Coins,
Money Order Account,
Exchange Account,
Crown Agenta' Account,
Crown Agenta, Bills Outstanding, Purchase of Marine Lot No. 18, Cash in hand, 1st January, 1888,.
PAYMENTS.
$ 160,688.64 1,310,000.00
1,470.688.64
1,520,24
48.362.55
31,793.10
1,000,000,00
61,135,79 12,154.81 1,830,010,76
196,000,00
Deposita Available, Deposits not Available,. Advance Account, Family Remittances, Subsidiary Coins,
Money Order Account,
Crown Agents' Account,.
Crown Agents, Bills Outstanding, Purchase of Marine Lot No. 18,
Cash in hand, 31st December, 1888,
11,850,00 173,209.04
TOTAL,..
6,694,025.26
TREASURY, HONGKONG, 3RD APRIL, 1859,
?
Examined,
1,100,000.00 2,124.67
40,230,49
15,727.23 1,311,562,01
76,920.91 1:807,535.40
40,000.00
37,375.00
210,160.88
TOTAL
6,691,023.26
FREDERICK STEWART, Auditor General.
H. E. WongHOUSE,
Acting Treasurer,