GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Years 1879 and 1880 is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEwart,.
Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 30.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th January, 1881.
COLONY OF HONGKONG.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN 1879 AND 1880.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH JANUARY, 1881.
Estimated
HEAD OF SERVICE.
Receipts Receipts December, December, 1879. 1880.
for the
Year
1880.
1879.
Receipts Receipts 1st Jan., to 1st Jan., to 31st Dec., 31st Dec., 1880.
Increase.
Decrease.
$
C.
$ c.
C.
Land Revenue,
13,448.31
Rents exclusive of Lands,
5,005.80
Licences,
Stamps,
Police, Lighting, Water & Fire Brigade Rates,
Postage,
Fines and Fees,.
Fees of Office,
$ 11,672.88 155,500.00 144,282.27 146,761.10 4,994.70 | 62,000.00 | 59,494.83 59,668.81 40,247.66 | 38,654.66|25,200.00 252,059.63 251,496.37 10,017.84 10,878.54 115,000.00 114,765.35 125,391.22 10,625.87 4,853.92 4,025.61 8,148.04 93,800.00 65,101.43 92,939.57 27,778.14 1,159.03 430.84 15,500.00 19,946.50 8,237.50 4,992,21
$
C.
$
C.
$ C.
2,478.83
$
C.
173.98
MENTS:-
The Governor,
* 563.26
ESTABLISHMENTS,
EXCLUSIVE OF ESTABLISH-
Colonial Secretary,
$ C. 37,402.28 42,072.85 532,382.00 480,725.42 494,228.69 13,503.27
ESTABLISHMENTS.
Payments Payments December, December, 1879. 1880.
Estimated for the
Year
1880.
Payments Payments 1st Jan., to 1st Jan., to 31st Dec., 31st Dec., 1879. 1880.
Increase.
Decrease.
c.
$ C.
$ c.
C.
$
c.
en
:
Colonial Treasurer,.
Surveyor General,
Postmaster General,
8,969.42 183,400.00 171,342.05 230,557.31 59,215.26
Registrar General,
45.00
1,500.00
150.00
233.65
10.40
1,500.00 1,500.00 150.00 1,800.00 1,794.67 2,866.32 62,600.00 | 20,326.05 10.40 25.00 10.40
559,50
1,560.00
1,800.00
559.50
60.00
5.33
53,932.61
33,606.56
10.40
:
Harbour Master,
Lighthouses,
Judicial,
25.00
12.00
Educational,
193.00
500.00 232.00 9,576.00
+11,708.94
Medical,
638.35
206.90
7,650.99 1,337.26: 13,572.00 14,439.54
Police Magistrates,
19.65
Sale of Government Property, Reimbursements,
1.00
Interest,
Miscellaneous Receipts,
€,693.98 74,230.00 71,643.77 83,536.83 11,893.06 500.00 257.49 1,302.21 1,044.72 6,692.63 8,687.37 44,138.00 | 26,049.37 29,720.43 3,671.06 5,625.74 5,436.45 20,000.00 | 19,083.57 20,022.66 939.09 1,142.70 676.73 9,700.00 | 10,308.82 6,695.92
Police,
2,711.51
Gaol,
1,869.84
Fire Brigade,
145.69
Pensions, &c.,..
2,112.52
Charitable Allowances,
605.00
962.00
Transport,
Works and Buildings,
13,829.46
14,282.20
Roads, Streets and Bridges,
7,780.37
+ 3,672.90
Lighthouses (maintenance),
2,853.73
8,980,46
2,133.75
Miscellaneous Scrvices,
2,763.25
Land and Houses Purchased, Military Contribution,. Government Gardens,
642.95
9,127.54
12,122.26 14.00 390.00 428.36 158.95 732.80 41,275.00 16,376.39 26,996.51 1,790,22 20,620.00 | 19,962.18 | 20,002.69 3,300.00 409.23 | 24,000.00
7,740.16 4,000.00 3,825.00 3,994.00 4,500.00 3,091.15 1,669.57 58,500.00 | 61,081.66 50,568.07 42,720.00 | 57,504.08 | 44,192.58 3,000.00 2,999.04 2,481.39 6,148.02 40,984.00 40,761.14 38,989.12 80.00
104,348.00 109,754.95 10 105,355.14
567.02 9,680.00
4,213.88
6,959.19
376,05
1,476,55
2,317.28
269.41
10,620.12
40,51
4,213.88
780.97
169.00
1,421.58
10,513.59
13,311,50
518.25
1,772.02
80.00
TOTAL,.....
97,212.45 105,243.61 1,024,028.00 954,455.08 1,056,829.99 117,820.01
15,945.10
TOTAL,.
4,399.81
9,071.99
9,071.99
74,843.70 | 82,645.53 974,272.00 853,751.59 885,204.12 70,269.85 38,817.32
NOTE.-Exclusive of Crown Agent's Account.
*This is only an apparent decrease; there has been an increase of Revenue on nearly all descriptions of Licences, but 1879's account includes 13 months' Opium Licence Fees, as the present Farmer paid the Fee for January, 1880, in December, 1879. + Supreme Court fees are now paid by stamps. There is a falling off in tees for the Storage of Gunpowder. Fines for breaches of the Opium Ordinance have been paid over to the Opium Farmer since February last year. In 1879, one of the River Steamers was fined $10,675. Hence the apparent decrease. M. S. TONNOCHY,
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 20th January, 1881.
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
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