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12.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST MARCH, 1874.
Comparative Statement of Revenue. -
Total Revenue collected in 1873, (including profit in Exchange),
Do.
do.
1872,
do.
Total decrease in 1873 as compared with 1872,
do.
£37,766.10. £40,258. 9.11
=$181,279.22 =$193,240.78
£2,491.19.10
=$ 11,961.56
Do.
do.
do.
Amount of Imperial Revenue collected, ( Remittances to London,..£22,304.18.1
in 1873, Contribution to Agencies,
1872,
1,270. 0.0
£23,574.18. 1
24,401.17. 6
$113,159.54
117,129.00
.+
826.19. 5
=$ 3,969.46
Decrease in 1873, as compared with 1873,.
Amount of Colonial Revenue collected in 1873,.
Do.
do. 1872,.
do.
Decrease in 1873 as compared with 1872,
13.
.$ 68,119.68.
76,111.78
$ 7,992.10
The Total Expenditure in 1873, (including $6,096 borne by the Imperial Post Office)
amounted to (Crown Agents Account not yet received,)
Do.
do.
in 1872,.
Decrease in 1878,.
Shewing a Decrease in nett Revenue in 1873 as compared with 1872, of
$ 39,731.72 40,368.15
636.43
.$ 7,355.67
14. The excess of the Colony's Postal Revenue over its Expenditure during the year 1873, amounted to $28,387.96, which, with $6,096 reimbursement from the Imperial Post Office towards the maintenance of Agencies at the Ports, makes a total in favor of the Colony amounting to $34,483.96, or $7,355.67, less than it was in 1872.
15.
The Colony's share of the Postage on Mails received from the United Kingdom during 1873, was....
Do.
do.
do.
do.
1872, was....
.£1,646.19. 1 1,595.12. 8
£ 51. 6. 5
Increase in 1873,.
16.
The number of Ship Mails sent in 1873, was
Do.
do.
in 1872, was
.1,536 *1,561
Do.
The number of Ship Mails received in 1878 was.... .1,506
"do.
in 1872 was. • . • .
.1,479
Decrease in 1873,
25
Increase in 1873,
27
17.
The number of Letters and Papers received by United States' Mail Packets from San Francisco and
Yokohama in 1873, was
In 1872,
Decrease in 1873,.
Letters.
Papers.
Letters.
Papers.
17,062 19,644 20,212 20,742
The number of Letters and Papers sent by United States' Mail Packets to Yokohama and San Francisco in 1873, was.
27,607
39,956
In 1872,
27,255
34,755
3,150
1,098
Increase in 1873,...
352
5,201
18. The following Tables show the results of the Money Order business in 1873 as compared with 1872:
At
1879.
No. of
Orders
drawn.
Amount.
ORDERS DRAWN UPON THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1872.
INCREASE.
Commission
which accrued to
the Colony.
No. of Orders drawn.
Amount.
Commission
which accrued to
the Colony.
Number. Amount.
Commission
which accrued to
the Colony.
DECREASE.
Number.
Amount.
Commission
which
accrued to
the Colony.
£
s. d.
Hongkong, Shanghae,.. Yokohama,
2,156 10,504. 5. 8
$ c. 402.09
s. d.
2,065 10,753 2. 4
$ c. 391.10
s. d.
91
$ c. 10.99
1,005
1,053
5,087. 4. 7 4,149.18. 5
201.75
176.72
1,004 756
5.088.19.10 2,081. 5. 3
204.24
I
£ s. 248.16. 8 1.15. 3
d.
$ c.
2.49
114.19
297 2,068.13. 2
62.53
+
Total...
4,214 19,741. 8. 8
780.56
3,825 17,923. 7. 5
709.53
389 2,068.13. 2
73.52
250.11.11
2.49
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