COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE oF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1836 AND 1857.
MARCH 20, 1858.]
The Hongkong Government Gazette.
REVENUE.
1856.
1857.
INCREASE.
DECREASE
EXPENDITURE.
1856.
1867,
INCREASE,
$
器。 d.
£ #. d.
£
d.
£
Land Revenue, (Ground Rent,)
13,844 14 51
Premium on Land Sold,
1,037 10 0
15,110 13 84 200 0 0
1,265 19 34
Governor, Lieut.-Governor. &c.,
3. d.
2,830 3 8
837 10 0
Colonial Secretary,
2.476 12 5
£
2,872 15 7 2,624 6 2
&
ณ
£
d.
42 11 11
147 13 9
Amount unaccounted for in 1855, and re-
955 10 10
955 10 01
Colonial Treasurer, .
1,381 19 11)
1,370 4.6
DECREASE.
£
...
8.
d.
11 15 $
covered in 1856,
Auditor Generul,
1,325 17 101
Rent, exclusive of Lands,
2,279 2 0
Licensee,-
Spirit,
Opium,
3,122 8 9 2,587 9 10
Pawnbrokers,
947 18 4
3,757 0 3
2,790 5 7) 2,462 13 3 875 0 0
***
1,477 18 31
332 3 11
***
Clerk of Councils, Surveyer General, Registrar General,
150 0
0
124 16 7
Marriage Registrar,
72 18 4
Harbour Master,
...
1,735 3 81
32 15 2 1,835 11 1
Boarding-house Keepers,
141 13 4
127 10 0
14 3 4
Emigration Officer,
Auctioneers,
218 15 0
375 0 0
156 5 0
SOS
Police and Lighting Rates Collector,
183 15 8 130 7-10
Billiard Tables,
20 16 8
62 10 0
Marriage,
·
Salt Broker and Stone Quarrier,
992 14 2
Undertaker,
3 6 6
Emigrants,
Taxes-Police and Lighting Rates,
3,868 1 9
Fines of Courts,
Fees of do.,
Forfeitures of do.,
1,311 19 11
784 15 4
60 3 5
Fees of Offices :--
Ou Shipping Seamen,
1,146 0 10
45 7 7 7,376 11 3 2,021 17 3 678 2 4 524 17 10
1,269 11 8
6 5 0 1,098 4 7
105 10 5
3 6 6
45 7 7
3,508 9 6 709 17 31
41 13 4
6 5 0
Judicial,
5,976 7 111
***
Ecclesiastical,
799 3 8
Educational,
Medical,
193 10 61 365 8 4
121 0 2
6,098 5 5 863 14 2
384 0 5
...
106 13 0
464 14 5
123 10 10
13
Official Signatures and Seal,
"
Colonial Register,
Survey,
"
"D
Deed Registry,
93·15 0
58 6 8
10 8 4
218 23
100 12 6
Burials,
317 8.4
15
,, Marriages,
7 18 4
Registration of Boats and Hawkers,
929 17 0
3 2 6
5 4 2 229 5 7 282 6 8
5 0 0 1,272 9 8
F:
6 17 6
***
11 3 4
55 4 2
5 4 2
35 1 8
Police and Jails,
Establishments,
Pensions, Retired Allowances,andĠr
R venue Services,
· 9,872.5 8
380 0
13,919 0
0
29,401 4 111
Administration of Justice,
Charitable Allowances,.
63 10 10 208 $ 10)
82 10 0
32 1 8
35,757 19 81
215 5 8
414 14 7 139 16 0
Education,
Hospital,
Police and Jaile,
6 7 1
259 12 53 2,695 13 10
2 18 4
Rent,
Protective Passes,
:
200 4 2
"
Emigrant Brokers,
Sale of Government Property,
Reimbursements,
Miscellaneous Receipts,
Interest,
Special Receipts,
Total,
35 14 7
359 6 9 108 11 2}
41 6 3
35,500 8 9
*14,679 0 24
375 0 0
403 16 6 1,659 7 7 900 0 0 41 15 11
58,842 2 7
Deduct Decreasе,
342 12 71 200 4 21
375 0 0 14,643 5 7 44 9 9) 1,450 16 4) 900 0 0
0 9 81
25,883 16 7 2,542 2 9
Transport,
316 6 6
397 14 4
Works and Buildings,
4,337 3.3
Roads, Streets, and Bridges,
4,274 1 8
Miscellaneous Services,
Land and House Purchased, Special Expenses,
2 14 11
349 1 1
903 13 91 108 15 0
1,993 8 4 400 8 5
50 0 0
2,213 0 CI
· 1,567 8 61
17 2 7
426 11 6
4,797 13 61
401 17 6
526 0 10 10,759 6 11 6,262 9 7
9 16 1
1,971 14 8 3,797 10 6
219 11 Pi 1,167 0 11
100 7 4%
121 17 5
64 10 6
190 9 101 14 11. 8
4,046 14 11
0,578 18 41
151 14 10 206 10 81 57 6 0
10 15 6 166 18 113 2,101 19 Rj
25 11 0
128 G 6
6,422 3 8 1,988 7 11
7 1 2 1.971 14 8
3,418 9 5
17 4 10
133 15 8
9 7 8
222 3 71
::
32 1 B
423 4 1
41 5 0
2,542 2 9
Nett Increase,
23,341 13 10
J. A. CARVALHO, Accountant.
Total,.
42,426 6 5 Deduct Decrease,
Nett Increase,
65,497-19 73
23,325 18 51 254 5 31
23,071 13 2
254 5 33
FRED. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer,
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 13th March 1858,
* To be applied to the reconstruction of the Markets, being the amount produced by the Sale of Market property.
W. T. BRIDGES, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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