No. 18
G2.
HONGKONG.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1891.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 11th April, 1892.
COLONY OF HONGKONG.
RETURN OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1891.
REVENUE,
Amount Estimated.
Total Revenue.
More than Less than Estimated. Estimated.
Amount
EXPENDITURE.
Total More than Less than Estimated. Expenditure. Estimated. Estimated.
$
LIGHT DUES,
75,000
$ 89,050.69
$ 4. $ c. 14,650.09
LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPE-
CIFIED:-
Arms Ordinance,..
200
Assessed Taxes,
445,000
220,00 397,755.42
20.00
47,244.58
Auctioneers' Licences,
2,100
2,100.00
Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleya Licences, ....
1,300
1,050.00
250.00
Boarding-house Licences,
150
150.00
Charge on Account of Public Debt, Pensions, ...
Governor and Legislature,
Colonial Secretary's Department, Audit Department,.
Treasury,
Surveyor General's Department,
Water and Drainage Department,
$ 86,527
$ C.
95.140.26
$ c. $ 6,613.26
C.
51,840
52,451.24
611,24
40,879
42,318.64 1,439.64
39.672
89,262.75
'419.25
10,000
7.812.23
2,187,17
23,168
22.226.97
94103
76.724
62,839.27
13.884.73
20,983 30.790.41 9,952.41
Boat Licences,
6,000
4,980.50
19.30
Post Office,
116.256
140,165,01 23,909.01
Cargo Boat Licences,
7,200
6,823.00
877.00
Registrar General's Department,
23,977
24,834.78 857,73
Carriage, Chair, &c., Licences,..
20,000
21,233.20
1,223.20
Harbour Master's Department,
56,526
59,209.54
2,773.54
Chinese Passenger Ships Licences,
400
Chinese Undertakers' Licences,
100
260.00 130,00
140.00
Lighthouses,
7,654
5,882.00
1,772.00
80.00
Observatory,
11,052
11,688,91
636.91
Emigration Brokers' Licencos,.
Fines,
1,200
1,200.00
Stamp Office.
4,218
4.012.03
235.97
Emigration Tenement Licences,
10
10.00
Botanical and Afforestation Department,
21.059
20.36,52
222.18
14,500
32,630.50
1,000
Forfeitures,
3,313.83
18,130.50 2,813,83
TH
Legal Departments,
70,083
70,255.97
172.07
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Ecclesiastical Department,
7.832
6,010.90
1,821,10
Hawkers' Licences,
6,000
4,310.50
659.50
Education.
71,978
72,982.67 1,004.67
Junk Licences,
19,000
22,602.50
3,602,50
Medical Departments,
67,035
73,366.31 6,333.31
Marine Store Dealers' Licences, ......................
1,000
960.00
40.00
Magistracy,
2.1,308
25,454.61
646.61
Marriage Licences,..
400
357.00
43.00
Police,
226,633
224,219,69
2.413.32
Money Changers' Licences,
700
590,00
110.00
Gaol,
66,872
54.059.66
2.812.34
Opium Monopoly,
477,600
359,900.00
87,700.00
Pawnbrokers' Licences,....
14,000
16,800.00
2,800.00
10
Shooting Licences, ...........................
Spirit Licences,
44,000
Stamps.....
190,000
Steam-Launch Licences,
400
35.00 49,487.82 172.608.21 477.50
25.00 5,187.82
Fire Brigade,
Sanitary Department,
Charitable Allowances,
20,482
17,712.39
2,769,81
56,997
56.428.21
665.79
5,000
3,001.00
1,999.00
Transport,
4.500
4.088.29
416.71
17,391,79 Miscellaneous Services,
114,902
126,660.50 11,758.50
77,50
Military Expenditure,
233,572
421,002.01 187,430.01
FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PUR-
Public Works Recurrent,
125,560
93,283,55
82,276.45
POSES, AND REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-
Bills of Health,
2,000
Registration of Births and Deaths,
Cargo Boat Certificates,
81J 1,100
2,055.00 86.10
Ба.00
6.40
1,177,00
77,00
Cemetery Burials,
600
1,059.18
459.48
Sale of Chinese Gazette,
50
50.00
Registration of Companies,
Convict Labour and other items,
Registration of Deeds,
Examination of Masters, &c.,
Fecs of Court, ...................
2,000
3,655.50
1,055.50
4,000
8,745,03
254.37
4,000
3,889.00
111,00
1,500
1,990.00
10,000
Fees on Grant of Leases.
400
Gaol Expenses recovered,.
1,000
14,985.29 375.00 650,54
£90,00 4,985.23
25.00
349.10
Storage of Gunpowder,......
4,000
5.555.46
1,555.46
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Registration of Householders,
2,000
1,599.75
400.25
Contribution from Imperial Post Office,
3,388
3,352.14
633.86
Grant-in-Aid to Lock Hospital from Admiralty,
2,000
865.57
1,134.43
Medical Examination of Emigranta, ..............
15,000
14,435,50
564,50
Medical Registration Fees, ..........
10
10.00
Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen,
8,000
14,594.17 6,584.17
Official Administrator, Assignee, &c...
3,000
3,443.01
Official Signatures,
150
234.00
Sale of Printed Forms,
1,200
1,420.00
6+3.01 84,00 220.00
Registry Fees, (Merchant Shipping Act),
300
275,00
25.00
Shipping Seamen,
9,000
11.695.00
2,695.00
Sick Stoppages from Police Force,
800
1,099.74
299,71
Surveyor's Certificate for Steam-Launches,
1,000
1.040.00
Subsistence Money of Seamen, &c., in Gaol,
300
547.57
40.00
247.57
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Survey of Steam-Ships,..
10,000
8,648.77
-
1,356,23
Registration of Trade Marks,
Fees from Scholais at Victoria College,
Fecs from School for Girls,
500 14,000 800
Sunday Cargo-Working Permits,
Refund Cost of Stores from Police, &c....
Refund of Police Pay,
532.20 12,2:17.00 366.00
66.00 2,150.00 2,150.00 2,803,06 2,308.06 2,177.18 2,177.15
32.20
1,763.00
POST OFFICE:-
Postage,...
115,000 142,770.03
2,229,97
RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES:-
Buildings,
Lands not Leased, including Stone Quarries,
28,000
419.86 26,265,36
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+19.86
++
1,734.14
Leased Lands,..............
170,000
180,158.25
10,158.25
Markets, including Slaughter House and Cattle Shed, Piers..
75,000
90,851.96
21,354.96
1,000
1,080.00
90.00
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INTEREST,
5,000
2,021.39
2,975.61
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:-
Condemned Stores, &c.,
1,500
1,557,64
57.64
Interest for use of Furniture at Government House,
150
768.82
€18.82
Night Soil Contract,
20,000
19,740.00
260.00
Other Miscellaneous Receipts,
7,000
19,514.26 12,514.26
Profit on Subsidiary Coins,
72,000 73,347.09 1,347.00
TOTAL, exclusive of Land Sales and Water Account,... 1,952,098 1,007,051.43 122,073.92| 167,717.49 |
LAND SALES, ...................
WATER ACCOUNT-Ord. 16 of 1890,
100,000 51,761.47
60,486.61 66,480.61
48.238.53
TOTAL,....
$ 2,052.008 2,025,302.61 189,100.53 215,956.02
Treasury, Hongkong, 8th April, 1892.
1,682,874 1,868,073.26 240,930,81
64,740.55
Public Works, Extraordinary,
Do.
Do..
820,279514,526,30
239,200,00
defrayed from Water Account, ...
60,486.01
TOTAL,
$
2,503,153 2,449,086.26 240,939.81 304,000.55
A. F. ALVES,
Accountant.
F. H. MAY,
Acting Treasurer,
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