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Appendix No. 6.
A translation of a Statement drawn up by the Magistrate of the San On dis- trict of the Annual Revenue derived from the whole of the San On district during the present financial year.
(Sent through the Consul at Canton to the Colonial Government.)
(1.) Taxes derived from fields, hills, fish ponds, fisheries,
&c., for the 24th year, for defraying expenditure of the district, and remittance to the Treasurer of Canton for transmission to Peking,
(2.) Customary registration fees and stamps for title deeds, (3.) Licence fees from fishmongers on scales, weights, &c., (4.) Extra tax on land,
Taels.
*11,592.6.2.6
50.0.0.0
100.8.0.0
1,959.1.5.9
Taels 13,702.5.8.5
This sum + premium on Syce money - Taels 19,259.2.1.9
(5.) Extra registration fees for transfers and assignments
of land, &c.,.......
(6.) Tax paid in kind, Government measure, Piculs 2,833.3.6 (or ordinary measure Pieuls 7,837.0.8) — 12,245 bushels 1 pk. 3 qts.,
(7.) Land originally allotted to soldiers, now chiefly held by private individuals. Fine rice, Pels. 424.4.0.9 = 662 bushels 2 pks.,
(8.) Land originally allotted to soldiers, inferior in quality to No. 7. Fine rice, Pels. 151.4.4.6 236 bushels, (9.) Contribution from Government land for sacrificial pur-
poses,
(9B.) Passage boat fees paid to the Government Treasurer
and Prefect of Kwong Chau,
730.9.9.2
13,600.1.2.8
1,613.1.9.4
151.4.0.4
23.0.6.0
(10.) Rents derived from land resumed by the Government, (11.) Rents from land devoted to support of colleges, (12.) Rents collected from Tseung Kwan O shops for sup-
port of foundling hospital,
318.4.0.0 1,746.2.5.7
741.9.3.5
148.6.7.2
(13.) Rent from Tung Fat pawnshop for support of found-
ling hospital,
120.0.0.0
(14.) Rent from Government land leased to inhabitants for support and maintenance of colleges and foundling hospital,
290.1.9.3
over 120.0.0.0 130.0.0.0
(15.) Monthly licence fees from quarrymen at Ngau t'au kok,
Li Ü Mun, Ch'a Kwo Ling, Sai Tso Wan,
(16.) Monthly opium licence fees,
(17.) Fees for stamping and renewing snall fishing boat licences. (This sum is to meet the expenses of
having boats inspected, boat hire, food, wages, stationery, &c.), ....
(18.) Annual licence fees from pawnshops,
=
Total,......
$1,000.0.0.0 Taels 404.0.0.0
37,589.8.2.0 $52,220.80
£5,004 9s. 104d.
NOTE. I tael $1.39. At 1s. 11d. for a dollar = 28. 8d.
* 8,000 taels are sent to Peking.
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