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-Revenue and Expenditure.
20. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $348,300.10 as against $298,106.88 (including $24,098.10 collected by the Registrar General's Department for Boat Licences, the issuing of which was transferred to this Depart- ment from the 1st January, 1907), collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $50,193.22-
1. Light Ducs,
2. Licences and Internal Revenue, 3. Fees of Court and Office,
4. Miscellaneous Receipts,...
Total,...
$ 8,389.00
110,122.40
151,744.30
42.40
$348.300.10
The principal increases are under Junk Licences, $18,704.12; Boat Licences, $9,407.60; Sunday Cargo-working Permits, $2,852.50; Medical examination of emigrants, $7,323.00; Light Dues, $2,666.96; Fines, $1,980 50; Survey of Steamships, $1,947.01; Steam- launch Licences, &c., $662.75; Survey of Steam-launches, $525.00; Fees for Storage of Gunpowder, &c., $499.53; and Chinese Passenger Ships Licences, $345.00. The falling off in Revenue comes under the headings: Fishing Stake and Station Licences, $719.00; Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, $28.20; Sale of Printed Forms. $ 73.25; and Pilots Licences, $105.00. Fees for Cargo-boat Certificates amounting to $2,951.00 in 1906 have been merged in Fees for Cargo-boat Licences since 1st January, 1907.
21. The expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1907 was $160,383,08 including $3,715.60 specially expended on Fairway Buoys and Lghts but not including Crown Agents' December Account paid this year.
4.-Steam-launches.
22. On the 31st December, there were 285 Steam-launches employed in the Harbour, of these, 137 were licensed for conveyance of passengers, &c., 129 were privately owned, 15 were the property of the Government and 4 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of Military Authorities.
Fourteen Master's Certificates were suspended, 1 for 6 months, 2 for 3 months, 5 for 2 months, 5 for 1 month and 1 for 2 weeks; 2 Certificates were cancelled, 1 Master and 1 Engineer; 1 Master was cautioned and 5 discharged.
Five hundred and seventy-four (574) engagements and four hundred and sixty-one (461) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made from 1st January to 31st December.
Seven (7) Steam-launches were permitted to carry Arins, &c., for their protection against pirates, of these 6 were previously permitted and one during the year.
5.-Emigration and Immigration.
23. One hundred and five thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven (105,967) emigrants left Hongkong for various places, during the year, of these 78,576 were carried in British ships and 27,391 in Foreign ships. The year 1907 has been proved to be the record year in the history of Colony for the numbers of emigrants shipped, as the annexed table shows.
One hundred and forty-five thousand eight hundred and twenty-two (145,822) immigrants were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated, either from this Colony or from Coast Ports. This includes 905 returning from South Africa. Of the total number 112,742 arrived in British ships and 33,080 in Foreign ships.
6.-Registry, &c., of Shipping.
24. During the year, 36 ships were registered under the provisions of the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, and 12 Certificates of Registry were cancelled.
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