Bazaars and Markets.
Sawnbrokers and Auctioncers.
£1,650
Judicial and Police fines and fees.
500
1000
Fees on bailing letters, Commissions & Land fees on leases & deposits on Sales.
100
1,000
Land tax on Paddy grounds & Salt. Opium & farms.
100
Stone quarries
Spirit and wine licences.
1,700
200
300
Rent of Government buildings.
500
Add rent of Crown lands
Many of
7,250
12,917
£20,167
these items may reasonably be expected to become much more productive. No land tax or rental has as yet been received from the Old Chinese inhabitants of the island, but the first step was to put a final end to all pretensions on the part of the Chinese Government; and this having been done, the Establishment of the native registry will, I expect, aid in the collection of the dues above mentioned.
A former resolution of the Council to raise a harbour due of 8 per ton on shipping has not yet been carried into execution, as the principal attraction of this Colony arises from its being an entirely free Port, and any measure tending, at the commencement, to diminish the resort of shipping to the harbour might ultimately prove ill-advised.
The inhabitants must be made to contribute towards the heavy expenses of the Police by an assessed rate, the Ordinance for which is now being passed. Then the Main Roads and Sewers