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they would not be
a
"continuation of the former
accounts which is what
the Order of the House requires. They
are
in
different form from ours.
Nevertheless if you
think that our accounts will serve the purpose, I shall be very glad of being thus enabled & present them more
speedily
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RETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 26 January 1847;-for,
«ACCOUNTS of the RECEIPTS and DISBURSEMENTS of the Colony of Hong Kong (in continuation of the last Parliamentary Returns), made up to the latest Period at which they can be furnished."
ACCOUNTS of the RECEIPTS and DISBURSEMENTS of the Colony of Hong Kong (in continuation of the last Parliamentary Returns, Paper No. 264, Sess. 1846), made up to the latest Period to which they can be furnished.
1st October 1845 to 30th September 1846.
RECEIPTS:
Land Rents £. s. d. 13,402 19 7 Market Rents 1,642 6 2 Rents of Buildings 701 4 3 Fees on grants of Leases 320 Fees on appointment of Serangs 100 10 11 Fees on Marriages and Burials 50 Fees on registering Boats 7 1 Fines, Fees, &c. in Magistrates' Courts 5 4 Licenses to Publicans and Spirit-dealers 124 13 3 Pawnbrokers 1,550 17 7 Auctioneers Salt-brokers 1,091 18 7 Billiard Rooms 492 11 8 Opium-farming Stone-quarrying 82 11 9 Duty on Sales at Auction 569 15 10 Police Assessment 25 10 Contribution in aid of Police Expenses - Sailing Letters and Passes, granted by Her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade 4,212 10 2 Sale of Stores 569 15 10 Sums recovered From the Commissariat Chest 412 12 6 Salaries 1,276 14 2 AID levied in the COLONY: 614 12 4 TOTAL RECEIPTS £. 27,348 9 4 60,000 £. 87,348 9 4DISBURSEMENTS:
Wages to subordinate Persons in the Departments of- £. s. d. Police 30,967 9 9 Marine 4,869 2 9 Land 730 8 4 Other Departments 345 5 9 Rations supplied to Police 223 6 8 Contingent Expenses of the several Departments 1,091 16 9 Formation of a Burial-ground 4,625 18 6 Formation of Roads, Bridges, &c. 154 9 1 Repairs of Roads damaged by Storm 14,171 10 4 Erection and Repair of Buildings - Hire of Buildings for Offices 1,004 9 2,743 5 6 1,840 5 6 Commission on Sales at Auction 106 4 5 Allowance to Military Engineers while employed upon Colonial Works 191 14 10 Allowance to the Coroner for Two Years' Service 200 Allowance to Assessors of the Police Rate 41 13 4 PAYMENTS on account of the Department of Her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade 7,509 7 9 PAYMENTS on account of the following CONSULATES: Canton 5,786 5 5 Shanghai 8,009 16 2 Amoy 4,481 7 8 Ningpo 4,399 7 4 Foochoofoo 2,645 5 5 Macao 110 12 6 TOTAL EXPENDITURE £. 63,306 12 3 32,942 2 3 £. 96,248 14 6Audit Office, Somerset House,
24 February 1847.
H. F. Luttrell. Henry Arbuthnot. Edward Romilly.
261.