COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
LAND REVENUE :
Lease Lands,
£ 10,450
d.
31
1
Lands not Leased, ..
Fees on grant of Leases,
325
25
10
27
RENT, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS!
Government Markets,
1,862
10
27
Government Buildings,
275
LICENSES:
Spirits,..
J
1,460
Pawnbrokers,
583
6
8
Auctioneers,
156
11
Salt Brokers,
450
*
**
Billiard Rooms,..
31
5
Opium Dealers,
1,400
盛宴
J1
Stone Quarriers,
375
21
JJ
Serangs,
TAXES:
Police Assessment,
POSTAGE,
FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURTS:
Fines,
Forfeitures,..
325
50
J
J
Fees,
625
FEES OF OFFICES:
Marriages and Burials,..
8.5
Registering of Boats and Hawkers,
600
Official Signatures,
82
J]
"
90
Registration of Deeds,
65
Conveyances,
Sailing Letters and Passes,..
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:
ESTIMATED FOR 1852.
REVENUE OF 1850
£
S.
d.
£
5,
d.
REFERENCE
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REMARKS.
COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATED FOR 1852.
REVENUE OF 1850.
£
8. d.
Brought forward,
REIMBURSEMENT IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED
પરે
£
8. d.
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21,954 0 0 23,288 17 52
BY GOVERNMENT :
10,800
10
11,746
15
12 A.
£
S.
d.
2,137
10
2,197
1
8
B.
Sick stoppages from Police Constables,
Hospital and other Expenses, on ac-
count of Distressed Seamen,
Subsistence Money of Military, and
other Prisoners in Victoria Gaol,..
90
J1
"
40
40
ū
4,455
11
8
4,824
4
8
C.
2,700
"
2,811
11 3
D.
"
1,000
835
3 8 E.
10
8
4
850
8
4
868
8
4}} F.
Condemned Stores, &c.,..
10
ها
5
12 81 G.
Carried forward,
·
21,954
0 Q
23,288 17 51
170
13
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REMARKS.
194 19 7 H.
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:
Over-payments, &c., recovered,..
8 19 8 I.
SPECIAL RECEIPTS:
Superannuation Contributions of Police Force,
26
33 19
J
00
8
J.
Total...
22,150
0
0
23,526
16
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REMARKS.
A. The decrease on LAND RENTS arises from the Reductions made on account of the Reports of the Land Committee, and the
resumption of Sundry Lots, as also from the Purchase of Marine Lot No. 22, by the Commissariat Department,
B. The apparent difference under RENT, EXCLUSIVE Or Land, arises from the Collection of Arrears of 1849, during the year 1850,
C. The Total decrease on the estimated amount receivable from LICENSES in 1852, as compared with the actual Receipts of 1850, is
£368 138. Od., being,-
£ s. d.
On SPIRIT LICENSES,
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AUCTIONEERS,
13
PAWNBROKERS,...
SALT-BROKER, ...
714 accidental.
72 18 4 decrease of 1 in number.
15 17 6
do.
106 5 0 accidental.
13
OPIUM DEALERS,
6 5 0
do.
*
STONE QUARRIERS,
130 1 8
,, SERANGS, ...
51 0 10
no doubt on accounts of less Buildings being now carried on. abolished.
389 9 8
Deduct increase under Billiard Licenses,...
20 16 8
Nett decrease,
368 18 0
D. ESTIMATES Decrease £111 118. 3.,-Although the number of inhabited Houses has increased, the RENTS now paid are less than
in former years.
E. & F. FINES AND FEES, &c., OF COURTS, AND FEES OF OFFICES, the estimated differences are based on the Collections made during
the 9 months to September, 1851.
G. H. I. & J. The apparent differences under these Four Heads are accidental.
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