CO129-054 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [1-2]

# REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1855.

REVENUE.

LAND REVENUE, RENT, exclusive of Lands, £ 26,073 3 2 LICENSES:- Spirit Dealers, Pawnbrokers, ... Auctioneers, Salt Brokers, ... Stone Quarriers, Billiard Tables, Boarding-house Keepers, Opium Retailers, £ 1,352 7 8 TAXES.-POLICE ASSESSMENT :- Balance on the Year ended 31st December, 1854, On Account of 1855, £ 8,357 1 3 FINES, FEES, and FORFEITURES OF COURT:- From the Supreme Court, £ 785 8 10 £ 835 9 10 £ 1,534 12 3 £ 62 14 7 £ 40,813 11 2

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

EXPENDITURE.

ESTABLISHMENTS — Governor, £2,512 10 7 Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils,... Surveyor General, Registrar General, Harbour Master, Marriage Registrar, Emigration Officer, Police-rate Collectors, Judicial, Ecclesiastical, £ 6,703 17 5 Medical, £ 212 10 0 Chief Magistrate and Court of Petty Sessions, £ 1,004 16 3 Marine Magistrate, £ 23 0 10 Superintendent of Police, Sheriff,... £ 59 4 7 One of the Justices of the Peace, £ 74 0 0 Do. for Hospital, £ 0 Educational, £ 0 Police and Gaols, viz :-- Chief Magistrate and Establishment,... Sheriff, £ 2,305 2 4 do., Superintendent of Police and Establishment, £ 1,114 5 4 £ 4,618 19 0 FEES. From the Supreme Court, £ 726 3 7 Chief Magistrate and Court of Petty Sessions, £ 198 9 4 £ 924 12 11 TOTAL ESTABLISHMENTS, £ 13,716 11 6 FORFEITURES, from the Superintendent of Police, £ 159 14 3 FEES OF OFFICES :- On Marriage Licenses, £ 7 10 0 Burials, £ 205 3 4 Official Signatures and Seal of the Colony, £ 195 8 4 PENSIONS, RETIRED ALLOWANCES, and GRATUITIES, REVENUE SERVICES, exclusive of Establishments, £ 37 9 3 Registration of Boats and Hawkers, £ 1,373 9 3 EDUCATION, do., £ 190 6 10 HOSPITALS, do., £ 25 0 0 Sailing Letters and Passc, £ 1,049 11 0 Colonial Register,... £ 179 3 4 Survey,.. £ 225 0 0 £ 3,425 12 9 POLICE and GAOLS, £ 6,074 7 6 RENT, .. £ 736 13 0 TRANSPORT, £ 16 0 0 CONVEYANCE OF MAILS, £ 200 1 0 WORKS and BUILDINGS, ... £ 130 0 0 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, £ 330 0 0 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT, £ 2 + 200 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS, £ 4 93 SPECIAL RECEIPTS, .. £ 115 5 0 ROADS, STREETS, and BRIDGES, £ 74 0 0 LAND OF HOUSES PURCHASED, £ 986 6 7 SPECIAL EXPENSES, £ 107 0 0 £ 47,973 11 14

TOTAL....

Victoria, Hongkong, January the 7th, 1856.