COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATED FOR 1857.
REVENUE OF 1855.
REFERENCE ΤΟ REMARKS.
COLONIAL ESTIMATES HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATED FOR 1857.
REVENUE OF 1855.
LAND REVENUE: £ s. d. £ s. d. Lease Lands, 15,000 0 0 Lands not Leased, 200 0 0 8 Fees on grant of Leases, 25 0 0 5 Premium by Purchases, 8 d. Brought forward, 36,036 5 0 46,753 8 4 Deposit do., 500 0 0 25 0 0 15,750 0 0 27,634 16 5 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS: Markets, ... 2,000 0 0 2,612 10 0 Buildings, 612 10 0 2,676 6 8 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: Condemned Stores, &c., 144 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT: Sick stoppages from Police Force, 150 0 0 25 0 0 Subsistence Money of Foreign Seamen and others in Victoria Gaol, 175 0 0 140 12 6 LICENSES: Spirit Retailers, ... 2,500 0 0 Pawnbrokers, 800 0 0 Auctioneers, 250 0 0 Convict Labours and other items, 330 0 0 Sale of Printed Forms, 5 0 0 368 11 4 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS: Salt Weighing, 1,164 1 8 Recovery of Monies, 140 0 0 667 0 9 Stone Quarriers, ... 270 16 8 Billiard Tables, 20 16 8 SPECIAL RECEIPTS: Opium Retailers, Boarding-house Licenses, TAXES: Police Assessment, 2,500 0 0 7,606 5 0 100 0 0 6,703 17 5 Superannuation contributions of European Police Force, &c.,... Interest on money deposited with Oriental Bank Corporation, at 6 per cent per annum, 40 0 0 43 18 1 Lighting Rate, 300 0 0 POSTAGES: 4,600 0 0 1,380 0 8 5,980 0 0 3,917 3 6 Total,... 36,871 5 0 47,973 11 1 (Received by the Post Master-General in England.) Fines, 800 0 0 Forfeitures, 25 0 0 Fees, 750 0 0 1,575 0 0 2,395 11 6 FEES OF OFFICES: On Marriages and Burials, 150 0 0 Registry of Boats, 675 0 0 Do. Hawkers, 225 0 0 Official Signatures, 175 0 0 Registration of Deeds, 225 0 0 Shipping Seamen, 1,000 0 0 On Surveys, Nil. On Colonial Registers, 62 10 0 2,512 10 0 2,512 10 0 3,425 12 9 Carried forward, .... 36,036 5 0 46,753 8 4REFERENCE REMARKS.
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