CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5]

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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, IN 1857 AND 1858.

78 2 6 11 9 2

1,970 8 11 2,045 13 5

125 0 V 62 30 0

5 4 2

218 15 0 34 18 8

REVENUE.

1857

1858

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

EXPENDITURE.

1857

1858

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

Land Revenue, £ s. d. 15,310 13 8 £ s. d. 20,201 7 1 £ s. d. 4,890 13 4 £ £ Renta exclusive of Lands, Licenses:- Spirit, £ 8. d. 3,757 0 3 £ s. d. 5,843 13 11 £ s. d. 2,086 13 8 Governor and Lieut.-Governor, Colonial Secretary, 2,872 15 7 2,790 5 7 82 10 0 Opium,... 2,462 13 3 4,760 14 7 2,298 1 4 Pawnbrokers, 875 0 0 4,508 6 8 3,633 6 8 Boarding-house Keepers' 127 10 0 Auctioneers" 375 0 0 500 0 0 125 0 0 Colonial Treasurer, ... Auditor General, 2,624 6 2 1,870 4 G 754 1 8 Clerk of Councils, D Surveyor General, 1,325 17 10 150 0 G 1,175 17 10 £ 8. d. 2.710 4 £ s. d. 3,169 18 11 £ s. d. 1.731 10 4 £ s. d. 1,073 17 9 £ s. d. 217 5 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,277 14 9 Billiard Tables, 162 11 5 545 12 361 184 12 9 5 101 252 0 1 151 0 1 Bowling Alley, 67 5 11 64 14 8 2 11 3 Marriage, 62 10 0 125 0 0 62 10 0 Police and Lighting Rates Collector, 1,098 4 7 785 8 4 312 16 3 Salt Brokers, 45 7 7 3 6 6 3 6 Judicial, 1,567 8 61 1,835 11 1 268 2 7 Ecclesiastical, 32 15 2 121 0 2 88 5 0 6,098 5 5 5.910 6 14 187 19 3 2,191 4 11 742 10 4 1,448 14 7 623 16 41 352 10 11 271 5 5 32 15 2 87 5 2 54 10 0 ITI Governor of Gaol, *** 696 13 83 673 3 6 23 10 2 3,083 9 41 8,418 11 7 5,335 2 3 992 1 8 36,110 10 1 312 13 31 293 3 6 19 10 1 768 6 1 3,389 9 51 1,269 11 2,119 18 5 & 919 7 6 100 12 6 56 17 6 43 15 0 350 4 2 43 15 0 3 2 6 9 7 6 6 5 0 3 2 6 5 4 2 247 1 8 17 16 0 229 5 8 439 10 2 157 3 6 282 6 8 1,650 12 6 378 2 10 215 5 8 162 17 2 1,681 1 7 512 2 6 1,168 19 1 3,036 19 1 215 5 8 414 14 7 457 6 7 42 12 0 139 16 0 18 15 0 121 1 9 *** Emigrant, Undertaker, Taxes --Police & Lighting Bates, ... Fines of Courts, Forfeiture do., 7,376 11 3 2,021 17 3 5,354 14 0 Fees do.. 524 17 10 678 2 4 153 4 6 Fees of Office :- Shipping Seamen, Official Signatures, &c., ... Colonial Registers, 5 4 2 Survey, 229 5 7 282 6 8 53 1 1 ... Deed Registry,... 5 0 0 Burials, 1,272 9 8 Marriages, 200 4 2 375 0 0 174 15 10 17+ Registration of Boats and Hawkers, 14,679 0 2 Protective Passes, 403 16 6 1,559 7 7 1,155 11 1 Emigration Brokers, 900 0 0 to and? 41 15 11 Sale of Government Property, 58,842 2 7 Reimbursements, Miscellaneous Receipts, Interest, Special Receipts, Total, 62,476 9 8 Deduct Decrease, 1,129 5 10 Nett Increase, 61,347 4 4 70 10 6 *** 54 14 2 610 18 2 1,042 8 9 12 7 4 20,747 9 74 17,113 2 61 3,634 7 500 200 4 2 375 0 0 14,677 5 73 17,113 2 6 Educational, ... Medical, 384 0 5 330 0 0 54 0 5 Chief Magistrate, 2,315 3 3 10,099 13 2 7,784 9 11 Superintendent of Police, 1,504 4 2 Total Establishments, £ 35,757 19 8 Pensions, RetiredAllowances and Gratuities, Revenue Services, Administration of Justice, Education, Hospital, Police, Gaol, Rent, Transport, 17 2 7 426 11 51 409 9 2 +71 Works and Buildings, 3,055 13 94 1,741 19 9 1,313 14 1 Roads, Streets, and Bridges, Miscellaneous Services, 401 17 6 526 0 10 124 3 4 Lands and House Purchased, Special Expenses, 10.759 6 1I 6,262 9 7 4,496 16 4 Total, 65,497 19 7 Deduct Increase, 4,581 9 Nett Decrease, 2,518 1 57

Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 8th January, 1859

J. A. CARVALHO,

Accountant.

FRED FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.

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