COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATED FOR 1861.
REVENUE OF 1859.
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COLONIAL ESTIMATES HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATED FOR 1861.
REVENUE OF 1859.
£ s. d. £ s. d. LAND REVENUE:- Lease Lands,.. 19,100 0 0 Lands not Leased, Fees on grant of Leases, 125 0 0 75 0 0 Premium by Purchases,.. 1,000 0 0 20,300 0 0 20,300 0 0 19,807 18 8 Brought forward, £ s. d. £ s. d. 73,925 0 0 59,598 14 1 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:— Markets, 5,000 0 0 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :— Condemned Stores, &c., 10 0 0 11 10 1 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT:— Buildings, 2,250 0 0 7,250 0 0 7,785 18 9 Private Watchmen and Lamps, 275 0 0 LICENSES— Spirit Retailers, 5,500 0 0 Pawnbrokers, 60 0 0 Auctioneers, 625 0 0 Tenements for Emigrants, 120 0 0 Emigration Brokers,.. 125 0 0 Sick stoppages from Police Force, 75 0 0 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto, 25 0 0 Subsistence Money of Seamen, Consulate Prisoners, and others in Victoria Gaol, 200 0 0 Medical Treatment of Sick Merchant Seamen, 300 0 0 Convict Labour and other items, 60 0 0 Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys, 125 0 0 Sale of Printed Forms, 120 0 0 Opium Monopoly, 11,500 0 0 Boarding-houses,.. 100 0 0 Marriage, 10 0 0 Recovered from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Dept on account of Gaol Expenses, 1,210 0 0 593 19 8 Incidental, 150 0 0 5 0 0 Chinese Undertakers, 10 0 0 TAXES:-- Police Assessment, 18,175 0 0 12,196 2 6 Lighting Rate, 15,000 0 0 POSTAGE, 2,000 0 0 FINES, FORFEITURES & FEES OF COURT:-- 17,000 0 0 14,047 5 1 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:— Profit on Remittances to Agent General, 784 0 5 Interest on Monies deposited in Banks, 400 0 0 2,581 7 6 SPECIAL RECEIPTS:— Fines,.. 1,700 0 0 Forfeitures, 50 0 0 Fees, 900 0 0 2,590 16 4 Under Ordinance No. 12 of 1857, 2,650 0 0 FEES OF OFFICE:- Superannuation contribution of European Police Force, &c, 50 0 0 On Cemetery Burials, 250 0 0 Registry of Boats, 1,500 0 0 Hawkers,.. 250 0 0 Official Signatures, 35 0 0 Registration of Deeds, 200 0 0 Shipping Seamen, 1,200 0 0 Ship Surveys, 10 0 0 Colonial Registers, 25 0 0 Merchant Shipping Act, 80 0 0 3,550 0 0 1,610 12 3 3,080 12 8 Carried forward, £ s. d. £ s. d. 80,095 0 0 65,225 6 2 56 0 4 59,598 14 1 TOTAL, £2,050 0 0 2,000 0 0 73,025 0 0 £73,925 0 0REFERENCE
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