CO129-125 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [10-11]

INCREASE.

REVENUE.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG IN 1865 AND 1866.

1865.

1800.

EXPENDITURE.

DECREASE.

1865.

1286.

INCREASE. DECREASE.

Land Revenue,$208,919.16$140,250.46$68,668.70 Rents exclusive of Lands,48,254.8744,228.004,026.87 Licenses:- Spirit Retailers,20,800.0030,835.0010,035.00 Pawnbrokers,7,700.008,050.00350.00 Auctioneers,8,900.003,900.004,000.00 Tenements for Emigrants,109.50159.0049.50 Emigration Brokers,800.00800.00 Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys,1,350.001,350.00 Opium Monopoly,60,660.0060,660.00 Boarding Houses,486.00486.00 Marriage,380.00380.00 Chinese Undertakers,40.0070.0030.00 1,200.00975.00225.00 Establishments:-- The Governor, Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General, Master of the Mint, Postmaster General, Registrar General,10,855.8731,889.7221,033.85 20,654.2022,196.211,542.01 11,283.1211,983.40700.28 12,017.0612,356.99339.93 964.00960.004.00 23,755.1625,811.682,056.52 42,021.9842,021.98 20,834.5521,308.65474.10 6,956.137,251.67295.54 Harbor Master,14,810.0516,647.411,837.36 Chief Justice,25,854.6024,180.821,673.78 Judge of Summary Jurisdiction Court,10,802.1310,811.159.02 Stone Quarries,9,475.009,475.00 Registrar of Companies,420.00720.00300.00 Taxes:- Ecclesiastical,4,508.003,718.43789.57 Police, Lighting and Water Rates,177,715.48165,210.3512,505.13 Postage,204,806.04163,892.8640,913.18 Educational,8,278.008,330.9352.93 Medical,1,317.561,317.56 Fines of Courts,8,859.468,776.6782.79 Forfeiture of Courts,14,072.781,098.1412,974.64 Fees of Courts,13,593.592,343.1811,250.41 6,225.599,560.313,334.72 1,520.80747.04773.76 Police Magistrates,15,010.3816,516.231,505.85 Captain Superintendent of Police, Gaols,101,877.0599,392.922,484.13 15,728.4418,012.202,283.76 Fees of Office:- Cemetery Burials,2,087.081,821.16265.92 Total Establishments,320,318.23388,295.3667,977.13 6,124.33 Registry of Boats,4,185.703,997.61188.09 Pensions, Retired Allowances and Gratuities,9,492.139,492.13 of Cargo Boats and Crews,1,346.421,335.7810.64 Revenue Services of Hawkers,1,778.251,913.00134.75 Administration of Justice, Cargo Boats Certificates,104.00195.0091.00 Charitable Allowances,3.003.00 Official Signatures,326.00326.00 Registration of Deeds,2,009.501,872.50137.00 53.00273.00220.00 Shipping Seamen,7,862.007,100.00762.00 Hospitals, Police,1,810.63817.48993.15 Gaols,300.00300.00 8,624.8610,263.481,638.62 2,399.302,320.7578.55 40.0040.00 881.30588.67292.63 1,503.201,503.20 260.00260.00 9,927.121,302.268,624.86 Examination of Masters and Mates,940.00500.00440.00 Mint,12,094.1012,604.10510.00 Ship Surveys,100.00100.00 Rent,3,408.609,937.996,529.39 Colonial Registers,120.0060.0060.00 69.0069.00 Transport, Merchant Shipping Act,718.00739.0021.00 Conveyance of Mails,97,125.993,039.4094,086.59 1,406.201,406.20 12,464.42109,589.7497,125.32 1,573.281,573.28 Registry of Carriages, &c,879.20960.9081.70 Works and Buildings,301,008.00164,545.80136,462.20 Registration of Companies,1,098.80743.50355.30 Sale of Government Property,671.65190.28481.37 Roads, Streets and Bridges,472.3748,492.5048,020.13 46,454.3046,454.30 Miscellaneous Services,4,011.874,824.00812.13 Mint10,490.0310,400.0390.00 Interest, Reimbursements,14,276.4118,327.714,051.30 Miscellaneous Receipts,17,319.912,233.4715,086.44 Land and Houses Purchased,2,132.842,132.84 Military Contribution,72,000.003,200.7868,799.22 3,299.783,299.78 3,051.143,051.14 93,658.5493,658.54 918.30918.30 21,058.6421,058.64 Profit on Coins from England,6,758.585,877.40881.18 Interest,11,128.866,198.404,930.46 Special Receipts,23,820.9523,325.95495.00 Ordinance No. 12 of 1857,7,563.207,155.80407.40 848,443.59789,078.5859,365.01 74,307.01 937,805.24938,954.55 144,606.30145,455.99 Deduct Increase,144,005.30 850.69

Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 24th April, 1867.

Nett Decrease,

A. F. ALVES, Accountant.

Examined,

W. H. RENNIE, Auditor General.

FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.