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Taxes
Revenue
Brought forward 499,375 - 341,600
370
Estimated for 1869
Estimated for 1870.
Increase Decrease
Explanatory Remarks
8,025 65,800
Stamps
100,000
94,000
6,000
Police Assessment
112,000
120,000
8,000
House Rate
28,000
30,000
2,000
The Stamp Amendment Ord: 1868 does not prove as productive as the stamp ord of 1866. Properly reduced by this comparison the yield from 1 January 1868 to 30 June 1869.
Lighting Rate
21,000
21,000
Fire Brigade Rate
7,000
9,000
2,000
Postage
60,000
62,000
2,000
Fees Inflictive &c.
Fees
Fines
15,000
13,000
2,000
These fines are very uncertain. I have judged it safer to state the yield from 1 July 1868 to the 30th June 1869 then to adopt the current estimate.
Forfeitures
1,500
1,500
Fees
4,500
3,000
1,500
This increase is justified by the increased revenue from 1 Aug. 1868 to 30 June 1869.
Fees of Office
On Cemetery Burials
1,500
800
700
Passes for Junks
9,000
8,300
700
Registry of Boat
3,500
3,000
500
Fees on Manifests of Cargo
Book &c.
Cargo
Hawkers
Boat Certificate; Registration of Boat-holders
Servants
1,500
1,200
300
1,700
1,700
2,500
2,200
300
Shipping
Registration of Deeds
Official Signatures
1,700
1,200
500
8,000
6,500
1,500
Carried forward 884,635 - 727,060