REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1869.
REVENUE.
AMOUNT.
EXPENDITURE.
Prit
AMOUNT.
Boarding Houses,..
Land Revenue,
Rents, exclusive of Lands,
Licenses:--
Spirit Retailers,
Pawnbrokers,
Auctioneers,
Tenements for Emigrants,
Emigration Brokers,
Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,
Opium Monopoly..
Marriage,
Chinese Undertakers,
70.00
Money Changers,
Marine Store Dealers,
675.00 2,625.00
Taxes:
159,847.60
31,590.63
7,700.00
4,200.00
176.95
2,400.00 1,275.00
108,660.00
400.00
75.00
132,811.68 Establishments:--
50,088.47
The Governor,
Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils, Surveyor General,. Master of the Mint,. Postmaster General,
Registrar General, Harbor Master,
Collector of Stamp Revenue,
Chief Justice,
Judge of Summary Jurisdiction Court,
Registrar of Companies, .
Ecclesiastical,
$
C.
25,553.77
27,312.47
12,360.30
12,091.66
1,031.00
29,133.08
7,433.81
35,510,53
14,052.23
36,799.86
3,880.55
28,435.18
10,496.95
Stamps,
95,812.51
Educational,.
Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates,
178,717.09
Medical,
274,529.60
Police Magistrates,
Postage,
64,854.28
Police,...
Fines, Forfeitures, and Fees of Courts :
Gaols,
Fines,........
10,639.70
Fees,
Passes
Do.,
Forfeitures,
Fees of Office:
On Cemetery Burials,
Licenses for Junks, &c.,
Registry of Boats,
Do. Hawkers,
Cargo Boats Certificates,.
Registration of Householders,
Do.
Servants, &c.,
Official Signatures,
Registration of Deeds,
Shipping Seamen,....
Examination of Masters and Mates,..
Colonial Registers,
Merchant Shipping Act,
Registry of Carriages, Chairs, &c.,
Registration of Companies, .
Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,
Sale of Government Property,.
1,433.14
4,645.28
Fire Brigade,
16,718.12 Pensions, Retired Allowances and Gratuities,
938.00
8,238.00
7,835.75
3,675.84
Hospitals, (Exclusive of Establishments,)..
Do. Cargo Boats and Crews,
1,357.41
1,801.25
Police,
Gaols,
Rent,
192.00
4,950.00
10,684.81
13,157.63
17,089.80
125,056.09
16,420.08
16,491.05
Total Establishments,.
448,132,85
16,623.99
Revenue Services,
(Exclusive of Establishments,)
2,998.86
Administration of Justice,
(Do.,)
1,236.13
Charitable Allowances,
871.84
11,287.90
(Do.,)
(Do.,)
50,045.51
22,622.65
195.00
2,238.50 298.00 88.00
1,633.50
7,113.00
610.00
50.00
613.00
Transport,
Conveyance of Mails, Works and Buildings,
Roads, Streets and Bridges, Miscellaneous Services, . Special Expenses,
Military Contribution,....
5,180.23
2,516.90
2,190.82
165,145.02
25,941.11
62,240.51
5,000.00
90,819.14
Mint,..
Reimbursements, ..
Miscellaneous Receipts,
Interest,
Ordinance No. 10 of 1867,
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 8th April, 1870.
1,419.60 108.00 4,707.25
42,920.10
521.75
60,102.71
87,579.43
13,965.09
8,958.08
10,806.10
Total,...
923,653.01
Total,..
A. F. ALVES, Accountant.
Examined,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Acting Auditor General.
912,853.46
FREDK. FORTH, Colonial Treasurer.