Land Revenue,..
Rents, exclusive of Lands,
Licenses:-
Spirit Retailers,
Pawnbrokers,
Anctioneers..........
Tenements for Emigrants,
Emigration Brokers,
Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,..
Opium Monopoly,
Boarding Houses,
Marriage,.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1870.
REVENUE.
AMOUNT.
EXPENDITURE.
AMOUNT.
30,872.22
8,050.00
3,900.00 250.55
1,600.00 1,200.00 113,080.00 352.00
$$
130,519.72 Civil Departments:
50,810.19
Governor,
Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils,
Surveyor General,
Postmaster General,
Registrar General,
Harbor Master,
Collector of Stamp Revenue,.
Judicial Departments,
$ €.
25,812.93
25,378.41
11,787.98
19,096.39
060.00
32,206.68
41,603.80
14,986.63
37,406.65
3,844.90
70.00
Chinese Undertakers,..
Money Changers,
Marine Store Dealers,
Spirit Distillers,
Taxes:-
Stamps,
70.00
Registrar of Companies' Department,.
40,000.56 192.00
590.00
Ecclesiastical
Do.,
4,974.00
2.965.00
Educational
Do.,
13,972.68
100.00
Medical
Do.,
29,315.22
163,099.77
Police Magistrates'
Do.,
10,300.40
Postage,
Fines,
Forfeitures,
Fees,
Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates,
Fines, Forfeitures and Fees of Courts:---
107,848.21 185,188.57
Police
Do.,
157,506.54
Gaol
Do.,
40,964.31
293,036.78
Fire Brigade
Do.,
6,251.95
63,337.33
Pensions, Retired Allowances and Gratuities,
18,260.95
970.26
Charitable Allowances,
5,892.75
9,654.82
262.21 3,325.41
Transport,
Works and Buildings,
138,993.62
Roads, Streets and Bridges,
20,250.83
Fees of Office:-
On Cemetery Burials,
13,242.44
Miscellaneous Services,
37,258.61
892.75
Land and Houses Purchased,
39,314.29
Licenses for Junks, &c.,.
6,909.00
Military Contribution,
93,720.76
Passes for
Do.,
8,810.25
Registry of Boats,
3,741.45
Do. of Cargo Boats and Crews,
1,376.69
Do. of Hawkers,
1,690.25
Cargo Boats' Certificates,
225.00
Registration of Householders,
1,643.25
Do. of Servants, &c.,
269.75
235.00
Official Signatures,
Registration of Deeds,
Shipping Seamen,
Examination of Masters and Mates,
Colonial Registers,
Merchant Shipping Act,
Registry of Chairs, Carriages, &c.,
Registration of Companies,
Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,
Sale of Government Property,
Mint,...
Reimbursements,
Miscellaneous Receipts,
Interest,
Special Receipts, under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867,
1,068.50
6,892.00
430.00
30.00
531.00
1,641.60
1,738.50
3,783.00
41,907.99
642.11
40,000.00
68,999.73
12,144.69
*26,539.42
10,696.20
914,976.37
Total,......
* The sum of $26,539,42 received for Interest is inclusive of the Interest payable on Special Fund Deposits, which will have to be transferred to that account.
Colonial Treasury, Victoria, Hongkong, 29th March, 1871,
A. F. ALVES, Accountant.
Examined,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Auditor General.
Total,.
877,224.10
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Treasurer.