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COLONIAL ESTIMATES - HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
ESTIMATE FOR 1876,
REVENUE OF 1874.
REFERENCE
REMARKS.
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COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
427
ESTIMATED FOR 1876,
REVENUE OF 1874.
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REMARKS.
LAND REVENUE: £ s d $ C. Leased Lands, 24,791 13 4 119,000 00 Lands not Leased incldg. Stone Quarries, 20 16 8 52 1.8 Fees on Grant of Leases, Premium by Purchases, 12,000 00 100 250 Brought forward, 162,487 10 0 779,940 00 162,317 2 51 779,128 39 27,364 11 8 131,350 00 27,465 9 44 131,834 25 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS : Markets, 6,875 33,000 00 Buildings, 4,375 21,000 00 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY: Condemned Stores, &c., 88 6 8 400 00 770 19 11 3,700 78 LICENCES: Spirit Retailers, 11,250 54,000 00 11,234 3 11 58,924 14 Pawnbrokers, 5,838 6 8 28,000 00 Auctioneers, 1,562 10 7,500 00 Tenements for Emigrants, 625 3,000 00 Emigration Brokers, 10 8 4 50 00 Billd. Tables, & Bowling Alleys, 338 6 8 1,600 00 Opium Monopoly, Boarding Houses, Marriage, REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT: Chinese Undertakers, 14 11 8 70 00 Money Changers, 145 16 8 700 00 Marine Store Dealers, 479 8 4 2,300 00 41 18 4 200 00 Sick Stoppages from Police Force, 125 600 00 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto, 5 4 2 25 00 Fire Brigade Rate, 2,291 13 4 11,000 00 POSTAGE, FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT: Fines, Forfeitures, Fees, FEES OF OFFICE: Ord. 15 of 1860, 2,500 12,000 00 Registration of Householders, 700 Ord. 7 of 1866, 156 5 625 3,000 3,281 5 15,750 00 3,572 4 17,346 50 On Cemetery Burials, 160 13 4 Licences for Junks, &c., Ord. 6 of 1866, 3,393 6 8 16,000 00 Registry of Boats, 625 3,000 00 Do. of Cargo Boats & Crews, 364 11 8 1,750 00 Do. of Hawkers, 354 3 4 1,700 00 Cargo Boat Certificates, Ord. 6 of 1866, 62 10 300 00 187 10 900 00 Registration of Servants, &c., Ord. 7 of 1866, 41 13 4 200 00 Official Signatures, 81 5 150 00 Registration of Deeds, 312 10 1,500 00 Shipping Seamen, 1,146 10 8 5,500 00 Examination of Masters, &c., 104 3 4 500 00 4 3 4 10 8 4 50 00 72 18 4 350 00 354 3 4 1,700 00 41 13 4 200 00 Ord. 16 of 1880, Ship Surveys, Colonial Registers, Merchant Shipping Act, Registry of Carriages, &c., Ord. 6 of 1863, Registration of Companies, 2,916 13 4 14,000 00 Medical Fees on Examn. Emigrants, Registration of Births, &c., 10 8 4 50 00 Light Dues, 2,604 3 4 12,500 00 Carried forward, 12,743 15 61,170 00 9,739 10 8 46,749 78 162,487 10 779,940 00 162,317 7 54 779,128 39 20 00 TAXES: Stamps, 20,833 6 8 100,000 00 Police Assessment, 36,380 11 8 174,070 00 37,039 14 7 177,700 70 Water Rate, 58,541 13 4 281,000 00 59,956 8 7 287,790 86 Lighting Rate, 12,910 13 4 62,000 00 18,309 16 8 63,887 10 Spirit Distillers, Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others, in Victoria Gaol, 1,041 13 4 5,000 00 Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen, and others, in Civil Hospital, 31 5 150 00 Grant in aid of Lock Hospital' from Admiralty, 800 3,840 00 Convict Labour and other items. Sale of Printed Forms, 20 16 8 104 00 Recovery from Diplomatie, Naval and Military Deps on account of Gaol Expenses, 104 8 4 500 00 Contribution from Imperial Post Office, 208 6 8 1,000 00 Contribution from Special Fund towards Police Expenditure, 1,270 6,096 00 Sale of Chinese Gazette, 2,500 12,000 00 Interest for use of Furniture at Government House, 5 4 2 25 00 Incidental, including Fees from Scholars at Central School, 83 6 8 400 00 458 6 8 2,200 00 INTEREST, 937 10 6,658 6 8 31,936 00 7,739 9 64 37,149 49 9,965 63 4,500 00 2,076 3 5 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS : Storage of Gunpowder, 625 3,000 00 Other Miscellaneous Receipts, 1,660 13 4 8,000 00 2,291 13 4 11,000 00 3,706 12 7 17,791 82 SPECIAL RECEIPTS : Under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, 1,395 16 8 6,700 00 1,472 13 4 7,068 80 TOTAL, 173,849 3 4 834,476 00 178,083 6 3 854,799 91Page 7