MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE.
REVENUE.
LAND REVENUE:-
ESTIMATED FOR 1876. ESTIMATED FOR 1877. INCREASE. DECREASE. $ $ $ $ Lease Lands, 119,000 126,000 7,000 Lands not Leased including Stone Quarries,... 120 13,000 12,880 Fees on Grant of Leases, Premium by Purchases, 2,007 230 1,777 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:- Markets, 23,000 33,000 10,000 Buildings, 21,000 22,000 1,000 LICENSES:- Spirit Retailers, 25,000 27,000 2,000 Pawnbrokers, 7,500 7,500 Auctioneers,... 3,000 3,000 Tenements for Emigrants, 1,600 1,600 Emigration Brokers, Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys, 600 800 200 Opium Monopoly, 130,000 132,000 2,000 Boarding-houses, 300 300 Carried forward,..EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
Additional lands were sold in 1876.
The rent of the Slaughter House has been increased.
It has been deemed advisable to reduce this item, as there has been a falling off in the renewal of Licences.
The fees were reduced in July 1875.
The new License is at this increased rate, for 3 years.