COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
REFERENCE
ESTIMATED For 1880.
REVENCE OF 1878.
TO
KEMARKS,
COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
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REFERENCE
ESTIMATED FOR 1880.
KEVENUE OF 1878.
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REMARES.
#
$
LAND REVENUE:-
$
$
$
Leased Lands,.
Fees on Grant of Leases,.
Premium by Purchases,
RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS ——
Markets,
Buildings,
131,000
Lands not Leased including Stone Quarries,
14,000
600
Brought forward,.
940,690
880,891.88
10,000
156,500
148,887.53
33,000
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :--
Condemned Stores, &c.,
500
481.96
29,000
62,000
60,307.45
LICENCES:-
Spirit Retailers,
20,500
Pawnbrokers,
10,000
REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY
GOVERNMENT:-
Auctioneers,
2,700
Tenements for Emigrants,.
100
Emigration Brokers,
2,400
$$$
Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys,
1,100
Opium Monopoly..
205,000
Sick Stoppages from Police Force,.
600
Boarding Houses,.
200
Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto,
Marriage,
250
Chinese Undertakers,
Money Changers,
Marine Store Dealers,
Spirit Distillers,
TAXES:-
Stamps,
Police Assessment,.
80
Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others, in Vic-
toria, Gaol,
200
820
1,000 110
Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen, and others, in
Civil Hospital,
6,000
250,260
177,684.65
115,000
Contribution from Fund constituted under Ordi- nance No. 10 of 1867, in aid of Lock Hospital,. Grant-in-aid of Lock Hospital from Admiralty, Convict Labour and other items, Sale of Printed Forms,
6,072
1,920
5,000
900
124,200
Water Rate,
27,000
Lighting Rate,
23,000
Fire Brigade Rate,.
Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Departments on account of Gaol Expenses,.. Contribution from Imperial Post Office,
950
6,096
9,200
POSTAGE,
208,400 93,800
324,998.75 88,925.70
Do. from Special Fund towards Police Expenditure,
12,000
Sale of Chinese Gazette,.
50
FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT:-
Fines,..
10,000
Interest for use of Furniture at Government House, Fees from Scholars at Central School,
250
4,100
Forfeitures,
1,000
Fees,
4,000
44,138
30,033,91
15,500
8,689.37
FEES OF OFFICE :--
On Cemetery Burials,
700
INTEREST,
20,000
18.685.96
Licences for Junks, &c., Ordinance 6 of 1866,
20,000
Registry of Boats,
3,400
Do. of Cargo Boats and Crews,
2,550
Do. of Hawkers,..
2,800
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS :---
Cargo Boat Certificates, Ordinance 15 of 1860,
400
Registration of Householders, Ordinance 7 of 1866,
1,500
Storage of Gunpowder,
Do. of Servants, &c.,
do.
do.,
100
Other Miscellaneous Receipts,
9,500 200
Official Signatures,..
90
9,700
7,705.01
Registration of Deeds,
3,300
Shipping Seamen,.
6,500
SPECIAL RECEIPTS :-
Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 16 of 1860,
600
Ship Surveys,
50
Under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867,
Colonial Registers,.
90
Merchant Shipping Act,
300
TOTAL,.......
1,024,028
2,838.10
947,637.72
Registry of Carriages, &c., Ordinance 8 of 1863,
1,700
Registration of Company,
100
Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,
12,000
Registration of Births, &c.,.
50
Light Dues,...
16,000
Licences for Steam Launches,
150
Official Administrator and Assignee,
1,400
Registration of Trade Marks,
60
Licences for Chinese Passengers' Ships,
400
74,230
77,048.03
Carried forward..
949,690
880,891.88
492