MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS
REVENUE.
Brought forward,......
FEES OF OFFICE,-—Continued.
OF ESTIMATES OF
REVENUE,--Continued.
ESTIMATED
FOR 1879.
ESTIMATED FOR 1880.
INCREASE
DECUBASE.
$
$
$
878,990
907,000
85,860
57,850
EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
Registration of Deeds,
3,200
3,300
100
Shipping Seamen,
8,000
6,500
Received in 1877, $3,153; 1878, $3,329; and first six months 1879, $1,622.
1,500
The receipt for the past half-year of 1879 was $3,529.
Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 17 of 1860,..
600
600
Ship Surveys,
333
50
60
Colonial Registers,.-
70
90
35
20
Merchant Shipping Act,
300
300
Registry of Carriages, &c., Ordinance 6 of 1868,
1,500
1,700
200
The revenue obtained during the first half-year 1879 was $884.
Registration of Companies,
600
100
500
No anticipation of any new Company being found.
Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,
15,200
12,000
3,200
This decrease is anticipated by the Harbour Master, Mail Steamers exempt from Medical
Examination.
Registration of Births and Deaths, &c.,
30
50
20
Light Dues,........
17,000
18,000
1,000
$7,687 was collected during the first half-year of 1879.
Licences for Steam Launches,..
150
150
Official Administrator and Assignee,
750
1,400
050
The receipt for the last nine months was $1,241.
Registration of Trade Marks,..........
30
50
30
Licence for Chinese Passenger Ships,
400
400
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:-
Condemned Stores, &c.,
100
500
400
Incidental.
REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES IN-
CURRED BY GOVERNMENT :----
Sick Stoppages from Police Force,.
500
600
100
For the first nine months of 1879 was $447.90.
Carried forward,........
927,470
950,790
87,370
64,050
511
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