# COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG
## REVENUE DETAILED
### ESTIMATED FOR 1881. KEYENCE OF 1879
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# COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG
## REVENUE DETAILED
### ESTIMATED FOR 1881.
REVENUE OF 1879
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## LAND REVENUE:--
Leased Lands,. 888,988.20
Lands not Leased, including Stone Quarries, 15,000
Fees on Grant of Leases,. 300
Premium by Purchases, 10,000
Brought forward... 131,000 1,017,530
## RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS
Markets, 150,300 144,282.27
Buildings, 82,100
LICENCES:---
Spirit Retailers, 27,000 59,494.83
Pawnbrokers, 9,450
Auctioneers, 2,700
Tenements for Emigrants,.. 600
Sick Stoppages from Police Force, 100
Emigration Brokers, 2,400
Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys, 900
Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others, in Victoria Gaol, 150
Opium Monopoly,. 205,000
Boarding Houses,. 200
Marriage, 260
Chinese Undertakers,.
Money Changers,
Marine Store Dealers,
Spirit Distillers,
59,100 259,900 252,050.68
## SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :-
Condemned Stores, &c,. 500 257.49
## REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT :—
Sale of Printed Forms, 750 Water Rate, 115,000 160,000 Lighting Rate, 40,000 Fire Brigade Rate, 81,000 Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Departments on account of Gaol Expenses, 15,000 Contribution from Imperial Post Office, 950 3,888 POSTAGE, 361,500 105,000 286,107.40 55,807.07 Contribution from Special Fund towards Police Expenditure, 12,000## FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT:-
Fines,. 5,000
Sale of Chinese Gazette,
Forfeitures, 800
Fees, 3,600 9,400 19,946.50
## FEES OF OFFICE :—-
Interest for use of Furniture at Government House, 250 Fees from Scholars at Central School, 4,100 On Cemetery Burials, 500 Licences for Junks, &c., Ordinance 8 of 1879, 19,000 35,683 33,808.55 Registry of Boats, 3,200 Do. of Cargo Boats and Crews, 2,500 Do. of Hawkers, 2,800 Cargo Boat Certificates, Ordinance 8 of 1879, 400 Registration of Householders, Ordinance 7 of 1866, 1,800 INTEREST, 15,000 19,083.57 Do. of Servants, &c., do. do., 100 Official Signatures, 90 Registration of Deeds, 3,300 Shipping Seamen, 6,500 Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 8 of 1879, 1,200 Ship Surveys, 50 Colonial Registers, 90 Merchant Shipping Act, 300 Registry of Carriages, &c., Ordinance 6 of 1863, 1,700 Registration of Company, 300 Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants, 12,000 Registration of Births, &c., 50 Light Dues, 10,000 Licences for Steam Launches, 150 Official Administrator and Assignee, 1,400## TOTAL...
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