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COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.
REVENUE DETAILED.
REFERENCE
ESTIMATED FOR 1882.
REVENUE OF 1880.
REMARKS.
$ $ LAND REVENUE:--- Leased Lands,. 133,000 Fees on Grant of Leases,. 300 Premium by Purchases, 25,000 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS Brought forward, . $ 1,068,822 $ 998,264.77 Lands not Leased, including Stone Quarries, 15,000 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :-- 173,800 148,761.10 Condemned Stores, &c.,......... 1,500 1,302.21 Buildings, 34,100 LICENCES:- 25,000 59,668.81 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT :- $ Spirit Retailers, 25,000 Pawnbrokers, 11,900 Auctioneers, 3,000 Sick Stoppages from Police Force, 1,000 Tenements for Emigrants,. 100 Emigration Brokers, 2,200 Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys, 700 Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others, in Vic- toria Gaol, 150 Opium Monopoly,. 205,000 Boarding Houses,. 192 Marriage, 250 Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen, and others, in Civil Hospital, 6,000 Chinese Undertakers, 90 Money Changers, Marine Store Dealers, Spirit Distillers, TAXES:- Stamps, 180,000 161,200 Police Assessment, 41,600 Grant-in-aid of Lock Hospital, from Admiralty, 2,000 800 1,000 Convict Labour and other items, 5,000 250,342 251,496.37 Sale of Printed Forms, 800 Water Rate, Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Departments on account of Gaol Expenses,.. 950 Lighting Rate, 31,200 Fire Brigade Rate, 15,600 Contribution from Imperial Post Office, 3,888 POSTAGE, 379,600 351,286.27 100,000 92,815.57 Contribution from Special Fund towards Police Expenditure,. 3,900 FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT:-- Fines,. 5,000 Sale of Chinese Gazette, Forfeitures, 600 Fees, 4,500 FEES OF OFFICE:— 10,000 12,949.92 Interest for use of Furniture at Government House, Fees from Scholars at Central School,.. 250 On Cemetery Burials,. 500 Licences for Junks, &c., Ordinance 8 of 1879, 19,000 28,038 Registry of Boats, 3,000 34,534.22 Do. of Cargo Boats and Crews, 2,700 Do. of Hawkers,. 3,200 Cargo Boat Certificates, Ordinance 8 of 1879, 450 Registration of Householders, Ordinance 7 of 1866, 1,700 INTEREST, 20,500 21,287.66 Do. of Servants, &c., do. do., 100 Official Signatures.. 80 Registration of Deeds, 3,500 Shipping Seamen,. 6,500 Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 8 of 1879, 1,500 Survey of Steam Ships, &c., do. 9,000 Colonial Registers, 90 Registry Fees, &c., (Merchant Shipping Act,). 220 Registry of Carriages, &c., Ordinance 6 of 1868,. 2,000 Registration of Company, 500 Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants, 17,000 Registration of Births, &c.,. 50 Light Dues,.. 18,000 Licences for Steam Launches, 140 Surveyor Certificate for Steam Launches, 300 TOTAL,... MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:- Storage of Gunpowder, 10,000 Other Miscellaneous Receipts, 8,000 14,558.78 18,000 1,131,860 1,060,947.64 Official Administrator and Assignee, 1,400 83,536.83 Registration of Trade Marks, 50 Licences for Chinese Passenger Ships, 500 91,480 Carried forward, . $ 1,063,822 $ 998,264.77
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