# MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE FOR 1895
REVENUE
PROBABLE FOR 1ST HALF-YEAR, 1896
PROBABLE FOR 2ND HALF-YEAR, 1896
TOTAL, ESTIMATED FOR 1896
ESTIMATED FOR 1897
$
$
$
$
Brought forward,
1,307,500.68
788,117.91
722,450.05
1,460,607.26
1,308,802.00
1,461,545.00
4. POST OFFICE:-
Postage,
244,440.71
123,008.76
111,001.20
235,000.00
225,000.00
240,000.00
5. RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES :-
Buildings,
Laundries,
Lands not Leased,
Stone Quarries,
Leased Lands,
Slaughter-House,
Markets,
Cattle Shed,
Piers,
0,225.30
251.00
180.00
431.00
350.00
230.00
900.00
530.00
8,419.01
11,206.80
200.40
11,407.00
8,100.00
7,024.08
7,926.02
15,850.00
230,803.40
85,091.70
120,000.30
205,692.00
40,440.00
21,875.00
21,375.00
42,750.00
63,574.35
34,402.84
30,260.16
69,663.00
2,220.00
780.00
480.00
400.00
530.00
7,000.00
11,500.00
8,000.00
16,850.00
208,000.00
215,000.00
40,440.00
£2,750.00
68,000.00
69,663.00
2,600.00
Transferred below.
Sheep, Pig and Cattle Depots,
4,967.09
2,287.07
2,000.03
4,288.00
4,883.80
5,501.03
6,409.07
11,000.00
4,330.00
6,000.00
6,900.00
11,000.00
6. INTEREST,
6,080.78
3,100.07
3,109.07
5,000.00
10,000.00
7. MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS :—
Condemned Stores, &c.,
463.59
Interest for use of Furniture at Government House....
Night Soil Contracts......................
Other Miscellaneous Receipts,
Profit on Subsidiary Coins,
2,032.35
828.00
144.40
145.00
115.00
24,600.00
14,920.00
14,220.00
98,440.00
82,070.88
8,287.01
6,712.38
14,000.00
152,000.88
304.48
110,000.00
110,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
144.00
145.00
98,440.00
28,440.00
19,000.00
20,000.00
110,000.00
115,000.00
8. LAND SALES,
130,471.70
132,542.25
65,000.75
197,543.00
20,000.00
100,000.00
9. WATER ACCOUNT, Ordinance 16 of 1890, Appropriations in Aid,
80,170.41
49,047.55
134,714.41
17,584.51
34,000.59
68,715.00
7,564.49
15,120.00
65,000.00
68,000.00
20,000.00
22,000.00
TOTAL,
2,535,276.44
1,280,957.55
1,261,189.78
2,405,147.63
2,288,366.00
2,438,823.00
COLONIAL TREASURY, HONGKONG, 19th October, 1896.
A. M. THOMSON,
Acting Colonial Treasurer.
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