HONG KONG, 1898,
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256
Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on
the Account of Receipts and Expenditure of the Treasurer of
Hong Kong for the year 1898.
1. The Revenue for the year 1898 amounted to
$2,672,107.80, or, inclusive of Land Sales and Water
Account, to $2,918,159 24. The Expenditure during the
same period was $2,841,805 20. There was therefore a
surplus of Revenue of $76,354.04.
2.
Revenue.
The total Revenue for the year amounting, as
stated above, to $2,918,159.24, was $223,292.24 more than
the Estimate of $2,694,867, and larger also than the
Revenue of 1897 by $231,244.54.
The estimated receipts of Revenue were exceeded
under all Heads with the exception of "Interest" and "Land
"Sales", which showed a deficiency compared with the
Estimates