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show an increase in Ordinary Revenue of $84,586 over the
approved Estimate for 1910. The loss on the Opium Farrı
amounts to $46,300, while there is a reduction in the
Revenue earned by the Post Office of $68,900 due to
receipts from sale of stamps at the Postal Agencies in
China being no longer credited to the Hongkong Post
Office. These decreases are more than counterbalanced by
$125,000 under Liquor Duties and $20,000 under Stamp
Duties. The extraordinary items include $27,000 for half
estimated loss on working the Postal Agencies in China
during 191D which will not be paid till next year, and
$107,000 for traffic receipts from the Railway.
6.
The footnotes and appendix to
the Estimates of Expenditure explain every item of an
unusual nature comprised therein as well as the differences
under subheads.
7.
Sterling items have again been
calculated at 1 s. and 9 d. to the dollar on the recom➡
-mendation of the Treasurer after consultation with the
Acting Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation.
8.
Additions to the Establishment
of the Colony which have been included in the Estimates in
anticipation