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REG 11 JULIA
418
HONGKONG.
REPORT ON THE BLUE BOOK FOR 1915.
I. FINANCES,
The revenue for the year amounted to $11,780, 106, being $378,474 more than the estimate and $778,833 more than the re- venue for the previous year,
Compared with the returns for 1914 there were decreases under every head with the exception of Licences and Internal Revenue and Miscellaneous Receipts. "Interest" remained at nil.
The expenditure amounted to a total of $15,149,267. inclusive of a sum of 21,839,882 spent on Public Works Extraordinary, and
of 83,062,388 charged to Railway Construction.
The detailed figures for 1915 are set out in the following
atatements:-
HEADS OF REVENUE.
$
Light Dues -
75,475.75
Light Dnes, Special Assessment
93,008,43
Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise
specified
9,0175,359.04
Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific
purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid -
697,079.90
Post Office -
371,081.07
Kowloon-Canton Railway
316,096.14
Rent of Government Property, Land and
Houses
933,868.55
Interest
Miscellaneous Receipts
129,280.00
TOTAL, (Ordinary),-
Land Sales, (Premin on New Leases)
- 11,691,828.88
94,277.85
TOTAL
-
11,786,106.73