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Heads.
Old Fees.
10
Postcards, Foreign countries.
Printed papers. Commercial papers.
Small Packets.
Minimum rate for packets:- containing commercial
papers. containing
printed
papers. Registration fee
4 cents
2 cents
10 cents for 1st ten ozs. &
2 cents for each addi- tional 2 ozŚ
32 cents for 1st eight ozs.
and 8 cents additional 2 ozs.
10 cents
4 cents
for each
10 cents for each postal
Insurance
picket.
25 cents
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New Fees,
Effective from
Hearts.
Old Fees.
New Fees,
Effective from
8 cents.
4 cents.
20 cents.
50 and 15 cents.
20 cents.
8 cents.
20 cents.
40 cents per £12 or gold
fcs. 300.
20%
10 11
Under $100 25%
$100 to 500 20%
Rent of Gort. Property, &c.
Lands Not Leas-
ed:-
(Quarry Per- mits)
Misc. Receipts.
"Other" Supervi-
sion etc. 011 footpaths & drains & Pri- vate Street
Improve- ments..........
Inspection of Nursery
Stock.
"Other" supervi-
sion:-
Treuches (H.K.
Telephone
Co.)...
for 4 men
$1.00
For work under$500
$500 to 1,000
$1,000 and over
10%
"1
(H. K. Elec-
11
tric ('o.)...
(China Light
& Power Co.)
(H.K, Tram.
way Co)... (Gas Co.)
various-
10,,
10 »
10.
33,
$500 to 1000 15% $1,000 and over 10%
$5.00
Great Northern Telegraph Co., Eastern Exten-
sion Dairy Farm Co. Supervision fees for work done for private individuals... House Service
work
$100 to $1000 Over $1000
10%
$100 to $ 500
20%
1.9.31
500 to 1,000
15
"
5
17
Over 1.000
10
17
17
Under
100
25%
Under $500 $500 to $1000 Over $1000
20%
$100 to $500
20
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10
25
500 to 1,000
15
11
•
"3
Over
1,000
10.,
"
Labour
Materials
33
20
Over all charge 333 17
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7. The Resolution placing Liquor and Tobacco Duties on a sterling basis is worded as under:
"Provided that the dollars and decimals thereof stated in the table shall be conventional dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and that consequently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong currency the conventional dollar stated in the Table shall be multiplied by 20 and divided by a figure settled by the Colonial Treasurer from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for demand drafts on London and until so settled the figure shall be 11.37."
Not exceeding 20 bales
$5.00
24.7.31
21 to 250 bales $10.00 Exceeding 250 bales $20.00
NN N N N
25%
1.9.31
25,
15
25
31
37
25
17
25
37
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EXPENDITURE.
8. The expenditure for the year amounted to $31,160,774 against an estimate of $29,787,855 an increase of $1,372,919. The total sum of $31,160,774 is made up as follows:-
$28,785,845
Ordinary Expenditure Extraordinary Expenditure, Public Works 2,374.981
Ordinary Expenditure for the year was $28,785,843 against $25,269,147 in the preceding year showing an increase of $3,516,696.
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