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4. In the following table the actual revenue for the year 1933 is compared with the revenue of the previous year and with the estimate for 1933.
6. The principal increases over the amounts as estimated were as follows:
Licences and Internal Revenue not Otherwise Specified :—
Estimate. Actual. Increase.
Heads of Revenue.
Actual 1932
Estimates Actual
1933
1933
$
$
$
C.
$
Vehicles Motor Drivers
Vehicles Other
28,000
41,500
43,940 15,940
51,706 10,206
811,859.55
7,930,000 805,000
5,833,467,31
679.385.40
Vehicles Motor Special Licens-
ing fees. Foreign Registration.
31,659 31,659
A new item.
700,000 2,491,033 1,791,033
Duties....
Port & Harbour Dues
Licences and Internal Eerenue not
otherwise specified
Fecs of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimburse- ments in Aid...
Post Office.....
Kowloon-Canton Railway
6,597,852.02|
16,503,769.86 16,454,575 16,664,798.59
2,296,227.87 2.230,750 2,210,463.72
1,964,593.10
1,295,789.20
2.015,000 1,283,330
1,883,654,78 1,630,610.83
Rent of Government Property, Land
and Houses
1,527,965 37
1,505,200
Interest
Miscellaneous Receipts
313,252.01 867,748.88
200,000 218,700
1,512,370 21 306,326.19 405,439.62
Total (exclusive of Land Sales)..............! 32,179,057.89 32,702,575 | 31,126,416.65
Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)... 1,370,658.10| 1,300,000 972,861,19
Total..
$ 33,549,716.29 34,002,575 32,099,277.84
Estate Duty
Two large estates account- ed for $1,905,489.
Water Excess and Meter Rents 1,400,000 1,728,907
General building deve-
lopment and the institution
of universal meterage
328,907
Fees of Court or Office Payments for Specific Purposes and Reimbursements in did :-
Estimate. Actual. Increase.
Analysis
25,000 43,108 18,108
Increase in number of commercial works
90,000 107,489 17,489
Increase in filing fees
Crown Leases
20,000
36,870
16,870
Result of land sales
Earth and Stone Permits N.T.
13,000
14,994
1,994
More building works
Gunpowder Storage
25,000
38,050
13,050
Large consignments stored for longer periods
Hong Kong Companies Regis-
tration
18,000
25,298
7,298
More registration.
Possession
16,500
31,214
14,714
More distress warrants & writs of execution issued
244,500
260,559
16,059
7,157
7,157
5. The actual revenue for the year fell short of the estimate by $1,903,300. The largest decreases occurred in Import Duties of $2,096,532 and in Land Sales of $327.139 but receipts from the Kowloon-Canton Railway increased by $347,260 and Mis- cellaneous Receipts by $156,739. Three new subheads under the last classification appear for the first time in 1933 as a result of franchises granted to Motor Bus and Ferry Companies as follows:-
The China Motor Bus Company and the Kowloon Motor Bus Company for the privilege of maintaining services of motor buses on the Island of Hong Kong and the Kowloon Peninsula including the New Territories respectively for a period of 15 years from the 11th June 1933 pay certain royalties or percen- tages based upon gross annual receipts.
The Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company for the privilege of maintaining a passenger and vehicles ferry service for a period of 15 years from the 12th June 1933 pay certain royalties or percentages based upon gross annual receipts.
Court Fees
Public School
More students Bonded Warehouse
A new item
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