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Kowloon-Canton Railway.
7. The principal decreases over the amounts as estimated were as follows:-
Estimate. Actual. Increase.
$
Goods Service, Goods Foreign
Line
Duties.
Estimate.
Actual. Decrease.
40,000 54,419
14,419
$
etc.
Incidental Line
Increase of Platform tickets, confiscated goods,
Auxiliary operations, Foreign
Haulage
Better working facilities.
Revenue, Home
Import Duty on Liquor
1,000,000
910,172
89,828
5,650 19,399
13,749
Less consumption and higher exchange.
Import Duty
Spirit
on
Perfumed
90,000 74,166 15,834
General Trade depression and higher exchange.
148,000 227,830
79,330
Increase of haulage charges on fast goods trains and mid-day fast through trains from October.
Duty on Locally Manufactured
Liquor
1,100,000 1,063,673
36,327
Less Consumption.
Port and Harbour Dues.
Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses.
Estimate. Actual.
Decrease.
Estimate. Actual. Increase.
$
Buildings
67,000
$ 106,608
39,608
Light Dues
535,000 431,537 103,463
More buildings leased in-
Higher Exchange.
cluding City Hall.
Buoy Dues
160,000 133,920 26,080
Leased Lands (Crown Rent Ex-
clusive of N.T.)
530,000
604,754
74,754
Fewer Vessels using Buoys.
Increase in land leased.
Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified.
Miscellaneous Receipts.
Estimate. Actual. Increase.
Estimate.
$
Actual. Decrease.
$
$
Liquor Licences
410,000
376,814
33,186
Royalty payable by Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co.......
More passengers.
Realization of Sterling Securi-
ties
Profit on realization.
Subsidiary Coins
Profit on Minting.
80,000
90,631
10,631
Trade depression.
Opium Monopoly
Decrease in Sales.
1,300,000
655,068 644,932
14,408
14,408
12,111
12,111
Pawnbroker Licences
Many pawnshops closed.
Assessed Taxes (Rates)
Vacant tenements.
........
280,000 199,250 80,750
6,700,000 6,608,229 96,771
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