REVENUE
DETAILS OF REVENUE
Approved Estimate 1948-49
Estimate 1949-50
$
1-DUTIES
1. Import duty on hydrocarbon oils.
4,000,000
5,750,000
2.
Import duty on liquor
5,500,000
6,000,000
Import duty on perfumed spirits
200,000
250,000
4.
Import duty on tobacco
25,000,000
16,250,000
(2)
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5.
Duty on locally-manufactured
liquor
2,500,0
,000
2,500,000
6.
Duty on proprietary medicines and toilet preparations.
2,500,000
2,500,000
7. Duty on table waters
350,000
1,000,000
(31)
Total
40,050,000
34,250,000
2-ASSESSED TAXES
2.
1. Assessed taxes (Rates), Hong Kong
Hois
Assessed taxes (Rates), Kowloon
7,500,000
10,000,000
3,500,000
5,500,000
3. Assessed taxes (Rates), New Territories
15,000
16,300
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Total
11,015,000
15,516,300
3-INTERNAL REVENUE
1.
Bets and sweeps tax
2.
Dance halls tax
2,000,000 400,000
3,500,000
+
375,000 (5)
3.
Earnings and profits tax
40,000,000
40,000,000
4.
Entertainment tax
3,500,000
3,500,000
5.
Estate duty
2,000,000
2,000,000
6. Meals and liquor tax
2,750,000
2,750,000
7. Stamp duties
7,500,000
9,400,000
(31)
Total
58,150,000
61,525,000
4-LICENCES, FINES, AND FORFEITURES
A-LICENCES
1.
Air services
2,400
3,500
2.
Arms
45,000
30,000
3.
Auctioneers
1,800
1,800
4.
Bakehouses
8,300
9,000
(7)
5.
Banks
600,000
600,000
6.
Billiard tables
5,000
5,700
7.
Boats
180,000
250,000
8.
Cafes
5,500
9. Cattle, goats, and swine
4,000
9,000
(7)
10. Chinese boarding houses
10,000
14,000
11. Chinese undertakers
20,000
20,000
12. Companies, local registers
5,000
25,000
13.
Dairies
2,150
2,000
14.
Dance halls
8,400
7,200
15.
Dangerous goods
10,000
30,000
16. Dangerous and offensive trades
20,000
25,000
17.
Dogs
35,000
70,000
18.
Eating houses and restaurants
70,000
85,000
19.
Emigration passage brokers
1,200
3,200
20.
Factories
100,000
21. Ferries
434,000
414,000
(5)
22.
Fishing stakes and stations
800
800
23. Food factories
25,000
20,000
24. Food-preserving establishments
25,000
25,000
(7)
25. Forestry, New Territories
6,000
4,000
(8)
26. Game
20,000
20,000
27.
Hawkers
750,000
500,000
28. Hydrocarbon oils
29. Junks
20,000
30,000
60,000
80,000
30.
Laundries
31.
Liquor
32.
33. Marriage
34.
Massage
35.
Milk shops
36.
4,300
5,000
800,000
850,000
Marine-store dealers
40,000
35,000
20,000
24,000
2,200
1,800
2,400
2,700
Miscellaneous
37. Money changers
3,500
12,000
34,000
60,000
(7)
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