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COLONY OF
STATEMENT OF REVENUE IN THE YEAR 1946/47, UNDER HEADS
Heads and Sub-heads.
Estimated.
Actual.
$
$
Increase.
$
HONG KONG.
AND SUB-HEADS AS COMPARED WITH THE ESTIMATES
Decrease.
$
Brought Forward
30,950,000
58,149,988.91
28,153,789.79
953,800.88
4. LICENCES, FINES &
FORFEITURES.
Explanatory Remarks.
(A) LICENCES.
Air Services
100
100.00
No licences issued.
Arms
1,600
17,682.00
16,082.00
Auctioneers
2,000
1,200.00
800.00
Billiard Table
1,500
6,900.00
5,400.00
Boat
100,000
87,907.58
12,092.42
Chinese Boarding House
8,000
12,742.00
4,742.00
Chinese Passenger Ship
100
100.00
Fee increased. Underestimated.
Overestimated.
Underestimated.
Overestimated.
More establishments.
No licences issued.
Chinese Undertakers
1,000
22,000.00
21,000.00
Big increase in fees.
Companies Local, Registers
1,500
1,500.00
No registrations.
Dance Halls
1,500
9,460.00
7,960.00
Dangerous Goods
6,000
7,530.00
1,580.00
·
Dogs
10,000
Eating Houses and Restaurants
15,000
51,032.50
14,372.50
41,032.50
627.50
Fees increased.
Underestimated.
Underestimated and fees increased.
Overestimated.
Emigration Passage Broker
500
1,677.00
More licences issued.
1,177.00
Ferries
200,000
8,162,91
191,887.09
Fishing Stake & Station
100
418.80
318.80
Forestry N.T.
6,000
5,462.52
587.48
Game
1,000
4,680.00
3,680.00
Hawker
60,000
98,825.75
38,825.75
Hydrocarbon Oils
5,100
15,680.16
10,580.16
Junk
42,000
49,139.95
7,139.95
Liquor
400,000
644,207.98
244,207.98
Payment deferred.
Underestimated.
Overestimated.
More licences issued.
More hawkers.
'Underestimated.
Fees increased.
Higher rating assessments.
Carried Forward
Carried Forward
863,000
30,950,000
1,059,081.65
53,149,988.91
403,676.14
28,153,789.79
207,594.49
953,800.88
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