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APPENDIX
STATEMENT OF REVENUE IN THE YEAR 1948/49, UNDER HEADS AND
Heads and Sub-heads.
Estimated.
Actual,
Over the Estimate.
No. V.
SUB-HEADS AS COMPARED WITH THE ESTIMATES
Under the Estimate.
Explanatory Remarks.
Brought Forward
4.-LICENCES, FINES &
FORFEITURES.
(A) LICENCES.
$
109,215,000
C.
$ 126,609,065.71
$
C.
C.
23,558,156.45
6,164,090.74
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Air Services
Arms
Auctioneers
2,400
45,000
5,317.00
39,190.00
2,917.00
Fees increased.
5,810.00 Certain renewals deferred pending investigation.
Bake Houses
1,800
8,300
Banks
600,000
Billiard Table
5,000
Boat
180,000
1,800,00
10,380.00
1,325,000.00
6,900.00
203,080.50
2,080.00
725,000.00
1,900.00
23,680.50
Cattle, Goats and Swine
4,000
Chinese Boarding House
10,000
2,770.00
29,423.00
19,423.00
Cafe
6,005.00
6,065.00
Chinese Undertakers
20,000
26,500.00
6,500.00
Companies, Local Registers
5,000
60,351.98
55,351.98
Dairies
2,150
1,440.00
710.00
More licences issued.
First year of licensing; underestimated.
Includes certain arrears and one new licence.
More boats in use and fees increased.
1,230.00 Reduction, for health reasons, in number allowed.
More lieences and some for previous year issued in 1948/49 owing to non-com-
pliance with Urban Council requirements.
Previously included under "Eating Houses and Restaurants."
Includes overdue licences for previous year.
Big increase in local registrations owing to unsettled conditions in China.
Fewer Dairies licensed.
Dance Halls
8,400
7,800.00
600.00
One hall closed.
Dangerous Goods
10,000
33,990.00
23,990.00
Dangerous and Offensive Trades
20,000
30,360.00
10,360.00
Dogs
35,000
135,370.00
100,370.00
Eating Houses and Restaurants
70,000
80,057.50
Emigration Passage Broker
1,200
Ferries
434,000
3,800.00
275,400.00
10,057.50
2,600.00
Increase in licence fees and more licences issued.
More premises inspected and licensed.
Closer control of dog licensing and more dogs imported.
More premises inspected and licensed.
More licences issued.
158,600.00 Licence fees not re-introduced until July and certain services discontinued since the
war.
Fishing Stake & Station
800
757.00
43.00
Food Factories
25.000
20,820.00
4,180.00
Food Preserving Establishments
25,000
26,520.00
1,520.00
Forestry N.T.
6,000
Game
20,000
6.733.79
33,350.00
733.79
13,350.00
Hawkers
750,000
676,035.00
Hydrocarbon Oils
20,000
23,964.28
Junks
60,000
72,124.50
3,964.28
12,124.50
Laundries
Liquor
4,800
5,790.00
1,490.00
Carried Forward
Carried Forward
109,215,000 126,609,065.71 23,558,156.45
800,000 1,047,316.33
3,173,350 4,199.005.88 1,270,793.88
247,316.33
Closer supervision delayed licensing of certain factories.
More licences issued.
Bigger demand,
Big demand by new arrivals.
73,965.00 Overestimated. Fewer applications than anticipated.
Licence fees increased and more licences issued.
Increase in fees.
More licences issued.
Exceptional demand and fees increased.
245,138.00
6,164,090.74
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