1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
HONG KONG.
No. 18.
Administrator W. H. MARSH, C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the
EARL OF KIMBERLEY.
My Lord,
Government House, Hong Kong,
September 25, 1882.
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith the Blue Book for 1881, together with the Administrative Reports for that year. Copies of the Governor's addresses, which were intended by him as a report on the Blue Book, are also annexed. I shall therefore limit myself to a few remarks intended to establish a comparison between the statistical returns for 1881 and those of the four previous years.
Revenue and Expenditure.
The revenue, omitting Premia from land sales, amounted to $1,120,796.77, and exceeded the expenditure by $139,214.67. Premia from land sales realized this year the very large amount of $203,659.20. The revenue and expenditure for the past five years has been:-
Years. Revenue. Premia from Land. Expenditure. 1877 $920,321.34 $84,990.69 $873,207.86 1878 $936,606.02 $11,031.70 $910,523.32 1879 $962,687.40 $1,407.59 $926,867.86 1880 $1,063,949.29 $5,998.35 $948,014.33 1881 $1,120,796.77 $203,659.20 $981,582.10The rate per head of population of the revenue and expenditure was, in 1877 and in 1881:
1877. 1881. Revenue per head $6.61 $6.96 Expenditure per head $6.28 $6.12659
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