1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
HONG KONG.
No. 2.
Administrator W. H. MARSH, C.M.G., to the Right Hon. the
EARL GRANVILLE, K.G.
MY LORD,
Government House, Hong Kong, April 16, 1886.
I HAVE the honour to forward the Blue Book, for 1885, together with a report prepared by Mr. Seth, chief clerk, Colonial Secretary's Office, exhibiting the principal features as compared with the four preceding years,
I have, &c.
(Signed)
W. H. MARSH,
The Right Hon.
The Earl Granville, K.G,
&c.
&c.
&c.
REPORT on the BLUE BOOK for 1885, presented to the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government on 21st April, 1886.
I.-TAXATION.
The following changes were made in 1885 in the taxes of the Colony :-
Trust Estates,
(a.) By Ordinance 5 of 1885, the Official Trustee is empowered to levy a fee of one per cent. on the annual revenue of a trust estate.
Piers and Wharves.
(b) By an Order of the Governor in Council conveyed in Colonial Secretary's Office Document No.1460 of 1885, a fee of $15 is levied for every permit to erect a pier or wharf other than a pier or wharf authorised by Ordinance.
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