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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Municipal Rates.
By Government notification No. 253 of the 20th June 1885, the municipal rates for the year ending 30th June 1886 were fixed as follows:-
(I.) In the city of Victoria,-
Police rate - 2
Lighting rate - 1
Fire brigade rate - 8 per cent.
Water rate- **
Municipal rates - >>
(II.) At the Victoria Peak :-
Municipal rate - 13
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8 per cent.
(III.) In British Kaulung and other outlying districts of the Colony :-
Municipal rates - 6 per cent.
Fees.
There were no changes in the personal fees received by the several officers in the several departments.
2.-REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
The revenue, omitting premia from land sales, amounted to $1,251,889.70; and the expenditure, including extraordinary works, amounted to $1,621,250.39. Premia from land sales realised in 1885, the sum of $66,658.50.
The revenue and expenditure for the past five years have been :-
Year Revenue. Premia from Land. Ordinary Expenditure. Extraordinary Expenditure. 1881 $ 1,120,796.77 $ 981,582.10 1882 1,209,517.08 8 1,094,804.92 18,330.77 1883 1,289,448.29 203,659.20 1,162,247.14 25,718.65 1884 1,173,071.48 19,695.00 1,180,052.10 340,763.62 1885 1,251,889.70 66,658.50 1,146,103.15 475,147.24