1841-1886
PAPERS RELATING TO
703
HONG KONG.
No. 14.
Administrator Major-General W. G. CAMERON to Sir H. T. HOLLAND.
Government House, Hong Kong, May 2, 1887.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to forward to you the Blue Book for 1886, and a report thereon by Mr. Seth, chief clerk in the Colonial Secretary's Office,
2. I regret that it was not possible to have these documents placed in your hands earlier, but the printer has been so pressed with work in connexion with the Law Revision Committee and the Legislative Council that he could not get it finished sooner.
I have, &c. (Signed) W. G. CAMERON,
The Right Hon.
Sir Henry T. Holland, Bart., M.P., G.C.M.G.
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REPORT on the BLUE BOOK for 1886, presented to the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government on 22nd April 1887.
1.-TAXATION.
The following changes were made in 1886 in the taxes of the Colony :-
Piers and Wharves.
(a.) By an Order of the Governor in Council, conveyed in Colonial Secretary's Office Document No. 495 of 1886, a fee of $7 is levied for every permit to erect a pier or wharf in the villages other than a pier or wharf authorised by Ordinance.
Spirit Licences.
(b.) By Ordinance 21 of 1886 the fees for spirit licences were adjusted.