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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL "POSSESSIONS.
Coffee Houses and Restaurants.
(c.) By the same Ordinance a fee was also fixed for coffee houses and restaurants.
Stamp Duties.
(d) The Stamp Duties were re-adjusted by Ordinance 16 of 1886.
Bills of Sale.
(e.) By Ordinance 12 of 1886 a scale of fees was fixed for the registration of bills of sale.
Vehicles and Chairs.
(f) By an Order of the Governor in Council of the 22nd October 1886, made under Ordinance 5 of 1883, the half-yearly fee for a wheeled vehicle, was raised from $3 to $6 per annum.
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 $1,367,977.74; and the expenditure, including extraordinary works, amounted to $2,020,861.65. Premia from land sales realised in 1886, the sum of $34,731.59.
The revenue and expenditure for the past five years have been:--
Year. Revenue. Premia from Land. Ordinary Expenditure. Extraordinary Expenditure. 1882 $ 1,209,517.08 $ 1,094,804.92 1883 1,289,448.29 $ 18,330.77 1,162,247.14 $ 180,052.03 1884 1,173,071.48 25,718.65 1,254,634.77 340,763.62 1885 1,251,889.70 66,658.50 1,146,103.15 475,147.24 1886 1,367,977.74 34,731.59 1,195,236.81 825,624.84