COLONY OF HONGKONG.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1881.
RECEIPTS.
Receipts Amount Estimated Amount received by the Crown Agents in England Amount received in the Colony Total Receipts More than Estimated Less than Estimated Land Revenue $146,300 $139,371.03 $139,371.03 $6,928.97 Premia on Land Sales $10,000 $203,659.20 $203,659.20 $193,659.20 CIVIL DEPARTMENTS: Colonial Secretary $32,958 $33,072.78 $33,072.78 $114.78 Colonial Treasurer $23,228 $18,749.03 $18,749.03 $4,478.97 Auditor General $21,649 $19,865.61 $23,626.13 $1,977.13 Rents, exclusive of Lands $59,100 $59,115.17 $59,115.17 $15.17 Clerk of Councils $1,060 $948.68 $1,058.78 $1.22 Surveyor General $40,837 $32,367.50 $37,499.09 $3,337.91 Licences $252,900 $237,154.36 $237,154.36 $15,745.64 Government Gardens & Plantations $5,322 $5,166.06 $5,166.06 $155.94 Postmaster General $91,200 $74,835.58 $75,947.51 $15,262.49 Taxes $361,500 $387,137.14 $387,137.14 $25,637.14 Postage $105,000 $98,822.56 $98,822.56 $6,177.44 Fines, Forfeitures and Fees of Court $9,400 $16,897.67 $16,897.67 $7,497.67 Fees of Office $73,330 $108,752.32 $108,918.62 $30,688.52* Registrar General $18,059 $18,357.16 $18,357.16 $298.16 Harbour Master $37,124 $39,681.62 $40,513.69 $3,389.69 Lighthouses $7,508 $3,724.57 $4,831.87 $2,676.13 Collector of Stamp Revenue $4,642 $4,441.49 $4,539.22 $102.78 Judicial Departments $51,498 $42,860.14 $47,958.20 $3,539.80 Ecclesiastical Department $5,498 $5,498.00 $5,498.00 Educational Department $34,119 $32,136.26 $33,266.18 $863.82 Medical Department $30,544 $29,089.77 $34,405.54 $3,861.54 Sale of Government Property $600 $1,891.17 $1,891.17 $1,291.17 Reimbursements Interest $35,633 $25,076.14 $4,192.96 $29,269.10 $6,363.90 Miscellaneous Receipts $16,000 $24,903.63 $24,903.63 $8,903.63 Police Magistrates' Department $19,697 $17,814.04 $19,255.26 $441.74 Police Department $177,489 $161,753.07 $183,332.33 $5,843.33 Gaol Department $46,656 $47,298.92 $47,298.92 $642.92 Fire Brigade Department $15,096 $10,699.57 $14,032.98 $1,063.02 Pensions, &c. $25,000 $9,733.32 $29,260.90 $4,260.90 Charitable Allowances $4,000 $3,970.00 $3,970.00 $30.00 Transport $4,500 $1,133.32 $3,407.45 $1,092.55 Works and Buildings $78,800 $59,781.01 $60,281.00 $18,519.00 Roads, Streets, and Bridges $40,520 $38,785.15 $40,136.07 $383.93 Lighthouses (Maintenance) $3,000 $2,634.03 $2,634.03 $365.97 Government Gardens and Plantations (Tree Planting, &c.) $12,000 $13,668.85 $13,959.81 $1,959.81 Miscellaneous Services Military Expenditure $37,800 $52,123.22 $5,113.14 $57,236.36 $19,436.36 TOTAL Colonial Revenue $1,084,663 $6,418.33 $1,318,037.09 $1,324,455.97 $275,008.62 $35,215.65PAYMENTS.
TOTAL Colonial Expenditure: $986,422 | $898,580.18 | $82,002.02 | $981,582.10 | $43,689.63 | $48,529.53
Deposits Available: $81,100.00 | $81,100.00
Deposits not Available: $8,024.82 | $8,024.82
Advance Account: $18,133.82 | $790.92 | $18,921.74
Family Remittances: $25,321.43 | $25,321.43
Subsidiary Coins: $67,874.22 | $67,874.22
Crown Agents: $645,676.31 | $15,204.19 | $560,880.70
Praya Wall and Piers: $10,170.70 | $231.06 | $10,401.76
Balance, 1st January, 1881: $2,603.51 | $136,486.92
TOTAL: $1,660,925.03 | $324,177.00 | $1,975,102.03
Investment by Crown Agents: $138,172.86
Balance on hand, 31st December, 1881: $101,721.17
* $5,497.79 of Fees are paid by Stamps.
A. F. ALVES, Accountant, Colonial Treasury, Hongkong. 21st April, 1882.
Examined, FREDERICK STEWART, Acting Auditor General.
J. RUSSELL, Colonial Treasurer.