COLONY OF HONGKONG.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS IN THE YEAR 1883.
RECEIPTS Amount Estimated. Amount received in the Colony. Amount received by the Crown Agents in England. Total Receipts. More than Estimated. Less than Estimated. Land Revenue, $ 148,300 $ 178,462.37 $ 178,462.37 $ 30,162.37 Rents, exclusive of Lands, 170,462.37 170,462.37 170,462.37 Licences, 59,700 66,277.35 66,277.35 6,577.35 Taxes, 369,600 411,943.72 411,943.72 42,343.72 Postage, 100,000 107,275.91 107,275.91 7,275.91 Fines, Forfeitures and Fees of Court, 12,250 12,954.06 12,954.06 704.06 Fees of Office, 94,400 108,143.52 108,143.52 13,743.52 Sale of Government Property, 500 187.15 187.15 $ 312.85 Reimbursements, 20,288 25,204.06 25,204.06 4,916.06 Interest, 30,000 27,791.03 27,791.03 2,208.97 Miscellaneous Receipts, 25,000 36,620.10 36,620.10 11,620.10 TOTAL Colonial Revenue, $1,115,665 $1,273,686.35 $ 362,944.24 $1,636,630.59 $173,783.29Page 2
PAYMENTS Amount Estimated. Amount paid in the Colony. Amount paid by the Crown Agents in England. Total Payments. More than Estimated. Less than Estimated. CIVIL DEPARTMENTS — The Governor, $ 32,958 $ 31,234.56 $ 31,234.56 $ 1,723.44 Colonial Secretary, 20,828 22,178.68 22,178.68 $ 1,350.68 Auditor, 22,093 23,723.32 $ 5,842.41 29,565.73 7,472.73 Treasurer, 10,000 16,550.76 16,550.76 6,550.76 Clerk of Councils, 1,060 1,059.35 2.68 1,062.03 2.03 Surveyor General, 41,346 42,809.27 1,452.69 44,261.96 2,915.96 Postmaster General, 91,860 77,730.44 919.28 78,649.72 13,210.28 Registrar General, 23,917 21,379.65 1,541.90 22,921.55 995.45 Harbour Master, 37,240 37,241.22 1,720.82 38,962.04 1,722.04 Lighthouses, 7,508 4,619.83 208.15 4,827.98 2,680.02 Government Marine Surveyor, 4,806 6,123.32 6,123.32 1,317.32 Observatory, 2,102.84 636.66 2,739.50 Collector of Stamp Revenue, 4,642 4,435.12 43.64 4,478.76 163.24 Judicial Departments, 58,288 55,040.09 2,513.43 57,553.52 734.48 Ecclesiastical Department, 5,498 5,496.50 5,496.50 1.50 Educational Department, 41,208 45,711.37 1,635.35 47,346.72 6,138.72 Medical Department, 35,092 36,559.91 3,323.46 39,883.37 4,791.37 Police Magistrates' 19,753 16,798.54 1,391.71 18,190.25 1,562.75 Police Department, 190,478 163,737.06 22,214.41 185,951.47 4,526.53 Gaol Department, 48,860 41,889.54 1,177.94 43,067.48 2,792.52 Fire Brigade Department, 14,602 19,209.35 1,858.70 21,068.05 6,466.05 Pensions, &c., 32,000 9,056.72 19,911.44 28,968.16 3,031.84 Charitable Allowances, 4,000 3,229.99 3,229.99 770.01 Transport, 4,500 1,556.97 1,946.82 3,503.79 996.21 Works and Buildings, 113,250 93,196.42 8,066.91 101,263.33 11,986.67 Do. Extraordinary (Tai-tam, Sanitary Works, &c.), 162,442.51 17,609.59 180,052.10 Roads, Streets and Bridges, 53,000 69,695.22 69,695.22 16,695.22 Lighthouses, (Maintenance), 1,000 465.23 465.23 534.77 Government Gardens and Plantations (Tree Planting, &c.), 6,078.00 6,078.00 Miscellaneous Services, 15,500 15,349.00 226.75 15,575.75 75.75 35,800 49,750.57 4,742.19 54,492.76 18,692.76 Land and Houses Purchased, 109,067.00 109,067.00 Military Expenditure, 38,000 38,000.00 38,000.00 TOTAL Colonial Expenditure, $1,086,232 $1,239,776.74 $102,522.50 $1,342,299.24 $256,067.24Page 3
Deposits Available, $275,066.35 $275,066.35 Deposits not Available, 15,803.50 15,803.50 Advance Account, 8,504.38 $1,608.94 10,113.32 9,449.21 10,212.51 19,661.72 Family Remittances, 33,704.63 33,704.63 33,716.01 33,716.01 Subsidiary Coins, 100,000.00 100,000.00 Crown Agents, 454,427.33 454,427.33 Kau-lung Sea Wall, 35,601.28 35,601.28 Exchange Account, 3,095.55 3,095.55 Balance, 1st January, 1883, 93,396.21 93,396.21 TOTAL, $2,392,786.16 Crown Agents, $280,958.05 $280,958.05 Kau-lung Sea Wall, 18,909.84 18,909.84 Investment by Crown Agents, $7,798.17 $7,798.17 145,937.38 145,937.38 Balance, 31st December, 1883, 36,261.15 36,261.15 160,612.30 160,612.30 55,773.83 55,773.83 TOTAL, $2,392,786.16Examined,
W. H. MARSH,
Auditor General.
A. LISTER,
Colonial Treasurer.
Colonial Treasury, Hongkong, 15th April, 1884.