Table III.
Revenue and Expenditure.
RECEIPTS.
1908 1909 INCREASE DECREASE Sale of Stamps, Hongkong, $260,940.23 $281,499.81 $20,559.61 Do., at the Agencies, 110,993.23 117,922.77 Unpaid Postage, Boxholders Fees, 6,929.54 4,582.41 $2,347.13 4,868.12 7,453.00 2,584.88 7,529.00 7,529.00 Commission on Money Orders and Postal Notes, Profit on Exchange on Money Order Transactions, Interest on Money Order Fund, Void Money Orders & Postal Notes, 16,393.36 19,743.48 3,350.12 10,675.25 1,001.01 9,674.24 393.08 393.08 12,049.12 1,381.35 10,667.77 53.00 53.00 1,373.87 380.34 993.53 340.08 340.08 Total Receipts, $412,131.60 $444,016.58 $31,955.06 $340.08 Deficit, 66,683.41 Total, $412,431.60 $510,729.99EXPENDITURE.
1908 1909 INCREASE DECREASE Carriage of Mails: - Transit Payments, Gratuities to Shipmasters. Contribution towards P. & O. Subsidy, $74,117.12 $146,092.22 $71,975.10 3,852.05 3,852.05 4,990.22 $4,990.22 1,138.17 1,138.17 94,124.35 161,440.05* 67,316.70 Commission on Money Orders, 1,562.77 1,562.77 Working Expenses, 197,829.88 198,207.50 877.62 Total Expenditure, $371,486.17 $510,729.99 $140,806.59 $1,562.77 Profit, 40,945.43 Total, $412,431.60 $510,729.99* Of this amount $32,596.63 was in respect of the fourth quarterly payment for the year 1908.
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