Table I.
Revenue for the years 1915 and 1916.
Heads of Revenue. Details of Revenue. Ordinance under which received. Revenue in 1915. Revenue in 1916. Increase. Decrease. Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified, No. 1 of 1889 & No. 4 of 1908. $3,584 $5,112 $1,528 Fees of Court or Office, Payments for Specific Purposes, and Reimbursements-in-aid,... No. 7 of 1875 & No. 15 of 1902. $711 Chinese Boarding House Licences. No. 30 of 1915. $876 $100 $776 Marriage Licences, $162 $2,000 $1,838 Emigration Passage Brokers' Licences, No. 3 of 1898. $300 $575 $275 Forfeitures, $75 $240 $165 Certificates to Chinese entering U.S.A.,.... No. 3 of 1888. $40 $10 $30 Contribution from Chinese Dispensaries, &c., for Clerical Assistance, No. 14 of 1913. $138 $124 $14 Householders' Registration, No. 47 of 1911. $55 $100 $45 Bond by Non-resident Householders, Official Signatures, Registration of Societies, Interest........ Miscellaneous, Interest accrued on official account, $1 $1 Refunds, etc., $6 $6 Other Miscellaneous Receipts,... Permits for Firework Displays, $30 $30 Total,........ $5,072.07 $9,236.95 $4,448.98 $284 Deduct Decrease, $284.00 Total Increase in 1916, $4,164.88* Cents omitted except in the totals.