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3.—Revenue and Expenditure.
16. The gross Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $649,732.24 as against $551,237.90 collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $98,494.34 or 15.1%.
1915 1916 Increase Decrease Light Dues, $ 75,475.75 $ 75,031.83 $ 443.92 Light Dues, Special Assessment.. 93,008.43 $7,445.72 5,562.71 Licences and Internal Revenue, 170,267.38 171,684.97 $ 1,367.59 Fees of Court and Office, 212.486.34 315,619.72 103.133.38 $551,237.90 $649,732.24 $104,500.97 $ 6,006.63The principal increases are under Boat Licences $3,811.84 : Junk Licences $2,657.34; Engagement and Discharge of Seamen $1,122.20; Examination of Masters, etc., $1,160; Fees for use of Government Buoys $44,080.27, (this is due to the taking over by the Government of all the hitherto privately owned buoys); Medical Examination of Emigrants $26,655.50; Official Signature $3,914 (due to large number of permits issued to native craft to lie inshore for working cargo at night under the war time traffic regulations); and Sunday Cargo Working Permits $30,750.
The principal decreases are under Light Dues Special Assessment $5,562.71 (due to lack of tonnage); Marine Court Fines $5,152.24; Gunpowder Storage $3,092.55; and Survey of Steamships $782.29.
17. The Expenditure of the Harbour Department, for 1916 was $165,295.31 as against $166,465.04 expended in 1915, showing a decrease of $1,169.73 which is due to savings in salaries on account of the office being short since August of the Assistant Harbour Master, a Junk Inspector, and the reduction in the Lighthouse Staff by 2 Light House Keepers retiring on pension, and the substitution of unwatched Aga Lights at Cape Colinson and Ma Wan. Also a sum of $167,561.35 was expended on taking over by the Government of all the hitherto privately owned buoys and moorings, and the sums of $1,325.39 and $1,480.89 were expended on installation of unwatched Aga Lights at Cape Collinson and Ma Wan Lighthouses respectively. A further sum of $23,250 was expended on repairing and overhauling the Steam Tender "Stanley", and a sum of $4,000 on purchasing the Motor Launch "H.D. 5".