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1,631 deeds were registered during the year as compared with 1,487 in 1917. This is again the highest number on record. Registration fees for 1918 were $1,848.10 as compared with $1,868.40 in 1917.
The only noticeable land transactions during the year were the sales of some 72,185 square feet of land at Chuk Yuen, Kowloon City.
V-REVENUE,
The total revenue collected by the Assistant District Officer is shown in Table B, and corresponds to that collected last year very closely. The Special War Rate has been collected during the whole year and accounts for an increase of about $5,000 over 1917, in which year it was only exacted for the last two quarters.
This item balances the unusual miscellaneous receipt of $5,000 from the sale of derelict guns. A re-assessment of rates in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City accounts for the increase in Assessed Taxes.
Table C gives details of revenue collected in Licence Fees by the Police in 1917 and 1918.
Table D shows the revenue collected in 1917 and 1918 in the District by all Departments other than the District Office and includes the totals of Table C.
Table E shows comparatively the total revenue collected from the Southern District by all Departments during the last three years.
VI.-LIQUOR.
Liquor duties were collected in the Southern District during 1918 amounting to $162,601.57. The total for 1917 was $197,148.94.
The chief sources of this Revenue are given in the following table which shows comparatively the totals of the last three years:
District No. of Distilleries in 1918 Revenue 1916 Revenue 1917 Revenue 1918 Sham Shui Po $58,233 $52,564 $42,652 Kowloon City $12,069 $12,944 $12,073 Tsun Wan 11 $70,323 $64,576 $60,031 Kwai Chung 2 $40,355 $41,672 $26,062 Kap Shui Mun 3 $405 $309 $426 Cheung Chau 5 $20,347 $22,055 $18,668 Tai O $2,201 $2,128 $2,077 Hang Hau $506 $494 $346 Po Toi 1 $39 $256 $129 Tsing I 1 $147 $132