Table XIII.
Comparative Statement of Revenue collected in the Harbour Department during the years 1923 and 1924.
Sub-head of Revenue. Amount 1923. Amount 1924. 1. Light Dues, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Special Assessment, Ord. 10 of 1899, $137,455.61 $150,689.01 $151,097.65 $165,639.40 2. Licences, Internal Revenue not otherwise specified :- Boat Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889, $111,599.90 $118,176.30 Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899, $5,684.50 $1,485.00 $1,680.00 Fines, Forfeitures, $50.00 $6,684.89 Fishing Stake and Station Licences, do., from the New Territories, $177.00 $46.00 $32.20 $1,125.00 $1,130.20 Junk Licences, &c., Ord. 10 of 1899, $45,067.00 $47,024.75 Junk Licences, &c., Ord. 10 of 1899, from the New Territories, $10,616.75 $10,974.00 $150.00 $115.00 $11,055.75 $12,692.00 Pilots Licences, Ordinance 3 of 1904, Steam-launch Licences, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, 3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements-in-Aid: Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, Ordinance 10 of 1899, $41,665.20 $40,697.20 Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-launches, Ord. 10 of 1899, Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, $328.00 $454.50 Fees for use of Government Buoys, Ordinance 10 of 1899, $4,387.50 $1,395.00 Gunpowder, Storage Ord. 10 of 1899, Medical Examination of Emigrants, Ord. 1 of 1889, $99,587.06 $102,280.22 $9,717.74 $9,598.85 Official Signatures, Ordinance 1 of 1889, Printed Forms, Sale of, Ord. 1 of 1889, $86,750.50 †$96,315.60 Registry Fees (Merchant Shipping Act), Ordinance 10 of 1899, $4,896.00 $756.50 Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificates, Ordinance 10 of 1899, $7,200.00 $1,372.75 Survey of Steamships, Ordinance 10 of 1899, $2,814.00 $3,374.00 Sunday Cargo Working Permits, Ord. 1 of 1891, $10,080.00 $11,860.00 4. Miscellaneous Receipts :- Sale of condemned stores, $45,304.34 $41,803.34 Sale of Wreck of S.S. "Loongsang $138,500.00 $163,025.00 Interest, $451.00 $2,000.00 $51.77 $59.78 Total, $925,643.02 $997,530.74† See next page.