Expenditure.
Q10
COMPARISON OF WATER WORKS REVENUE 1923 and 1924.
City (as above stated),
Hill District,
Pokfulam District,.
Kowloon,...
Aberdeen,
Repulse Bay, Shaukiwan, Taitam Tuk, Laichikok,
...
...
Fan Ling, Tai Po,
...
...
1923.
1924.
$ 580,206.94 $629,620.63
22,951.15
24,553.88
7,664.25
7,840 89
174,967.76
214,795.19
5,182.11
5,090.35
2,839.82
2,757.86
10,325.52
10,915.09
376.35
326,65
81,176.00
77,975.42
1,619.41
2,024.26 113.95
$ 887,309.31 $976,014.17
Land Sales and Surveys.
4. Land Sales. Extensions, Grants, etc.-The total amount of premia paid into the Treasury during the year was $1,950,812,38 of which $6,456,50 was derived from fees for boundary stones.
The estimate for the year was $1,500,000.00.
The following is a comparative statement of the Revenue derived from Land Sales, etc., for the years 1922–1924 :—
1922.
1923.
1924.
0.
e.
Sales by Auction
1,198.308.00 2,862,270.00
Sales without Auction
Extensions granted
152.451.91 119.347.20 46,812.23 316,868.50
786 916.00 468.282.26
•
464,412.55
Grants on Nominal Terms
Grants on Short Leases...
Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75
years
Premia derived from Sale of Rights to
erect piers
Fees for Boundary Stones to define Lots Conversions and Exchanges
2.907,05 4,523.25 10,857.12
44.297.80
18.846.00
6,552.25 71,556.39
7,173.25
185,605.14
Total,
...$1,415,889.56 13,420,892.34 1,881,233.20
Actual amount of premia paid into
Treasury
•
$2,720,665.61 3,498,624.04 1,950,812.38
The difference between the above two totals is accounted for by the payment of premium in 1924 for certain transactions arranged during the previous year; and failure to pay premium