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Land Sales, &c.
COMPARISON OF WATERWORKS REVENUE 1924 & 1925.
1924 1925 City (as above stated) $629,620.63 $698,407.47 Hill District 24,553.88 28,839.96 Pokfulam District 7,840.89 8,692.64 Kowloon 214,795.19 228,801.16 Aberdeen 5,090.35 5,214.98 Repulse Bay 2,757.86 3,453.18 Shaukiwan 10,915.09 15,222.74 Taitamtuk 326.65 117.55 Laichikok 77,975.42 45,072.00 Fanling, Taipo 2,024.26 2,543.50 113.95 373.32 $976,014.17 $1,036,738.50Land Sales and Surveys.
4. Land Sales, Extensions, Grants, etc.-The total amount of premia paid into the Treasury during the year was $581,160.88 of which $5,234.75 was derived from fees for boundary stones.
The estimate for the year was $1,000,000.00.
The following is a comparative statement of the Revenue derived from Land Sales, etc., for the years 1923-1925:—
1923 1924 1925 # $ 0. Sales by Auction 2,862,270.00 736,916.00 468,282.26 Extensions granted 316,868.50 464,412.55 Sales without Auction 119,347.20 211,797.00 155,467.93 Grants on Nominal Terms 89,662.78 Grants on Short Leases... Extensions of Short Period Leases to 75 years 14,297.80 18,846.00 7,173.25 Premia derived from Sale of Rights to erect piers 6,552.25 185,605.14 233.00 Fees for Boundary Stones to define Lots 71,556.39 6,593.25 Conversions and Exchanges 77,746.93 Total, $3,420,892.14 $1,881,235.20 Actual amount of premia paid into Treasury $3,498,624.04 $1,950,812.38 $581,160.88