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# REVENUE INCREASES.
6. The following sub-heads of Revenue show the most noticeable increases as compared with the Estimates:
Assessed Taxes
Carriage, Chair etc. Licences
Hawkers Licences
Tobacco Duties
China Companies Fees
Survey of Steamships
Message Fees
Postage
Railway--Passenger Service Foreign Line.
Home Line
Railway-Goods Service Home Line
Other Miscellaneous Receipts
Land Sales, Premia on New Leases
$ 97,112.60
36,747.33
29,256.00
272,814.07
38,331.81
15,415.10
17,690.92
55,774.07
83,077.22
25,197.69
10,586.94
448,225.39
936,171.29
# REVENUE DECREASES.
7. The principal decreases as compared with the Estimates
Liquor Duties
Opium Monopoly
Stamp Duties
Water Excess Supply and Meter Rents
$301,005.76
348,508.28
283,221.17
104,541.70
# ARREARS OF REVENUE.
8. A statement showing the arrears of Revenue at the termination of the financial year 1929 is enclosed showing a total sum of $353,213.70 outstanding on the 31st of December, 1929, since which date, and on the 31st of July, 1930, the position is as follows:
Collected since 1.1.1930 $290,805.79 Written off $54,485.36 Outstanding on 31.7.1930 $7,922.55 Total $353,213.70On reviewing the statement it will be seen that the amount of $4,991.63 outstanding on the 31st July, 1930, in connection with Premia on New Leases, compares very favourably with the amount of $150,383.28 outstanding on the 31st of July, 1929, in respect of arrears of revenue for the year 1928. It will also be observed that a sum of $50,289.00 appears as having been written off, this involved no actual loss on the part of the Government, being in the nature of unrealized premia on account of cancellations and re-entries by Government.