7. The principal decreases over the amounts as estimated were as follows:

Duties.

Estimate Actual Decrease $ $ $ Import Duty on Liquor 1,000,000 910,172 89,828 Less consumption and higher exchange. Import Duty on Perfumed Spirit General Trade depression and higher exchange. Duty on Locally Manufactured Liquor 90,000 74,166 15,834 1,100,000 1,063,673 36,327 Less Consumption.

Port and Harbour Dues.

Estimate Actual Decrease $ $ $ Light Dues 535,000 431,537 103,463 Higher Exchange. Buoy Dues 160,000 133,920 26,080 Fewer Vessels using Buoys.

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified.

Estimate Actual Decrease $ $ $ Liquor Licences 410,000 376,814 33,186 Trade depression, Opium Monopoly 1,300,000 655,068 644,932 Decrease in Sales. Pawnbroker Licences 280,000 199,250 80,750 Many pawnshops closed. Assessed Taxes (Rates) 6,700,000 6,603,229 96,771 Vacant tenements.
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