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

Duties.

Estimates. Actual. Decrease. Duty on Locally Manufactured Liquor $1,000,000 $940,262 $59,738 Trade depression.

Port & Harbour Dues.

Estimates. Actual. Decrease. Buoy Dues $140,000 $119,356 $20,644 Fewer buoys rented.

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified.

Estimates. Actual. Decrease. Liquor $370,000 $313,176 $56,824 Fewer licences. Pawnbroker Licences $225,000 $150,030 $74,970 Many Pawnshops closed.

Fees of Court or Office Payments for Specific Purposes, &c.

Estimates. Actual. Decrease. China Companies $200,000 $170,966 $29,034 Refunds amounting to $77,777 made in December. Court $98,000 $74,748 $23,252 Fewer filings.

Kowloon-Canton Railway.

Estimates. Actual. Decrease. Passenger Service, Passengers, Home Line $500,000 $412,448 $87,557 Decline in traffic to Shum Chun.
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