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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
LAND REVENUE.
LEASED LANDS :-
Crown Rents on Lands leased for periods varying from, 14 to 999 years
LANDS OCCUPIED BY CHINESE VILLAGERS, SQUatters, &c., under Squatters'
Licences issued by the Surveyor General, viz.:—
Villagers and Squatters at Hongkong at $1 & $14 per an. for 150 Square Feet.
at Kaulung at $1 per annum for 300
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at Shau-ki-wan and other Villages $1 per annum for
400 Square Feet.
Cultivated Lands at Hongkong at $1.50 and 75 çcuts and at Kaulung at 75
cents per annum per Mow=7334 square yards,
STONE QUARRIES :—
Lensed to the highest bidder by Tender for one year from 1st January to 31st.
December, 1882,
MARKETS:-
RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS.
Laus at $20 monthly
Shops, from $15 to $21 monthly
Stalls, from $1 to $2.50 mouthly
There is a premium paid in a lump sum by the persons to whom these leases are granted when the Shop, Lau or Stall is considered by the Lessees a very desirable holding.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS:-
Post Office-Quarters leased to Postmaster General at $300 yearly
House No. 25, Queen's Rond Central, known as Crosby's Stores, nt $2,100
yearly,
Latrines—at 60 cents per seat, monthly................
Slaughter House :-
Leased to the highest bidder by Tender for one year from 1st January
to 31st December
LICENCES.
Licence to retail Fermented and SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, $300 yearly Licence to retail Spirituous Liquors to Chinese people only, $120 yearly LICENCE TO Retail Fermented and Spirituous Liquors at places not nearer than
2 miles from Government House at Victoria, $300 or under,
PAWNBROKERS' LICENCE, $350 yearly
AUCTIONEERS' LICENCE, $300 yearly,..
LICENCES OF TENEMENTS FOR EMIGRANTS :——
For every 10 Inmates, if by the year, $5, and if by shorter term, for every
10 Inmates, per diem, 10 cents
EMIGRATION BROKERS' LICENCE, $200 yearly.
LICENCES FOR Billiard TablES AND BOWLING ALLEYS, $50 yearly
The leases are disposed of at Public Auction Sales, held in accord- ance with Notifications..
Ordinance No. 8 of 1858,
Section 20.
Government
Notifica-
tious No. 405 of 19th Nov., 1881, and No. 6 of 7th January, 1882.
Ordinances No. 9 of
1858, and 5 of 1967.
Leased by Order of the
Governor.
C.S.O. No. 1775011873.
Ordinance No. 9 of 1858, and Government No- tifications No. 397 ol 12th Nov,, 1881, and No. 451 of 31-1 Den. 1881.
Ordinances No. 11 of 1844, and 10 of 1868.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1860.
Ordinance No. 5 of 1845, and Government No- tification No. 97 of 25th June, 1857.
Ordinance No. 8 of 1858.
Ordinance N», 5 of 1874,
Ordinance No. 5 of 1945, Order of the Gavr. in Commeil of 8th July, 1875, and C.S.0, No. 1095 of 1876.