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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 per annum for 150 Square Feet,

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at Kaulung at $1 per annum for 300 Square Feet, Cultivated Lands at Hongkong and Kaulung at 75 cents per annum per Mow

=7334 Square Yards,....

PIERS AND WHARVES:-

Permission to erect a Pier or Wharf, other than a Pier or Wharf authorised by

Ordinance :-Victoria,..............................................d. ........................................................................

...per month......$15

STONE QUARRIES:-

Villages,.........................

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.$.7}

Leased to the highest bidder by Tender for one year from 1st January to 31st

December,

RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS.

The leases are disposed of at Public Auction Sales, held in accord- ance with Notifications.

Ordinance 8 of 1858,

Section 20.

C. S. O. 1460 of 1885 &

C. S. O. 495 of 1886.

Government

Notifica

tion No. 1 of 3rd January, 1888.

MARKETS:-

Lans, Shops, Stalls,

CATTLE DEPOT,

Let either from month to month, or for a term of years, for the high- est rent obtainable, such rent to be ascertained by sealed tenders, All buildings hitherto let continue so let until they become vacant.

Slaughter House:-

Leased to the highest bidder by Tender for 17 months from 1st August, 1887,

to 31st December, 1888,

Houses in Queens Road and Praya Central resumed by Government for build-

ing the Central Market and let for the best rent obtainable,

LICENCES.

I-Public House and Adjunct Licences, (Sec. 13.)

When the annual valuation of the premises occupied is

under $1,000, a licence fee of $300 a year.

Ordinance 17 of 1887,

Section 18.

[Government

Notifica-

tion No. 70 of 1888.

Ordinance 17 of 1867, Sec. 8, and C.S.O. 1430 of 1887.

Handed

over to the Registrar General by the Surveyor General with the approval of the Governor to be let as stated.

under $4,200,

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over $1,200,

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$360 $480

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II.—Other fees chargeable under this Ordinance.

Distillery Licence, (Sec. 4),

Temporary Spirit Licence, (Sec. 8),

Licence for removed business, (Sec. 18),

Grocer's Licence, (Sec. 28),

Wholesale Licence, (Sec. 28),........

Chinese Spirit Licence, (Sec. 30),

Eating House Licence, (Sec. 31),

*Chinese Eating Houses,.....

.$120 a year. .Discretionary.

$5

$120 a year.

$120 ** $120

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$ 10

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Exempted.

Ordinance 21 of 1886.

Government

Notifica

tion 276 of 1886.