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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Box RENTS:-

$10 per annum for each private box at Hongkong or Shanghai.

MONEY ORDERS:-

The commission charged is as follows (according to the currency`the Order is

drawn in).

Up to £ 2, or $10, or

20 Rupees,

0.20 cents.

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£ 5, or $25, or

50 Rupees,

0.40 cents.

£7, or $35, or

70 Rupees,

0.60 cents.

£10, or $50, or 100 Rupees,

0.80 cents.

150 Rupecs,

..$1.00

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

Ordinance 1 of 1887.

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES.

BUILDINGS,-

Rent of Whitfeild Station and old No. 8 Polico Station,

LANDS NOT LEASED:—

Villagers and Squatters holdings inside City

of Victorin,

...$1 per annum for 150 square fect. Villagers and Squatters in Outlying Vil-

Inges,

............................$1 per annum for 300 square feet. Villagers and Squatters at Kowloon, .......................$1 per annum for 300 square feet. Cultivated Lands in Hongkong and Kowloon, at 75 cents per anuum per Mow

=733} Square Yards,

STONE QUARRIES :—

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

Decomber, 1893.

Hongkong,.. Kowloon,

.$5,220.00 per annum. $6,060.00 per annum.

C.S.O. No. 549 of 1891.

{C.S.O. No. 2686 of 1891.

Ordinance 8 of 1858,

Section 20.

Government Notification No. 460 of 12th Dec., 1892, and C.S.0.2648 of 1892.

LEASED LANDS :—

Crown Rents on Lands leased for periods varying from 75 to 999 years,

SLAUGHTER-Ilouses:-

Sole privilege of slaughtering animals for the food of nun within the Colony granted to the highest bidder by Tender for one year from 1st January to 31st December, 1898 for $40,236,

MARKETS:-

Lans, Shops, Stalls,

Let either from month to month, or for a term of years, for such rent

as shall appear to the Registrar General just and reasonable.

Cattle DerŐT :—

Ronted to the highest bidder by tender for the year ended 31st December,

1893 for $2,460,

LAUNDRIES:--

Let from month to month, at $10 per month each,

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

Ordinance 17 of 1887, Sec. 8, Govt. Not. 403 of 1892 and C.S.O. 2361 of 1892.

Ordinance 17 of 1887, Section 18, mind Gov- crument Notification No. 237 of 1890.

Government Notifien- tion No. 404 of 1892, and C.S.O. 2361 of 1892.

C.S.O.No. 2168 of 1893.