(C3)
COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT of the REVENUE,—Continued.
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Specify each separate Tax or Duty
sccording to the classification employed in the Estimates,
Amount collected in 1916.
Amount collected in | Increase.
1917.
Cause of Increase
Decrease.
or Decrease.
Brought forward............................ 3,501,872.89 3,996,883.90 | 566,11167
LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED,—Continued.
C.
71,080.66
Mining Licences, N.T.........................
1,255.48
750.00
505.48 | Fewer licences.
Money Changers' Licences,
Opium Monopoly,
11,990.00
5,811,110.15
Pawnbrokers' Licences....
106,925.00
11,394.67
5,887,475.44
113,275.00
595.33
76,365.29
6,350 00
Incrensed sale.
More licences,
Permits to cut Earth and Stone,
New Territories.......
239.00
244.00
5.00
Pharmacy and Poison Ordinance
Licences,.
360.00
210.00,
150,00 | Fewer licences,
Pilots' Licences.............
130.00
170.00
$0.00
Prospecting Licences, N.T.,
500.00),
500.00
Special Food Licences, .
6,676 88
5,827.87
250.99
Stamp Duties,............................
1,065,946.79
1,391,757.93
.93 325,811.14
More probates.
Steam-Launch Licences,
Theatrical Licences,
7,501.00
2,544,00
8.693.50
1,192.50
1,920.00
624.00
Tobacco Duties,
211,181.74
499,871.71| 288,689.97
j 1916 for portion of
the year.
45.00
7.00
38.00
Water-Wheel Licences................
1. FEES OF COURTOR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC
PURPOSES, AND REIMBUR- SEMENTS IN AID:
Ambulance and Cremation Fees,
545.00
Analyses,
19,429.30
787.00
25,846.50 6,417,00
242,00
Bills of Health,
8,284.80
8,634.00
349.20
Births and Deaths Registration,
1,443.40
1,296.10
147.80
C'emetery Fees,
606.10
566.20
39.90
Certificates to Chinese eutering
America,
875.00
350.00
525.00
Chemists and Druggists Regis-
tration,...
25.00
25.00
China Companies Fees,
44,819.67
45,877.89
558.22
Chinese Cemetery Fees,
3,888.00
3,319.50
63,50
Companies Registration,
8,715.40
8,715,40
Custodian's Fees,
4,855.47
16,972.15
12,116,68
Contribution from Wei-hai-wei Government for Clerical As- sistance,
450.00
Carried forward,.. .$ 10,819,615.27 |12,022,605.36 | 1,285,174.66
450.00
82,484.57
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