Specify each separate Tax or Duty according to the classifications employed in the Estimates.
| Specify each separate Tax or Duty | Amount collected in 1936 | Amount collected in 1937 | Increase | Decrease | Cause of Increase or Decrease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Box Rents | 12,796.00 | 12,796.00 | |||
| Commission on Money and Postal Orders | 10,325.29 | 10,325.20 | |||
| Message Fees | |||||
| Postage | 678,062.90 | 976,923.45 | 298,860.55 | ||
| Total | 1,380,823.09 | 2,254,351.35 | 873,528.26 | Increased rates, Coronation stamps sales and expansion of air mail services. |
| Specify each separate Tax or Duty | Amount collected in 1936 | Amount collected in 1937 | Increase | Decrease | Cause of Increase or Decrease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1. Passenger Service, Passengers, Foreign Line | 568,971.54 | 613,239.88 | 44,268.34 | Coronation traffic & increased prosperity | |
| R1. Passenger Service, Passengers, Home Line | 412,442.84 | 273,632.95 | 138,809.89 | Shum Chun Casino closure | |
| R2. Passenger Service, Others, Foreign Line | 5,839.00 | 9,136.70 | 3,297.70 | More parcels and luggage | |
| R2. Passenger Service, Others, Home Line | 2,531.00 | 3,348.65 | 817.65 | do. | |
| R3. Goods Service, Goods, Foreign Line | 43,476.93 | 161,408.79 | 117,931.86 | Abnormal conditions in China | |
| R3. Goods Service, Goods, Home Line | |||||
| R4. Goods Service, Others, Foreign Line | 13,713.98 | 17,201.99 | 3,488.01 | Mining products | |
| R4. Goods Service, Others, Home Line | 1,218.00 | 6,147.66 | 4,929.66 | Abnormal conditions in China | |
| R7. Profits on Central Mechanical Works, Home Line | 129.00 | 110.00 | 19.00 | ||
| R8. Rents, Home Line | 252.80 | 252.80 | |||
| R9. Incidental Revenue, Foreign Line | 15,988.12 | 12,785.55 | 3,202.57 | All storage space occupied | |
| R9. Incidental Revenue, Home Line | 40,923.35 | 43,935.23 | 3,011.88 | More work performed for PWD Government departments | |
| R10. Auxiliary Operations, Foreign Haulage | 12,935.80 | 12,445.49 | 490.31 | ||
| R11. Interchange of Rolling Stock, Foreign Line | 33,675.99 | 38,239.05 | 4,563.06 | More condemned stores sold | |
| 132,482.78 | 92,606.24 | 39,876.54 | Chinese section performed more of the through haulage | ||
| 1,810.98 | 7,713.99 | 5,903.01 | British Section stocks above quota | ||
| Total | 1,245,469.16 | 1,297,940.29 | 231,666.87 | 179,195.74 |
| Specify each separate Tax or Duty | Amount collected in 1936 | Amount collected in 1937 | Increase | Decrease | Cause of Increase or Decrease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildings | 100,527.03 | 113,536.49 | 13,009.46 | Kai Tak Airport & increased rents | |
| Rent of Government Furniture | 11,118.72 | 12,654.34 | 1,535.62 | Variable | |
| Lands Not Leased (Permits for Encroachments, &c.) | 3,000.00 | 5,200.00 | 2,200.00 | Increase in permit areas | |
| Laundries | 347,009.60 | 441,115.80 | 94,106.20 | Increased rents | |
| Carried forward | 230,963.85 | 300,724.97 | 78,761.12 |
SO
(C8)
COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE,—Continued.
Specify each separate Tax or Duty
according to the classifications employed in the Estimates.
Amount collected in 1936.
Amount collected in 1937.
Increase.
Decrease.
Cause of Inercase or Decrease,
Box Rents,
Commission on Money and Postalj
Orders,
Message Fees,......
-
C.
C.
C.
12,796.00
12,796.00'
10,325.29,
10,325.20
Postage,
678,062.90 976,923.45 208,860.55
1,380,823.09 2,254,351.35 873,528.26
2,058.885. 3,254.396.00, 1,195,510.10
a
Total.......
6.—KOWLOON-CANTON
RAILWAY.
MAIN LINE.
Previously under Postage.
Do.
Increased traffic due to cable
breakdowns,
Increased rates, Coronation
i stomps sales and expansion of
air mail services.
RI.
Passengers Service. Pas-
RI.
sengers, Foreign Line,... Passengers, Service, Pas-
sengers Home Line,..............
568,971.54
412,442.84
613,230.88
273,632.95
44,268.34
4
Coronation traffic & increased prosperity,
139.809.89
Shum Chun Casino closure.
R2. Passenger Service, Others
Foreign Line,
5,839.00, 9,136.70 8,297.70
More parcels and luggage.
R2.
Passenger Service, Others
Home Line,
2,531.00 3,348.65
816.75
do.
R3.
Goods Service, Goods
Foreign Line,
43,476.93
161.408.79;
117,981.86
Abnormal conditions in China.
R4.
R3. Goods Service, Goods
Home Line, Goods Service, Others,
Foreign Line,
R4, Goods Service, Others,
Home Line,
RT. Profits on Central Mechani-
end Works, Home Line,..)
13,713.98 17,201.99' 3,488.01!
1,218.00, 6.147.66 4,929.66
129.00
110.00
252.80
Mining products.
Abnormal conditions in China,
19.00
RS. Rents, Home Line,
15,988.12
12,785.55 12,533.25
40,9238.35 $3,935.23
More work performed for DUD Government departments.
All storage space occupied.
R9. Incidental Revenne, Foreign|
Line,
R9. Incidental Revenue. Home
Line,
RIO. Auxiliary
Operations,
Foreign Haulage,
R11. Interchange of Rolling
Stock, Foreign Line,
12,935.80 12,445.49
33,675.99, 38,239.05
132,482.78 02,606.24
490.31
4,563.06
39,876.54
I
1,810.98'
7,713.99
5,903.01
More condemned stores gold.
Chinese section performed mure of the through baulage.
British Section stocks above quota.
Total .........
.8 1,245,469.16 1,297,940.29
231,666.87
179,195.74
PROPERTY LAND AND
HOUSES.
1
Buildings,
Rent of Government Furniture,.
100,527.03 113,536.49
11,118.72 12,654,34
13.009.46
Kai Tack Airport & increased
1,535.62
rents,
Variable.
Lambs Not Leased (Permits for
Encroachments, &c.),
Laundries,
Carried forward.............
230,963.85, 300,724,97 78,761.12
3,000.00 5,200.00. 2,200.00
347,009,60, 441,115.80
Increase in permit areas.
Increased rents.
95,506.20,
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