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Enclosure 3 in No. 63.
STATEMENT No. 2.
ACTUAL REVENUE OF HONG KONG.
Revenue Exempt from Military Contribution in Straits Settlements practice.
410
Revenue Detailed,
1. RATES.
Assessed taxes
rates
1926.
1927.
'(A) Rent of buildings
1926.
$
$
93,870.44
1927.
$
79,522.01
$
(B) Municipal revenue.
3,636,668.36
Compensation in lieu of
34,275.05
3,676,159.06
47,051.81
1. Rates, assessed taxes
Compensation in lieu of
3,636,668.36
3,676,159.06
rates
34,275.05
47,051.81
3,670,943.41
3,723,210.87
2. Taxes
3,670,943.41 255,017.83
2. TAXES,
Carriage,
3. Licences
13,448.00
Chair, &c.,
4. Fees
233,427.91
3,723,210.87 244,409.35 13,366.00 301,609.05
Licences
Dog Licences
860.00 14,862.00
900.00 9,771.00
5. Rents
(Markets Bathing tickets)
and
235,714.28
238,664.10
255,017.83
244,409.35
6. Miscellaneous (other mis-
cellaneous receipts and
3. LICENCES.
royalty)..
94,311.11
84,679.08
Chinese
Undertakers'
8. Water
Supply (water
Licences
Dangerous Goods Licences
860.00 2,508.00
900.00 2,386.00
Marine
Store Dealers'
excess supply and meter rents)
471,679.01
634,222.60
Licences
10,080.00
10,080.00
$4,974,541.55
$5,240,161.05
13,448.00
13,366.00
105,483.00 12,645.60
(C) Included in (B).
Hospital Board revenue.
Medical treatment
4. FEES.
Hawkers' Licences
81,206.00
Special Food Licences
11,491.11
Cemetery fees
534.35
670.00
Chinese Cemetery fees
6,988.50
6,829.00
Motor Ambulance fees
4,029.00
4,632.00
Use of motor vans ...
6,254.65
7,474.95
Laundries
2,400.00
2,400.00
Slaughter House
Do.
79,714.70
109,363.60
Ma Tau Kok
25,540.00
32,680.20
Conservancy Contract
13,868.60
16,175.20
Scavenging City, Village,
and Hill District ...
1,401.00
3,255.70
78,092.98
Analyses
Bacteriologica!
tions
16,422.50
92,454.26 16,146.00
examina-
7,220.41
7,664.62
101,735.89
116,264.88
(E) Education Board revenue.
Public School fees
Technical Institute fees
79,508.50 4,391.25
117,381.50 4,600.25
TOTAL (A), (B), (D), and (E)
83,899.75
$5,254,047.63
121,981.75
$5,557,929.69
233,427.91
301,609.05
5. RENTS.
Markets
Bathing tickets
232,594.13 3,120.15
233,241.50 5,422.60
235,714.28
238,664.10
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6. MISCELLANEOUS.
Other miscellaneous receipts
56,294.92
Royalty payable by Hong
Kong Tramways Co.
38,016.19
45,638.68
39,040.40
94,311.11
84,679.08
MY DEAR CROSLAND,
8. WATER SUPPLY.
Water excess supply and
meter rents
471,679.01
634,222.60
471,679.01
TOTAL REVENUE
$4,974,541.55
634,222.60
$5,240,161.05
MR. W. C. BOTTOMLEY (Colonial Office)
to
MR. J. B. CROSLAND (WAR Öffice).
Downing Street, 8th January, 1929.
I am sorry to have been so long replying to your letter of the 27th of November* about the Hong Kong military contribution. The despatch sending particulars of the claims for relief under the existing arrangement has now arrived and is being sent to you officially.
As to the other points raised in your letter I will take them one by one:-
(1) I enclose a copy of the statement† enclosed in Hong Kong despatch of the 24th of June, 1926‡, which I am sorry was omitted from our official letter. It appears from this that the figures you quote are roughly accurate. The
* No. 62.
↑ Not printed.
‡ No. 54.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :--
C.O.882/11
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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