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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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