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Table XII.

NUMBER of BOAT LICENCES ISSUED AND FEES collected during the Year 1908 as compared with the previous year.

(Under Table U. Section 40 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

DESCRIPTION OF BOATS 1907 1908 LICENCES DUPLI-CATES FEES LICENCES DUPLI-CATES FEES Passenger Boats, Class A, 640 538 Passenger Boats, Class B, 853 10,246.00 813 10,348.00 Passenger Village Boats, 1,558 1,454 Cargo Boats, 1,762 14,102.50 1,350 25,185.75 Lighters, 175 11 3,346.00 154 6,669.00 Water Boats, 83 733.00 81 1,493.25 Other Boats, 933 3,919.50 892 1 4,309.75 Cinder, Bum, Hawker and Marine Dealers' Boats, 376 Fish Drying Hulks, 73 680.70 66 416.25 Repainting Fees, $0.25 each, 81 20.25 TOTAL, 6,453 14 33,505.70 5,689 8 49,159.50

Table XIII.

STATEMENT of REVENUE collected in the Harbour Department during the Year 1908.

Head of Receipts Amount 1908 Amount 1907 1. Light Dues, Ordinance 10 of 1899, 79,975.68 $ 80,389.00 2. Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified : C. Boat Licences, 49,159.50 33,505.70 Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889, Emigration Brokers' Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889, 1,305.00 1,395.00 Fine, 1,000.00 1,000.00 Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899, 137.90 177.00 Fishing Stake and Station Licences, from the New Territories, Ord. 10 of 1899, Junk Licences, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, 2,176.60 2,606.50 Junk Licences, &c., from the New Territories, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Pilots' Licences, Ordinance 3 of 1904, 19,831.45 18,303.50 105.00 80.00 Steam-launch Licences, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, 4,476.25 3,898.00 3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes and Reimbursements-in-Aid : Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-launches, Ord. 10 of 1899, Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, 23,765.80 24,446.40 270.00 287.00 2,370.00 2,900.00 Gunpowder, Storage of-Ordinance 10 of 1899, 9,831.43 11,664.76 Medical Examination of Emigrants, Ordinance 1 of 1889, 43,155.75 31,675.00 Printed Forms, Sale of 278.50 58.75 Private Moorings and Buoys, Rent for Ordinance 10 of 1899, Registry Fees (Merchant Shipping Act), Ordinance 10 of 1899, Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificates, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Sugar Certificates and Permits, Ordinance 14 of 1904, 3,480.00 3,630.00 699.00 1,309.00 3,810.00 3,405.00 1,155.00 1,350.00 Survey of Steamships, &c., Ordinance 10 of 1899, Sunday Cargo Working Permits, Ordinance I of 1891, 29,692.71 29,770.39 28,600.00 41,250.00 7. Miscellaneous Receipts-Message Fees for notifying ships, 90.60 42.40 Total, $357,768.52 348,300.10 (Estimated.)

* STATEMENT OF EMIGRATION FEES :—

Revenue collected by Harbour Department, $ 43,155.75 Registrar General's Office, 3,862.00 Stamp Office, on a/c of Bill of Health, Medical Department, 8,928.00 $ 55,945.75 Expenditure incurred by $ 4,000.00 3,885.40 14,634.46 $ 22,519.86 Nett Revenue, $ 33,425.89