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Rent of $2,000 payable for the first time in respect of the salt pans at Tai O.
A Table has been added, showing the further revenue from the Southern District of the New Territories, collected through other Departments, and therefore included in the General Revenue of the Colony. This bears a much larger proportion to the Revenue collected in the Southern District Office than in the Northern District; the reason being that the close vicinity of Hongkong at once encourages more large industries in the Southern District, and also renders direct payment to the Treasury a much easier matter.
VII.--OPIUM.
About 7,500 taels of prepared opium were sold in the Opium Farmer's shops in the Southern District of the New Territories -- exclusive of New Kowloon -- at $4.50 per tael. A small quantity of inferior Persian opium was also sold at $2.00 per tael -- about 500 taels altogether (1 tael = 1 oz. avoirdupois).
The total receipts by the Opium Farmer for sales of opium were therefore about $35,000: many junks also buy Chinese opium outside our territory, as at Lap Sap Mi, near Lantao, for consumption while at sea.
VIII.--LIQUOR.
The liquor tax paid by the New Territories (South) for 1910 amounted to $34,424.13. It was collected throughout without any difficulty or complaint, and with very little attempt at evasion of the rules, and therefore so far as this district is concerned, must be accounted a singularly successful tax.
Of the whole amount, the distillery at Cheung Sha Wan paid $15,366.28 and those at Cheung Chau $12,063.57.
IX.--CROPS.
The crops during 1910 were fairly good, and no complaints were made of failure through the spring drought.
X.--PUBLIC WORKS.
The old Kowloon City pier was replaced during the year by a new solid structure of ferro-concrete and on ferro-concrete piles 149 feet long, and from 16 to 30 feet wide.
A six-foot path was constructed by the military authorities to connect their Rifle Range with the Sha Tin Road at Po Kong, for which 15,238 sq. ft. were resumed at 2 cents per foot.
No public works were constructed in the New Territories (South) outside New Kowloon.
XI.--GENERAL.
The district in general, and the fishing population in particular, appeared to prosper throughout 1910. The best and most popular fishing centre is Cheung Chau, and here there were abundant signs of prosperity. The demand for land has long exceeded the supply,
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Rent of $2,000 payable for the first time in respect of the salt pans at Tai O.
A Table has been added, showing the further revenue from the Southern District of the New Territories, collected through other Departments, and therefore included in the General Revenue of the Colony. This bears a much larger proportion to the Revenue collected in the Southern District Office than in the Northern District; the reason being that the close vicinity of Hongkong at once encour- ages more large industries in the Southern District, and also renders direct payment to the Treasury a much easier matter.
VII.--OPIUM.
About 7,500 taels of prepared opium were sold in the Opium Farmer's shops in the Southern District of the New Territories --exclusive of New Kowloon-at $4.50 per tael. A small quantity of inferior Persian opium was also sold at $2.00 per tael-about 500 taels altogether (1 tael-1 oz. avoirdupois).
The total receipts by the Opium Farmer for sales of opium were therefore about $35,000: many junks also buy Chinese opium outside our territory, as at Lap Sap Mi, near Lantao, for consumption while
at sea.
VIII-LIQUor.
The liquor tax paid by the New Territories (South) for 1910 amounted to $34,424.13. It was collected throughout without any difficulty or complaint, and with very little attempt at evasion of the rules, and therefore so far as this district is concerned, must be accounted a singularly successful tax.
Of the whole amount, the distillery at Cheung Sha Wan paid $15,366.28 and those at Cheung Chau $12,063.57.
IX.-CROPS.
The crops during 1910 were fairly good, and no complaints were made of failure through the spring drought.
X.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The old Kowloon City pier was replaced during the year by a new solid structure of ferro-concrete and on ferro-concrete piles 149 feet long, and from 16 to 30 feet wide.
A six-foot path was constructed by the military authorities to connect their Rifle Range with the Sha Tin Road at Po Kong, for which 15,238 sq. ft. were resumed at 2 cents per foot.
No public works were constructed in the New Territories (South) outside New Kowloon.
XI.-GENERAL.
The district in general, and the fishing population in particular, appeared to prosper throughout 1910. The best and most popular fishing centre is Cheung Chau, and here there were abundant signs of prosperity. The demand for land has long exceeded the supply,
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