Appendix E.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1916.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE.
1. The revenue collected from liquor duties and licensed warehouses for 1916 was $793,762.24 as compared with $626,574.97 in 1915. The general details are as follows:--
1915. 1916. Duties, European Liquors, $208,598.84 $173,001.24 Duties, Chinese Liquors, 447,533.73 579,376.40 Licensed Warehouse Fees, 5,750.00 6,000.00 Licensed Warehouse Overtime Fees, 37.00 40.00 Total, $626,574.97 $793,762.24On 1st March, 1916, a general increase was made in the duty on all varieties of intoxicating liquor. The increase made varied for the different kinds of liquors but can be taken roughly as an average increase of 25 per cent. The increase in the receipts from European liquors does not equal the amount of the increase in the duty, but the decrease in the consumption thus shown is due to the general conditions of the trade. The trade in Chinese liquors is in a very flourishing state. The increase in the duty on Chinese liquors is more than fully shown in the increase of revenue, and at the same time the export of Chinese wines and spirits from the Colony shows a satisfactory increase as compared with 1915. The local distilleries continue to do well and have benefited considerably by the general improvement in the trade in Chinese wines and spirits for which the Colony is a market.
Full details of the trade in European liquors are given in Table I and in Chinese liquors in Tables II and III.
OPIUM MONOPOLY.
2. Arrangements were made to purchase raw opium direct from the Indian Government from the beginning of the year, and regular monthly supplies are now shipped by the Indian Government. The arrangement has proved very satisfactory. The total quantity of raw opium boiled during the year including confiscated raw opium was 365 chests as compared with 345 chests in 1915.
Appendix E.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IMPORTS
AND EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1916.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE.
1. The revenue collected from liquor duties and licensed ware- houses for 1916 was $793,762.24 as compared with $626,574.97 in 1915. The general details are as follows:--
Licensed Warehouse Overtime
Duties, European Liquors,
Duties, Chinese Liquors,
Licensed Warehouse Fees,
Fees,
Total,
1915.
1916. ..$208,598.84 $173,001.24
579,376.40
447,533.73
5,750.00
6,000.00
37.00
40.00
$793,762.24 $626,574.97
On 1st March, 1916, a general increase was made in the duty on all varieties of intoxicating liquor. The increase made varied for the different kinds of liquors but can be taken roughly as an average increase of 25 per cent. The increase in the receipts from European liquors does not equal the amount of the increase in the duty, but the decrease in the consumption thus shown is due to the general conditions of the trade. The trade in Chinese liquors is in a very flourishing state. The increase in the duty on Chinese liquors is more than fully shown in the increase of revenue, and at the same time the export of Chinese wines and spirits from the Colony shows a satisfactory increase as compared with 1915. The local distilleries continue to do well and have benefited consider- ably by the general improvement in the trade in Chinese wines and spirits for which the Colony is a market.
Full details of the trade in European liquors are given in Table I and in Chinese liquors in Tables II and III.
OPIUM MONOPOLY.
2. Arrangements were made to purchase raw opium direct from the Indian Government from the beginning of the year, and regular monthly supplies are now shipped by the Indian Govern- ment. The arrangement has proved very satisfactory. The total quantity of raw opium boiled during the year including confiscated raw opium was 365 chests as compared with 345 chests in 1915.
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