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10. The gross Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $666,102.76 as against $649,732.24 collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $16,370.52 or 2.4%:-
1916 1917 Increase Decrease Light Dues, ... $ 75,031.83 $ 68,656.82 $ 6,375.01 Light Dues, Special Assessment.. 87,445.72 79,810.39 7,635.33 Licences and Internal Revenue, 171,634.97 169,294.82 2,340.15 Fees of Court and Office, 315,619.72 348,340.73 $ 32,721.01 $649,732.24 $666,102.76 $ 32,721.01 $16,350.49The principal increases are under Steam-launch Licences $1,192.50 (due to all privately owned launches now being surveyed by Government); Gunpowder Storage $2,619.03; Official Signatures $2,074; Registry Fees $5,020 (due to a large number of ships transferring their Registry to this Port); Steam-launches Surveyor's Certificates $1,695; Survey of Steamships $4,810.33; and Sunday Cargo Working Permits $17,675.
The principal decreases are under Light Dues $6,375.01; Light Dues, Special Assessment, $7,635.33 (due to lack of tonnage); Junk Licences $3,268.34; Engagement and Discharge of Seamen $1,393.60; and Medical Examination of Emigrants $9,850.00.
17. The Expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1917 was $198,015.49 as against $165,295.31 expended in 1916, showing an increase of $32,720.18. This increase is due to $15,400 expended on the overhaul of Steam Launch Victoria, $8,850 on Steam-launch "H. D. 4," and $961 on other Harbour Office Launches making a total of $25,211 expended above the annual vote for repairs to launches, a sum of $1,350 expended on raising and renewing moorings of ocean steamships in excess of the vote allowed, and a sum of $1,800 paid as salary to a Temporary Marine Surveyor for assisting in the survey of privately-owned steam-launches under the new Regulations; and high cost of stores, etc.
Under Special Expenditure a sum of $2,175 was expended on the installation of wireless telegraphy on the Steam Tender Stanley, a sum of $320 for a new mark buoy for Proserpine Rock, and a sum of $4,625 on acquisition and re-arrangement of moorings in Victoria Harbour.
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3.-Revenue and Expenditure.
10. The gross Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $666,102.76 as against $649,732.24 collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $16,370.52 or 2·4%:-·
Light Dues, ...
Light Dues, Special Assessment.. Licences and Internal Revenue,. Fees of Court and Office,
1916.
1917.
$ 75,031.83 $ 68,656.82
87,445.72 79,810.39
171.634.97
169,294.82
Increase. Decrease.
$ 6,375,01
7,635.33 2,340.15
315,619.72 348,340.73 $ 32,721.01
$649,732.24 $666.102.76 $ 32,721.01 $16,350.49
The principal increases are under Steam-launch Licences $1,192.50 (due to all privately owned launches now being surveyed by Government); Gunpowder Storage $2,619.03; Official Signa- tures $2,074; Registry Fees $5,020 (due to a large number of ships transferring their Registry to this Port); Steam-launches Sur- veyor's Certificates $1,695; Survey of Steamships $4,810.33; and Sunday Cargo Working Permits $17,675.
The principal decreases are under Light Dues $6,375.01; Light Dues, Special Assessment, $7,635.33 (due to lack of tonnage); Junk Licences $3,268.34; Engagement and Discharge of Seamen $1,393.60; and Medical Examination of Emigrants $9,850.00.
17. The Expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1917 was $198,015.49 as against $165,295.31 expended in 1916, showing an increase of $32,720.18. This increase is due to $15,400 expended on the overhaul of Steam Launch Victoria, $8,850 on Steam-launch "H. D. 4," and $961 on other Harbour Office Launches making a total of $25,211 expended above the annual vote for repairs to launches, a sum of $1,350 expended on raising and renewing moorings of ocean steamships in excess of the vote allowed, and a sum of $1,800 paid as salary to a Temporary Marine Surveyor for assisting in the survey of privately-owned steam-launches under the new Regulations; and high cost of stores, etc.
Under Special Expenditure a sum of $2,175 was expended on the installation of wireless telegraphy on the Steam Tender Stanley, a sum of $320 for a new mark buoy for Proserpine Rock, and a sum of $4,625 on acquisition and re-arrangement of moorings in Victoria Harbour.
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