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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL "POSSESSIONS.

Coffee Houses and Restaurants.

(c.) By the same Ordinance a fee was also fixed for coffee houses and restaurants.

Stamp Duties.

(d) The Stamp Duties were re-adjusted by Ordinance 16 of 1886.

Bills of Sale.

(e.) By Ordinance 12 of 1886 a scale of fees was fixed for the registration of bills of sale.

Vehicles and Chairs.

(f) By an Order of the Governor in Council of the 22nd October 1886, made under Ordinance 5 of 1883, the half-yearly fee for a wheeled vehicle, was raised from $3 to $6 per annum.

Fees.

There were no changes in the personal fees received by the several officers in the several departments.

2.-REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE,

The revenue, omitting premin from land sales, amounted to $1,367,977 74; and the expenditure, including extraordinary works, amounted to $2,020,861 65. Premia from land sales realised in 1886, the sum of $34,731 59.

The revenue and expenditure for the

past

five

years have been

:--

Year.

Revenue.

Premia from

Land.

Ordinary

Extraordinary

Expenditure. Expenditure.

1882

$ 1,209,517 08

1883

1,289,448 29

1884

1,173,071 48

$ 18,330 77

25,718 65

19,095 00

$

1,094,804 92

1,162,247 14

180,052 103

1,254,634 77

340,763 62

1885

1,251,889 70

66,658 50

1,146,103 15

475,147 24

1886

1,367,977 74

34,731 59

1,195,236 81

825,624 84