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SPECIFY EACH SEPARATE TAX OR DUTY.

COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATE-

AMOUNT COLLECTED AMOUNT CollecTED IN THE YEAR 1875 IN THE YEAR 1878 KN POUNDS STERLING. IN POUNDS STERLING.

TAXES:-

Stamps,

£

21,778 1 0

d.

£

31,034 10 41

...

I

Police, Lighting, Water and Fire Brigade Rates,

38,770 7 01

38,439 8 61

RENTS:-

Lease Lands,....

24,510 18

17

Lands occupied by Chinese, not leased,.

741 5 51

Stone Quarries, -

Premiums on Leases granted,.

Markets,

Buildings,.

LICENCES:-

Spirit Retailers,

Pawnbrokers,

4,840 18 8

800 5 0

0,928 4 1

5,081 10 10

24,512 13 14

608 0 4

274 6 14

2,979 13

7,169 1 3

5,632 4 2

5,770 16 8

Auctioneers,

1,750 0 0

687 10 0

5,851

1,822 18

3 8

4

Tenements for Emigrants,

Emigration Brokers, ......

23 19 2

333

713 10 10

13 16 10

**

0

8

375

0 0

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,.

244 16 10

177 10

Opium Monopoly,

28,541 13 4

27,708

6 8

Boarding House Keepers,

50 0

0

40

0

0

Marriages,.

8 5

0

42 10

2

Chinese Undertakers,

14 11

8

10 13

Money Changers,.

146 17

8

157

5 10

Marine Store Dealers,

400 12 6

431 5

0

Spirit Distillers,.....

43 15 0

22 18

4

FEES OF OFFICE, including Fees on Leases,

13,308 12 01

FINES AND FORFEITURES OF COURTS,

FEES OF COURTS,

SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,.

I

REIMBURSEMENTS,.

MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS,

INTEREST,....**

ORDINANCE No. 10 or 1887,.

POSTAGE,

2,421 18 21

887 11 0

867 8 4

8,302 7 8

4,956 5 10

1,644 1 61

1,320 7 1

11,748

15,078 10

2,657

789

Of...

7

61

2

→

2

1,960 8 9

783 13

8,343 11

4,921 7 11

1,249

8+

1

8+

4

7

11,200 0 04

TOTAL,...

DEDUCT INCREASE,....

£

NET DECREASE,

£

186,818 5 8 184,405 18 11