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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

LAND REVENUE.

Leased Lands:-

Crown Rents on Lands leased for periods varying from 14 to 999 years,

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LANDS OCCUPIED BY CHINESE VILLAGERS, SQUATTERS, &c., under Squattors'

Liconces issued by the Surveyor General, viz. :—

Villagers and Squatters at Hongkong at $1 per annum for 150 Square Feet,

Do.

do. at Kau-lung at $1 per anuum for 300 Square Feet, Cultivated Lands at Hongkong and Kau-lung at 75 cents per annum per

Mow 733 Square Yards, ..............

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STONE QUARRIES :-

Leased to the highest biddor by Tonder for one year from 1st January to

31st Decenibor,

RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS.

The leases are disposed of at Public Auction Sales, held in accord- anco with Notifications,

Ordinanco 8 of 1858,

Section 20.

Government

Notifien-

tions 394 of 1st Dee.. 1883, and 412 of 15th Decembor, 1888.

MARKETS:—

Lans at $20 monthly,..

Shops, from $8 to $23 monthly,

Stalls, from $1 to $2.50 monthly,

There is a premium paid in a lump sum by the persons to whom those leases are granted when the Shop, Lan or Stall is considered by the Lossees a very desirable holding.

SLAUGHTER HOUSE:-

Leased to the highest bidder by Tonder for one year from 1st January to

81st December,

PUBLIC BUILDINGS:—

Houses Nos. 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 Shek-tong Taui,......................

Latrines—at 60 cents per seat, monthly,

LICENCES.

LICENCE TO RETAIL FERMENTEd and Spirituous Liquors, $300 yearly, Licence to retail Spirituous Liquons to Chinese people only, $120 yearly,... LIGENCE TO Retail Fermented and Spirituous Liquors at places not nearer

than 2 miles from Government House at Victoria, $300 or under,

PAWNBROKERS". Licence, $350 yearly,

Auctioneers' LICENCE, $300 yearly, -

LICENCES OF Tenements for EMIGRANTS >

For every 10 Inmates, if by the year, $5, and if by shorter term, for every 10

Inmates, per diem, 10 cents,

Emigration Broxuna' Liczxca, 8200 yearly,..........................................................................................................................................

Licences roz Billiard Tables and Bowling ALLEYS, $50 yearly,·

Ordinances 9 of 1858,

and 5 of 1867.

Ordinanco 6 of 1867, Soc. 5, and Govern- mentNotifications 411 of 15th Dec., 1888, and 488 of 29th Doc., 1888.

Rented by Order of the

Governor.

C. S. O. 1775 of 1873.

Ordinances 11 of 1844,

and 10 of 1868.

Onlinanen 3 of 1960

Ordinance 5 of 1845, &

Government Notifica- tion 97 of 25th June, 1857.

Ordinance 8 of 1868.

Ordinance 5 of 1874

Ordinance & of 1846, Order of the Gorr. in Council of 8th July, 1875.