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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Box RENTS:—

$10 por aunun for each private box at Hongkong or Shanghai. MONEY ORDERS :-

Tho commission charged is as follows (according to the currency the Order is

drawn in).

Up to $10, or

20 Rupees,

$25, or

"

50 Rupees,

"

$35, or 70 Rupees,

"

$50, or 100 Rupees,

#

150 Rupees,

0.20 cents.

0.40 cents.

0.60 cents.

0,80 cents. ..$1.00

Tho rates of commission charged on the issue of Money Orders upon the United Kingdom and on Countries drawn through London, and on the Australian Colo- nies shall be ns follows :—

Orders up to £ 1,...............................

.10 cents.

"

£ 2,

..20

**

£ 3,

.30

*

£ 4,

"

+

£ 5,

.50

£ 6,

.60

"

TI

19

£ 7,

..70

"9

£ 8,

..80

"

"

+

#

£ 9. £10,

.90

$1.00

*

LOCAL Postal Notes,-

Commission chargod on issue of a 25-rent note̱....................

1 cent.

"

50 $ 1.00

1

|

11

2 couts.

"1

$ 2.00

4

"

""

$ 3.00

6

"

99

"

$ 4.00

8

91

**

99

19

"

$ 5.00 $10.00

.10

"1

"

............20

Act of Colonial Legislature

or other Authority under which levied.

Ordinance 1 of 1887.

Government Notification

No. 54 of 14th Feb., 1894.

Government Notification

No. 441 of 1st Dec., 1893.

RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES.

BUILDINGS,-

Rent of Whitfeild Station and old No, 8 Police Station, LANDS NOT LEASED:—

Villagers and Squatters Holdings inside City

of Victoria,

..................$1 per uuuum for 150 square feet.

$1 per annum for 300 square feet, 1 per annum for 300 square foot.

Villagers and Squatters in Outlying Vil-

Inges,

Villagers and Squatters at Kowloon,

Cultivated Lands in Hongkong and Kowloon, at 75 cents per annum per Mow

=733 square yards,

STOXE QUARRIES;—

Lensed to the highest bidder by Public Auction for one year from 1st January

to 31st December, 1894.

LEASED LANDS :-

Hongkong,.... Kowloon,

.$7,200.00 per annum. .88,050.00 per annum.

Crown Rents on Lands leased for periods varying from 75 to 999 years,

SLAUGHTER-Ilouses;-

Sole privilege of slaughtering animals for the food of man within the Colony gmuted to the highest bidder by Tender for one year from 1st January to 31st December, 1894 for $40,584,

MARKETS:—

Ians,

Shops, Stulls,

Cattle DeFŮT :-

Let either from mouth to mouth, or for a term of years, for such rent

as shall appear to the Registrir General just and reasonable.

Rented to the highest bidder by tonder for the year ended 31st December,

1894, for $2,580,....

LAUNDRIKS:—

Let from mouth to mouth, at $10 per mouth ench,

TEMPORARY WOODEN Huts :--

Let at $1.00 per month ench,

HOUSES IN NEW STREET :—

Partly occupied by the Po Lerng Kuk Society for which no rent is paid. The parts not occupied by the Society bring in a total monthly rental of $75.

C.S.O. No, 549 of 1891. C.S.O. No. 2686 of 1891.

Ordinance 8 of 1858,

Section 20.

Government Notification No. 887 of 28th Oct., 1893, and C.S.0.2442 of 1893. The lenses are disposed of at Public Auction Sules, held in necord. ance with Notifications. Ordinateo 17 of 1887,

Sec, 8, Govt. Not. 415 of 1893 and C.S.0. 2567 of 1893, Ordinanco 17 of 1887, Section 18, and Gov- enunent Notification No. 237 of 1890. Government Notifica- tion No. 404 of 1892, and C.S.O. 2361 of 1892. C.S.O. No. 2168 of 1893.

C.S.O. 2051 of 1894.