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COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT of the REVENUE,—Continued.

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Specify each separate Tax or Duty

sccording to the classification employed in the Estimates,

Amount collected in 1916.

Amount collected in | Increase.

1917.

Cause of Increase

Decrease.

or Decrease.

Brought forward............................ 3,501,872.89 3,996,883.90 | 566,11167

LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED,—Continued.

C.

71,080.66

Mining Licences, N.T.........................

1,255.48

750.00

505.48 | Fewer licences.

Money Changers' Licences,

Opium Monopoly,

11,990.00

5,811,110.15

Pawnbrokers' Licences....

106,925.00

11,394.67

5,887,475.44

113,275.00

595.33

76,365.29

6,350 00

Incrensed sale.

More licences,

Permits to cut Earth and Stone,

New Territories.......

239.00

244.00

5.00

Pharmacy and Poison Ordinance

Licences,.

360.00

210.00,

150,00 | Fewer licences,

Pilots' Licences.............

130.00

170.00

$0.00

Prospecting Licences, N.T.,

500.00),

500.00

Special Food Licences, .

6,676 88

5,827.87

250.99

Stamp Duties,............................

1,065,946.79

1,391,757.93

.93 325,811.14

More probates.

Steam-Launch Licences,

Theatrical Licences,

7,501.00

2,544,00

8.693.50

1,192.50

1,920.00

624.00

Tobacco Duties,

211,181.74

499,871.71| 288,689.97

j 1916 for portion of

the year.

45.00

7.00

38.00

Water-Wheel Licences................

1. FEES OF COURTOR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC

PURPOSES, AND REIMBUR- SEMENTS IN AID:

Ambulance and Cremation Fees,

545.00

Analyses,

19,429.30

787.00

25,846.50 6,417,00

242,00

Bills of Health,

8,284.80

8,634.00

349.20

Births and Deaths Registration,

1,443.40

1,296.10

147.80

C'emetery Fees,

606.10

566.20

39.90

Certificates to Chinese eutering

America,

875.00

350.00

525.00

Chemists and Druggists Regis-

tration,...

25.00

25.00

China Companies Fees,

44,819.67

45,877.89

558.22

Chinese Cemetery Fees,

3,888.00

3,319.50

63,50

Companies Registration,

8,715.40

8,715,40

Custodian's Fees,

4,855.47

16,972.15

12,116,68

Contribution from Wei-hai-wei Government for Clerical As- sistance,

450.00

Carried forward,.. .$ 10,819,615.27 |12,022,605.36 | 1,285,174.66

450.00

82,484.57

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