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COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT of the REVENUE,—Continued.

Specify each separate Tax or Daty

areording to the classification

employed in the Estimates,

Amount collected in 1922.

Amott collected in Increase,

1923.

Decrease.

Cause of Increase or Decrease.

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Brought forward,..............$ 15,511,717,58 '17,170,506.49 1,693,079.00

FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE,

58,289.45

&a..—Continned.

Printed Forms,

586.16

1,407.25

$21.00

Prison Industries,

3,298.59

4,207.28

99×69

Pritoners' Subsistence,

553.15

587.50

34.35

Public Schools Fees,

74.012.50, 79.122.50

5,1 10.00

More sundeuts.

Queen's College Fees,

38,010.00

39,270.00

1,260.00

More students.

Registry Fees,

3.412.00

2,814.00-

598.00

Sick Stoppages from Police Force,

2,414.85

Sunday Cargo-working Permits,

146.250.00

3,173,55

138,500,00

758.70

7,750,00 Fewer permits issued.

Survey of Steam-Launches,

9,165.00

10,0×0.001

915,00

Survey of Stenships,

39,146.00

45,301.34

6.158,34

Technical Justitute Fees,

2.542.00

3,236.50

694.50

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More students.

Timber,

6,753.13

10,079.57

3,326,14

Trade Marks Registration,

4,239,45 10,004.75

1,765,30

Use of Motor Vans,

4.110.22

4,807.00

396.78

More sales due to clear-

ing rural land for buikding purposes.

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More carcases convey-

ed.

Water Excess Supply and Meter

Rents,

453,526.58

490,284.71

36,758.13

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Warrants of Anachment,

211.00

130.00

More buildings nod on- creased consumption,

81.00

2. POST OFFICE :—

Message Fees..............................

Postage,

32,792.39 46,779.94

662,862.11 714,340.03. 51.477.92

13,987,65

Increased business,

Increased business.

3. KOWLOON-CANTON RAIL-

WAY:-

Main Line :—

Conching Through Traffic, ................İ 43-904.28 109,880.01

Conching Local Traffic,

Goods Through Traffic,.........................

Goods Local Traffic,

168,977.28 255,213,65 86,236.37

55,624.94 35,279.29

AN

Miscellaneous

Through

Local,

10,889,14

6,255,69

21,180.69

15,758.56

8,287.95

97,879.14|

5.369.42

2,002,27

16,698, 15

Fan Ling Branch Line :-

Coaching and Goods,

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Carried forward...................

8,933.74

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12,423.18

* 17.740.198.46 19,249,557,19 1,928,397.20

329,024.27 Interruption of throngh

traffe.

Expansion of traffic.

20,345.65 Interruption of through

trafic

Expansion of truthie. Hire of rolling stock paid by Chinese Sec- tion.

More mis leased.

3,489.44

Traffic improved,

418,938,47

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