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COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE,-Continued.

Specify each separate Tax or Duty according to the classifications

employed in the Estimates.

Amount collected in 1930.

Amount collected in 1931.

Increase.

Decrease.

Cause of Increase or Decrease.

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Brought forward.........

288,803.60

7.—RENT OF GOVERNMENT

PROPERTY LAND AND HOUSES,—Continued.

6.

308,690,36

24,823.09

4,406.30

Leased Lamis, (Crown Kent Ex-

clusivo of New Territorios), .-

526,750.92

548,236.29

31,495.86

New Lots.

Loused Lands, New Territories

(Crown Kent),

208,207.08

198,529.12

Pa

14,768.86

Markets,

206,002.52

300,711.52

3,800.00

Resumptions in New

Kowloon.

Kowloon Tong new market opened and Kowloon City market extended.

Piers,

KANALDANA

42,410.00

41,493.37

926.62

Pineapple Land Leases,

Stone Quarries,

834.15

30,347.49

1,127.70

38.269.29

293.55

7.921.80

More higher tenders.

permits.

Total.......

1.394,416.71 1,432,057.64

57,882.80

20,191.87

8.— INTEREST,

390,799.73 224,460.46

166,339.27

Lower rate of interest.

9. MISCELLANEOUS

RECEIPTS.

Condemned Stores, &u,.....

34,298.98

36.755.62

2,456.69

Conservancy Contracts,

6,558.00

Overpayments in previons years,

8,544.68

844.25

33,838.16

5,713.75

Flush latrines in Hong Kong and Kow. Ioon.

25.208.78

Other Miscellaneous Receipts, .......

1,562,091.96

84.986.24

1,477,995,72

No profit on ex- change

Royalty Payable by the long

Kong Telephone Co., Ltd., ... Royalty payable by the Hong

Kong Tramway Co., Ltd

8-4,655,00

37,002.44

37.181.00

38.402.38

2.476.00

409.89

Totul

-LAND SALES,

.......

1,685,081.01 231,957.00

30,636.36 1,488,709.47

Premiu on New Lonses,

2,864,897.03 3,177,807.04

812,910.01

Increased sales and bigher premia paid.

TOTAL..

2,864,807.03 3,177,807.94 312,910.91

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