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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 1931.

Amount collected in 1932.

Increase. Decrease.

Cause of Increase or Decrease.

$

C.

5.- POST OFFICE.

Message Fees,.............

Postage,

680,263.46 681,291.98

1,855,675.14 1,283.301.12

1,028.52

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Total

2,035,938.60 1,964.593.10,

1,028.52,

6.—KOWLOON-CANTON

RAILWAY.

MAIN LINE.

R1. Passengers Service. Pas-

sengers, Foreign Line,...

I

1

72,374.02 Heavy decrease in Parcel Post to U. K. probably due to in- creased duties, and in China probably due to disturbed con-

72,874.02 ditions.

472,679.83

R1. Passengers, Service, Pas- sengers Home Line,............

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568,680.90

|

95,981.13

More passengers and increased

395,693.70

486,586.21 90,892.51

R2.

Passenger Service, Others

Foreigu Line,

7,127.13

8,424.94

1,297.21

R2. Passcuger Service, Others

2nd Claes fares.

More passengers.

More motor cars transported to Canton.

Home Line,

5,634,40

5,124.95

509.45

R3.

Goods Service, Goods

Foreign Line,

30,955.42

33.382.09

2,426.07

R3. Goods Service, Goods

Home Line,

Large consigaments of sugar were forwarded to Chinesa Ter- ritory in April 1932 just before Custom Tax was increased.

29,388.50

30,822.89

984.39

R4. Goods Service, Others,

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Foreign Line,

102.25

168.75

66.50

R4. Goods Service, Others,

Home Line,

754.00

394.25

959.75

Less ebanting charges.

R7. Profits on Central Mechmoi-|

cal Works, Home Line,..

37.28

101.46

64.18

R8. Rents, Home Line,

8,037.65

13,587.41

5,549.76

:

More lands leased and rent of Railway quarters credited to this head.

R9. Incidental Revenue, Foreign|

Line,

5,300.69

5,045.28

255.46

R9. Incidental Revenue, Home

Line,

R10. Auxiliary

Operations,

Foreign Hanlage,

133,367.76

3,622.23 4,999.02

135,344.29

1,876.79,

1,976.33

R11. Interchange of Rolling

Stock, Foreign Line,

2,447.93

3,647.35 1,199.42

Sale of old materials.

Extra charge for haulage of alditional coaches on account of heavy traffic by Express traina,

More coaches supplied for special trains.

Total...

1,095,098.77, 1,295.789.20, 201,815.09

1,124.66

7.-RENT OF GOVERNMENT|

PROPERTY LAND AND

HOUSES.

Buildings.

75,499.41 74,197.51

Rent of Government Furniture, .

12,872.91) 12,083.37

1,801.90

789.54

Lamis Not Lensed (Permits for

Eneroncliments, &c,),

217,818.04 279,207.41 61,889.37

Landries,

8,000.00 8,000.00

Carried forward,............... 808,690.36 868,488.29 61,889.37 2,091.44

Increased fees and permits.

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