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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 1933.

Amount collected in 1934.

Increase. Decrease.

Cause of Increase or Decrease.

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5. POST OFFICE.

Message Fees,.......

Pustage,

644,691.54! 640,923.22

1,238,963.24 1,188,874.68

3,768.32

Reductions in rates

50,588.56

Do..

Toral

1,883,654.78 1,829,297.90

54,356.88

6. KOWLOON-CANTON

RAILWAY.

MAIN LINE.

R1. Passengers Service. Pas-

Bengers, Foreign Line....

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

641,098.45 629,569.18

698,910.49 642,218.37

11,529.27

Reduction in percentage of Through Receipts.

56,692.12

R2. Passenger Service, Others

Foreign Line,

Decline in traffic to Sham Chun,

9,180.39 8,778.85

401.54

R2. Passenger Service, Others

Home Line,

5,272.551

4,837.35

485.20

.

R3. Goods Service, Goods

Foreign Line,

42,656.84

54,418.78

11,761.94

R3. Goods Service, Goods

Home Line,

29.646.59

18,739.38

10,907.21

R4. Goods Service, Others,

Foreign Line,

379.00

946.251

567.25

R4. Goods Service, Others,

Home Line,

659.48

120.00

539.48

R7, Profits on Central Mechani-|

cal Works, Home Line,..

195.38

370.25

174.89

R8, Rents, Home Line,

18,487.44

15,200.55)

3,196.89

R9. Incidental Revenue, Foreign

Line,

R9. Incidental Revenue. Home

Line,

R10. Auxiliary

Operations,

Foreiga Haulage,

5,532.21 11,690.20 6,157.99

6,696.45 19,398.97 12,702.52

160,225.69 227,320.52 61,103.83

Better working facilities and more advertising.

Slump in building industry.

More demurrage charges for fish wagons.

Jess Shunting charges for Lowu Brickworks.

More repairs executed for out- side firms,

Loss of site now occupied by Kowloon Post Office.

Catering fee for Phrough Tra tic increased.

Greater sale of platform tickets, confiscated goods, etc.

Haulage charges of Fast Goods trains, etc.

R11. Interchange of Rolling

Stock, Foreign Line,

5,669.89 6,067.42

397.53

Total

7.-RENT OF GOVERNMENT

PROPERTY LAND AND HOUSES.

1,630,610.83 1,639,775.07! 92,865.95 83,701.71

Buildings.

68,202.56 106,607.80 38,405.24

More buildings leased.

Rent of Government Furniture, .

11,680.95 TI,147.29

489.66

Lands Not Leased (Permits for

Encroachments, &c.),

281,754.70 283,717.11 1,962.41

Laundries,

3,000.00 8,000.00

Curried forward, 364,588.21 404,472.20 40,367.65

488.00