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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

Amonut

1983.

collected in Incrense.

1934.

Decrease.

Cause of Increase

or Decrease.

Brought forward................

7.-RENT OF GOVERNMENT

PROPERTY LAND AND

HOUSES,—Continued.

Leased Lands, (Crown Rent Ex- clusive of New, Territories),

4.

C.

364,588.21

404,472.20

4.

C.

40,367.65

483.06

539,085.65 604,753.72

65,668.07

1933 arrears collected in 1934.

Leased Lands, New Territories

(Crown Rent),

Markets,

Piers,

44,034.95

Pineapple Land Leases,......

Stone Quarries,

Total..

8.-INTEREST,

9. MISCELLANEOUS

RECEIPTS.

209,134.30 220,464.79 11,330.49

330,964.13 351,210.40 20,246.27

43,338.07

1,158.87 1,129.60

23,304.10

23,155.51

$1,512,270.21 1,648,524.29

Do.

New markets opened and cer- tain rents revised.

696.88

29.27

148.59

137,612.48

1,358.40

306,326.19

196,573.71

109,752.48

Condemned Stores, &c....................

Conservancy Contracts,......

Overpayments in previous years,

Other Miscellaneous Receipts,..

Royalty payable by the China

Motor Bus Co., Ltd......

8,664.89 14,141.97

16,811.50 4,732.50

22,098.00 10,870.78

94,315.51| 80,263.69

6,477.08

12,079.00

Casual.

Failure of contractor to carry out contract,

11,727.22

Variable.

14,051.82

Tlo.

48,286.97

101,510.11

53,223.14

New franchise.

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

Royalty payable by the Hong

Kong Tramway Co., Ltd

***

45,636.00.

46,010.00

374.00!

51,541.15

49,097.77

2,448.38

Decreased traffic.

Roralty payable by the Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co., Ltd

38,985.01

90,631.33 51,646.32

New franchise.

Royalty payable by the Kow-

loon Motor Bus Co., Ltd

63,592.28.

128,094.37 64,502.09

I.

Appreciation of Sterling

Securities,

13,043.14

13,043.14

+

Realisation of sterling securities.

2,465.17

Subsidiary Coin...........

Total........

405,489.62

14,408.17 11,943.00

12,111,01 12,111.01

551,871.70 199,276.64

Surplus funds realised.

New item.

-

53,344.56

10.-LAND SALES.

Premia oo New Leases, Hongkong.

456,533.94|

308,271.55

148,262,39

Decreased demand for land,

Do.

Kowloon.

296,245.22

63,607.13

232,638.09

Do.

New Kowloon.

165,880.57

163,443.43

2,437.14

Do.

New Territories.

54,201.46

23,150.46

31,051.00

Do.

Do

Do

TOTAL.........

972,861.19

558,472.571

414,388.62

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