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COMPARATIVE YEARLY STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE,—Continued.

specify each soparate Tax or Duty according to the classifientions employed in the Estimates.

Amount collerted in 1936.

Amount

collected in Increase.

1937.

Decrease,

Cause of Increase

or Deorense.

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

¦—REST OF GOVERNMENT

PROPERTY LAND AND HOUSES,—Continued.

C.

$

C.

C.

345,809.60

441,115.80

95,506.20

*

91

Lenses Lands, (Crown Rent Ex-

clusive of New Territories),....

606,815.97 590,477.61

10,338.33

Leased Lunds, New Territories

(Crown Rent),

219,624.30

228,426.99

8,802.69,

*

Markets,

393,972.96

390,536.01

8,436.95

Less arrears collected.

Resumption of Pat Heung

aerodrome area decrease in areas. leased.

Reconstruction of Central

Market.

Piers,

49,216.25

40,4.14.43

193.18

Pineapple Land Leases,.

1,101.36!

967.34

134.02

Stone Quarries,

Total.....

16,603.55 18,880.47 2,276.92

$1,632,973.99 1,725,849.68 100,783.99; 13,909.30

More quarries worked.

~—INTEREST,

193,291.21

92,560.15

100,731.06

-MISCELLANEOUS

RECEIPTS.

Condemned Stores, &c.,

14,809.14

50,679.61 36,670.47

20,169.33 23,039.20 3,469.87

Variable.

Contract rate higher.

Conservancy Contracts,

Military Contribution Suspense

*Account .........................

Overpayments in previous years,

Other Miscellaneous Receipts....

Realisation of sterling seencities.

Royalty payable by the China Motor Bus Co., Ltd..............................

180,376.46 36,882.59

179,203.61 84,260.11

161,505.48 30,847.51

130,657.97.

1936 6gures include an item 143,493.87 for $150,096 from Air Ministry.

Revenue from sale of sand in

95,003.53 1937 credited to a new subhead

| under Head 4.

Less profit on exchange.

124,088.08

128,707.70

4,619.62

Increased traffic.

Royalty payable by the Hong

Kong Telephone Co., Ltd., ...'

45,206.00

46,390.00

1,094.00

Do.

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

34,9-17.33

24,419.71

10,527.62

Reduced fares & increased operating expenses,

Royalty payable by the Houg Kong and Yaumuti Forry Co.,

Lid

Royalty payable by the Kow-

loon Motor Bus Co., Ltd

Trale Loan.

Total.........

101,609,09 126,901.95 25,292.96

Increased traffic.

110,613.14 140,900.98 24,377.82

Do.

500,000.00 00,000.00!

Cavunl.

977,877,69, 1,193,719.34||

595,524.04 379.682.99

-LAND SALES.

Premia ou New Lenses, Hongkong,

Do.

Kowloon.

Do.

New Kowloor,

170,824.46 339,609.47 168,795.01 5,614.19' 96,220.69: 90,015.70 69,577:26: 31,537.49

.

More land sales than expected.

Do

38,039.77. Less

Do.

Do.

New Territories. 23,214.50 61,086.87 37.872.28

TOTAL........... 269,230,50 528.463.72 297,272.99

More

Jo.

38.039.77