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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 collected in

1937.

Amount

Cause of Increase

lucrense.

Decrense,

or Decrease.

1938.

Brought forward,.

7.-RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY LAND AND

HOUSES,-Continued.

C.

C.

441,115.80

566,135.91

C.

C.

160.00

125,180.11

Leased Lands, (Crown Kent ex- clusive of New Territories),

596,477.6-1 631.179.00

34.701.36.

More Land Sales and fewer

arrears.

Lensed Lands, New Territories

(Crown Rent),

Markets,

228,426.99 280,101.45

1,674.40:

390,536.01 404,050.13. 13,514.12

More arrears collected and less outstanding accounts.

Increased rents. Two new markets.

Piers,

49,444.43 47,821.38

2,123.05

Fewer piers rented.

Pineapple Land Leases, .

835.72

131.02

Stone Quarries,

711.20

2,414.67

Total..........

8.-INTEREST,

9. MISCELLANEOUS

RECEIPTS.

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

Conservancy Contracts,...

Overpayments in previous years,.

Other Miscellaneous Receipts,

Radio & Telegraph Concession...

Realisation of sterling securities,.

Repayment of Trade Loan and

Interest,

---------

967.34

18,880.47, 19,591.67

1,725,848.68 1,899,215.26. 175,781.25

92,560.15 104,750.87 12,100.72

50,679.61 183,528.04 132,848.43

23,639.20 13.654.39

36,882.59. 64,365.45 27.482.86|

84,260.11 146,962.93 62.702.82

9,984.81

More interest earned,

Sales of Stores and Equipment to Cables and Wireless, Ltd.

Contract price lower,

Variable.

Do.

30,847.51

70,398.75 45,551.24

More profit on Exchange.

02,265.36 02.265.36

New bend.

Royalty payable by the China

Motor Bus Co., Ltd.,·

128,707.70

194.702.65 6.5,994.95

Increased traße.

Royalty payable by the Hong

Koug Telephone Co., Ltd., ....

46,390.00

52,042.00

5,652.00

Do.

Royalty payable by the Hong

Koog Trainway Co., Ltd.,.......

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

Royally payable by the Kow-

loon Motor Bus Co., Ltd,

24,419.71 36,204.71 11.785.00

Do.

126,901.95. 222,495.63

95,598.70

Do.

Trade Loan,

Total......

140,900.96; 225,672.29

500,000.00

$1,193,719.34 1,308,292.22;

84,681.33

Do.

624,557.69

500,000.00 Non recorrent.

509,9

,984.81!

10.-LAND SALES.

Premia on New Leases, Hongkong.

Do.

Kowloon

Do.

New Kowloon

Do.

New Territories

TOTAL,.........$

339,609.47 362,800,00

96,229.89 484,169.30 387.989.41 31,537.49 327,802.84 206.265.35 61,086.87 24,738.88

528,463.72 1,199,510.47) 707,895.29

23.100.63

More land sales than expected.

DN).

10.

36,348.34 Over-estimatel

36,348.51

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