CO129-073 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Bowring - 1859 [1-5] — Page 33

COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED FOR 1859. REVENUE OF 1857.

REFERENCE ΤΟ REMARKS.

 

COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED FOR 1858.

REVENUE OF 1857.

LAND REVENUE :-           Lease Lands,   £ 18,000 0 0 Lands not Leased,     260 0 0 Fees on grant of Leases,     50 0 0 Premium by Purchases,     300 0 0 Deposit do.,           RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:—           Markets,...           Brought forward,   £ 55,756 5 0     £ 55,801 17 3 1/2 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :--           Condemned Stores, &c.,     30 0 0       135 5 2 1/2       30 0 0       18,640 0 0       29,854 8 3 1/2 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT:--                 9,000 0 0 Sick stoppages from Police Force,     45 0 0 Buildings,     600 0 0       9,600 0 0       3,757 0 3 1/4 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto,     30 0 0 LICENSES:—           Spirit Retailers,...     8,700 0 0 Pawnbrokers,     656 5 0 Auctioneers,     375 0 0 Tenement for Emigrants,     300 0 0 Stone Quarriers,     Nil,     Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys,     200 0 0 Opium Monopoly,     4,800 0 0 Boarding-house Licenses,     130 0 0       10,161 5 0       7,840 2 0 Subsistence Money of Foreign Seamen and others in Victoria Gaol,     175 0 0 Convict Labours and other items,           Sale of Printed Forms,     100 0 0       60 0 0 Allowance from Diplomatic Department, on account of Jail Expenses,     500 0 0       910 0 0       403 16 6 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:—           Recovery of Monies,     120 0 0       1,559 7 7 TAXES:-           Police Assessment,     10,000 0 0       1,500 0 0       11,500 0 0       7,376 11 3 1/4 Lighting Rate,           POSTAGES:-           (Received by the Post Master-General in England.)           FINES, FORFEITURES, & FEES OF COURTS:-           Fines,     1,800 0 0 Forfeitures,     100 0 0 Fes,     600 0 0       2,500 0 0       3,224 17 5 FEES OF OFFICES:-           On Burials,     270 0 0 Registry of Boats,     900 0 0 Do.     300 0 0 Hawkers,     100 0 0 Official Signatures, Registration of Deeds,     200 0 0 Shipping Seanien,           On Colonial Registers, Emigration Brokers,     1,200 0 0       10 0 0       375 0 0       3,355 0 0       3,742 17 0 Carried forward,     55,756 5 0       55,801 17 3 1/2 SPECIAL RECEIPTS:-           Superannuation contribution of European Police Force, &c.,           Interest on money deposited with Local Bank Corporations at 5 and 6 per cent per annum.     50 0 0       41 15 11 Under Ordinance No. 12 of 1857,                 1,000 0 0       900 0 0       1,200 0 0       49 7 6 Total,   £ 59,000 5 0     £ 58,891 10 1 REFERENCE TO REMARKS.          

 

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