CO129-074 - Lieut. Governor Caine & Sir Robinson - 1859 [6-12] — Page 557

COLONIAL ESTIMATES HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED FOR 1860.

REVENUE OF 1858,

REFERENCE

TO

REMARKS.

 

COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED FOR 1860. REVENUE OF 1858.

  £ s. d.   £ s. d. LAND REVENUE:-               Lease Lands, 18,000 0 0         Lands not Leased, ...             Fees on grant of Leases, 260 0 0         Premium by Purchases, 40 0 0         Brought forward,       60,800 0 0           £ s. d.   SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY :—       57,849 6 6   Condemned Stores, &c. 5 0 0 1 14 7     300 0             18,600 0 0 20,201 7 11   RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:-               REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT:-               Markets, 6,500 0 0         Buildings, 600 0 0 7,100 0 0     7,100 0 0 5,843 13 11   Repayment on account of Private Watchmen,               Lamps, &c., 120 0 0         LICENSES:---               Spirit Retailers,... 100 0 0         Sick stoppages from Police Force, 5,000 0 0         Pawnbrokers, 600 0 0         Auctioneers, 10 0 0         Tenements for Emigrants,... 200 0 0         Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto, 180 0 0         Subsistence Money of Seamen, Consulate Prisoners, and others in Victoria Gaol, 60 0 0         Convict Labour and other items, 670 0 0 458 10 8   Sale of Printed forms,                 500 0 0 140 0 0   Billiard Tables, and Bowling Allies, 140 0           Opium Monopoly, ... 0 0             6,500 0 0         Boarding-house Licenses,               MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:- 100 0 0           13,040 0 0 11,192 17 10   TAXES:-               Police Assessment,               Recovery of Monies, 100 0 0         Interest on Monies deposited in Banks, 1,800 0 0 2,170 5 9     1,942 8 9           14,500 0 0         Lighting Rate, 1,500 0 0 16,000 0 0     16,000 0 0 13,281 4 4   SPECIAL RECEIPTS:--               POSTAGES :—               (Received by the Post-Master General in England.)               FINES, FORFEITURES & FEES OF COURTS:—               Superannuation contribution of European Police Force, &c.,               Under Ordinance No. 12 of 1857, 60 0 0           ***               1,600 0 0 1,660 0 0           54 3 4   Fines, 1,800 0 0         Forfeitures,... 100 0 0 800 0 0     800 0 0           2,700 0 0 4,007 6 5   Total, ... 65,035 0 0 62,476 9 8   FEES OF OFFICES:-               Burials,... 350 0 0         Do.               Registry of Boats, 1,300 0 0         Hawkers, 250 0 0         Official Signatures,... 50 0 0         Registration of Deeds,... 200 0 0         Shipping Seamen, 1,000 0 0         Colonial Registers, 10 0 0         Emigration Brokers,               Carried forward, 200 0 0           3,360 0 0 3,322 16 10     60,800 0 0 57,849 6 6   REFERENCE               TO               REMARKS.              

 

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