CO129-093 - Acting Governor Mercer - 1863 [7-10] — Page 71

COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED FOR 1864.

REVENUE OF 1862.

REFERENCE TO REMARKS. $ C. $ C. LAND REVENUE:- Lease Lands, 120,000.00 600.00 Lands not Leased, 105,000 Fees on grant of Leases, 900.00 Brought forward, 120,900.00 600.00 105,000 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY Premium by Purchases,-- Hongkong,.. 10,000 Kowloon, 20,000 30,000.00 46,250 Condemned Stores, &c., 50.00 28.00 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES ENCURRED RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:- BY GOVERNMENT:- Markets, 31,000.00 $ C. Buildings, 12,000.00 Private Watchmen and Lamps, 200.00 249,651.74 LICENSES:- Spirit Retailers, 27,000.00 Pawnbrokers, 5,250.00 Auctioneers, 6,600.00 Emigration Brokers, 800.00 Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys, 750.00 1,500 Opium Monopoly, 75,000.00 74,000 Boarding-houses, 800.00 500.00 Marriage, 60.00 Chinese Undertakers, 50.00 43,000.00 41,705.00 Sick stoppages from Police Force, 1,000.00 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto, 30.00 Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others in Victoria Gaol, 250.00 50.00 Medical Treatment of Sick Merchant Seamen, and others in Civil Hospital, 1,000.00 Convict Labour and other items, 2 Sale of Printed Forms, 700.00 Recovered from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Dept on account of Gaol Expenses, 5,500.00 TAXES:- Police Assessment, 116,050.00 117,008.20 Water Rate, 104,000.00 112,000 Lighting Rate, 24,000.00 244,050.00 POSTAGE, 18,000.00 7,200 Incidental, 1,500.00 20.00 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS- Profit on Remittances to Agents-General, &c., 2,000.00 5,000 Interest on Monies deposited in Banks, 10,000.00 13,000.00 10,000 15,000 Other Miscellaneous Receipts, 500.00 12,500.00 62,595.38 146,000.00 91,662.86 50,729.99 SPECIAL RECEIPTS:- Fines, Forfeitures, Fees, 22,000.00 22,780.06 FEES OF OFFICE:- On Cemetery Burials, 1,200.00 Registry of Boats, 4,500.00 Do. Cargo Boats and Crews, 1,200.00 Do. Hawkers, 1,500.00 Cargo Boats Certificates, Ord. 15 of 1860, 200.00 Official Signatures, 100.00 Registration of Deeds, 2,000.00 Shipping Seamen, 6,800.00 Examination of Masters, &c., Ord. 17 of 1860, 500.00 Ship Surveys, 25.00 Colonial Registers, 75.00 Merchant Shipping Act, 800.00 Registry of Carriages, &c., Ord. 6 of 1863, 100.00 19,000.00 19,722.24 Carried forward, 557,550.00 593,320.09 Superannuation contributions of European Police Force, (since abolished,) Under Ordinance No. 12 of 1857, 281.10 9,000.00 9,017.80 TOTAL, 584,000.00 631,259.98

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