50. The Money Orders drawn in the United Kingdom are as follows, viz. :---
No. of Money Orders drawn.
Place.
Amount.
Commission which accrued to the Colony.
346
C. S, 0. No. 903.
HONGKONG, 11TH APRIL, 1870.
ACTING CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,
(C. V. CREAGH),
ΤΟ
COLONIAL SECRETARY,
(Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN.)
Police Report for the Year 1869.
33
On Hongkong,
6
On Shanghae,
5 On Yokohama,
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124
14
18
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d.
3 10
0
18
0400
4900
cts.
42
82
84
Total,....
€157
1
10
$7
08
51. The following figures will shew the result of the Local Money Order system :—
do.
Money Orders drawn in Hongkong on Shanghae,.
Do.
on Yokoliama,. Money Orders drawn in Shanghae on Hongkong,
do. in Yokohama on do.,
Do.
Total,..
Number. Amount.
Commission.
$ c.
$ c.
18
318.38
3.30
9
131.63
1.50
678.20
5.85
33
626.76
6.15
01 1,755.50
16.80
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52. The following statement shews a total increase in the Revenue of 1869, over that of 1868, amounting to $8,364.29; but as the amount of uncollected revenue at the end of 1869, was $1,375.16 less than that which was outstanding at the end of 1868, the actual excess of total revenue in 1869, as compared with the revenue of 1868, is only $6,989.13, of which $6,191.20 belongs to the Imperial Post Office and the remainder, viz., $797.93 to the Colony.
53. This increase in the Imperial Revenue is accounted for by the Mails for the United Kingdom per French Packet having been made up at the British Post Offices at Shanghae and Yokobaina, instead of as in the previous year at the French Post Offices at these places. The direct service between Hongkong and Yokohama by British Contract Packets has also contributed to the Imperial Revenue, whilst it has lessened the Revenue of the Colony.
54.
Total Revenue collected in 1869....
Comparative Statement of Revenue.
Add Amount received from Imperial Post Office towards the maintenance of the
Postal Agencies in China and Japan,
Total Revenue collected in 1868,
Total increase in 1869, as compared with 1868,
£37,847.13, 1-$181,668.74
1,270. 0. 0
6,090.00
£80,117.18. 1 =$187,704.74 87,375. 1.10) 179,100.45
£1,749.11.
$8,361,29
Amount of Imperial Revenue collected {Remittances to London,.. 24,612.8.6) | £25,882, 8. 03 =$121,235,66
Contribution to Agencies, 1,270.0.0
in 1869, Do.
do.
in 1868,
Increase in 1889, as compared with 1868,
Amount of Colonial Revenue in 1869,
Do.
in 1868, do.
24,592.11.11
£1,280.10. 73
118,044.46
86,191.20
$88,529.08 61,355.99
Increase in 1869, as compared with 1808,.
55.
The Colonial Expenditure in 1869, (exclusive of the cost of the New Building at Yokohama,
but including $9,885.54 Gratuities paid for the conveyance of Ship Mails,) amounts to $39,908.70 Less contributed by Imperial Post Office in aid of maintenance of Agencies at the Ports, . -
Expenditure borne by the Colony in 1869,
Do.
do.
in 1868, Increase in 1800, as compared with 1868,
6,096.00
$ 2,173.09
$33,872.70 26,645.21
$ 7,927.40
56. This increase in the expenditure of last year, as compared with 1868, is accounted for by the payment of the full year's salaries of the Marine Sorters in 1869, whereas in the previous year, they were only paid from the month of July, the time the system of sorting the Mails on board the British Contract Packets at sea began, and also by the additional charges for assistance it has been found necessary to give the Postmaster at Yokohama by the appointment of a Clerk, as well by an increase The excess of the Colony's Postal Revenue of $600 paid for the conveyance of Ship Mails, lust year. over its ordinary expenditure for Post Office purposes during the past year amounts to $26,656.38.
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