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COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

ESTIMATED TOon 1873.

REVENUE OF 1871.

REFERENCE TO KEMARKS.

LAND REVENUE- £ s. d. $ C. £ s. d. Leased Lands, 24,791 18 4 119,000.00 Lands not Leased incldg, Stone Quarries, Fees on Grant of Leases,.. Premium by Purchases, 1,566 13 4 8,000.00 20.00 Brought forward, 26,462 10 0 127,020.00 27,131 0 10 130,229.00 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:- Markets, 6,458 0 8 31,000.00 4,166 13 4 20,000.00 Buildings, SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:----- Condemned Stores, &c.,

ESTIMATED FOR 1878,

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REFERENCE

REVENUE OF 1871.

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REMARKS.

LICENSES:--- Spirit Retailers, 625 0 0 3,000.00 Pawnbrokers, 10 8 4 50.00 Auctioneers, 458 0 8 2,200.00 Tenements for Emigrants, Emigration Brokers, 187 10 0 900.00 Opium Monopoly, 25,416 13 4 122,000.00 Boarding-houses, 62 10 0 300.00 Billd. Tables, & Bowling Alleys, Marriage, 10 8 4 50.00 Chinese Undertakers, 10 8 4 50.00 Money Changers,.. 125 0 0 600.00 Marine Store Dealers, 52 0 16 8 Spirit Distillers, TAXES:- Stamps, 25,000 0 0 120,000.00 24,583 6 8 118,000.00 Police Assessment, 6,458 6 8 31,000.00 Water Kate... Lighting Rate,.. 4,791 18 4 23,000.00 2,291 13 4 11,000.00 Fire Brigade Rate, 6,250 0 0 30,000.00 1,458 0 8 7,000.00 10,625 0 0 51,000.00 10,045 9 6 51,098.28 MINT:- Sale of Building, (Third Instalment), REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT:- Sick Stoppages from Police Force, 250 0 0 1,200.00 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto,.... 5 4 2 25.00 20 16 8 100.00 95,156 5 0 168,750.00 33,716 9 9 161,839.14 Subsistence Money of Beamen, and others in Victoria Gaol, Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen, and others in Civil Hospital, 31 5 0 150.00 833 6 8 4,000.00 Grant in aid of Lock Hospital from Admiralty,. 800 0 0 Convict Labor and other items, Sale of Printed Forms, 10 8 4 50.00 208 0 8 1,000.00 Fines, 2,500 0 0 12,000.00 Forfeitures, 168 13 4 800.00 Fees, .. 625 0 0 3,000.00 3,291 13 4 16,800.00 2,912 10 1 13,977.85 FEES OF OFFICE:- On Cemetery Burials, 166 13 4 800.00 Licenses for Junks, &c., Ord. 3,541 18 4 17,000.00 6 of 1866,.. Registry of Boats, 729 3 4 3,500.00 Do. of Cargo Boats & Crews, 270 16 8 1,300.00 J Do. of Hawkers, 220 3 4 1,100.00 / Cargo Boat Certificates, Ord. 41 13 4 200.00 15 of 1860, Registration of Householders, 156 5 0 750.00 Ord. 7 of 1866,. Registration of Servants, &c., 31 5 0 150.00 Örd. 7 of 1866,. Official Signatures, 31 5 0 150.00 Registration of Deeds,. 208 6 8 1,000.00 Shipping Seamen, 1,666 13 4 8,000.00 Examination of Masters, &c., 126 0 0 600.00 Ord. 17 of 1860, Ship Surveys, 4 3 4 20.00 Colonial Registers, 6 5 0 30.00 Merchant Shipping Act, 104 3 4 500.00 Registry of Carriages, &c., 312 10 0 1,500.00 Örd. 6 of 1863,.. Registration of Companies, 62 10 0 300.00 POSTAGE, FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT:— 63,125 0 0 303,000.00 59,782 9 9 286,955.95 14,588 6 8 70,000.00 13,206 13 10 63,392.12 Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Dept on account of Gaol Expenses, Contribution from Imperial Post Office, Contribution from Special Fund towards Police Expendi- ture, Sale of Chinese Gazette, 250 0 0 1,200.00 1,270 0 0 6,096.00 4,166 13 4 20,000.00 10 8 4 Interest for use of Furniture at Government House, Incidental, including Fees from Scholars at Central School, 104 8 4 500.00 270 16 8 1,300.00 INTEREST, MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS :- 937 10 0 8,210 12 6 30,411.00 14,572 17 8 69,949.85 4,500 0 0 53 0 10 254.00 Storage of Gunpowder,.. 1,041 13 4 5,000.00 Other Miscellaneous Receipts,.. 625 0 0 3,000.00 1,666 13 4 8,000.00 1,884 15 1 9,046.82 SPECIAL RECEIPTS:- Under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, TOTAL, 175,891 17 6 844,281.00 175,020 7 8 844,417.85 Medical Fees on Examn. of Emigrants, 2,083 6 8 10,000.00 9,770 16 8 46,900.00 8,684 12 41,688.49 Carried formard, 163,014 11 8 782,470.00 156,078 5 11 749,175.83

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