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COLONIAL ESTIMATES-HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

COLONIAL ESTIMATES--HONGKONG.

REVENUE DETAILED.

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LAND REVENUE:--

£ s. d. $ ESTIMATED FOR 1878. REVENUE OF 1876, £ s. d. $ Leased Lands, 27,083 6 8 130,000.00 Lands not Leased including Stone Quarries Fees on Grant of Leases,.. 3,125 0 0 104. 3.4 Premium by Purchases, 11,354 3 4 15,000.00 500 0 0 54,500.00 Brought forward, 41,666 13 4 200,000.00 28,410 9 2 136,413.40 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS ;---- Markets, 7,500 0 0 36,000.00 4,588 6 8 22,000.00 SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:- Condemned Stores, &c., 625 0 0 3,000.00 783 13 8 3,761.69 12,083 0 8 58,000.00 12,801 5 5 61,446.10 LICENCES:- Spirit Retailers, 4,791 13 4 23,000.00 Pawnbrokers, 2,929 3 4 14,080.00 Auctioneers, 666 13 4 3,200.00 REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT:- Tenements for Emigrants, 8 0 8 40.00 487 10 0 2,340.00 Billd. Tables, & Bowling Alleys, 208 6 8 1,000.00 Opium Monopoly,- 27,500 0 0 132,000.00 Boarding Houses, 37 10 0 180.00 Marriage, 62 1 8 300.00 Chinese Undertakers, 8 0 8 40.00 Money Changers, 187 10 0 900.00 Marine Store Dealers, 305 16 8 1,470.00 Spirit Distillers, 83 0 8 400.00 20 15,589 11 8 74,830.00 15,033 14 2 72,161.81 198,695 16 8 929,740.00 169,347 15 6 808,009.33 TAXES:- Stamps, 26,041 13 4 125,000.00 26,000 0 0 120,000.00 Police Assessment, 88,600 00 Water Rate, 6,979 3 4 24,500.00 Lighting Rate, 5,104 3 4 12,000.00 Fire Brigade Rate, 2,500 0 0 12,000.00 POSTAGE, FINES, FORFEITURES, AND FEES OF COURT:—— Fines,.. Forfeitures, Fees, FEES OF OFFICE:- Registry of Boats, 3,104 8 4 14,900.00 Do. of CargoBoats & Crews, 1,304 3 4 5,300.00 On Cemetery Burials, 625 0 0 3,000.00 154 3 4 740.00 Licences for Junks, &c., Ord. 6 of 1886, 4,166 13 4 20,000.00 987 10 0 4,500.00 Do. of Hawkers,. • 625 0 0 3,000.00 Cargo Boat Certificates, Ord. Į 15 of 1800, 104 3 4 500.00 Registration of Householders, į Ord. 7 of 1866, 291 13 4 1,400.00 Registration of Servants, &c., Ord. 7 of 1866,.. 35 8 4 170.00 Official Signatures, 12 10 0 60.00 Registration of Deeds, 625 0 0 3,000.00 Shipping Seamen, 1,541 13 4 7,400.00 Ship Surveys, Registration of Companies, Examination of Mastara, &c., Ord. 18 of 1860,.. Colonial Registers, Merchant Shipping Act, Registry of Carriages, &c., Ord. 6 of 1908,.. Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants,.. Registration of Births, &c.,. Light Dues, Licences for Steam Launches, Official Adminis. & Assignee, Registration of Trade Marks, 36,606 5 0 175,710.00 37,872 18 3 179,380.08 65,625 0 0 315,000.00 60,078 18 11 288,354.94 17,291 13 4 83,000.00 11,200 0 0 53,760.01 4,833 6 8 23,200.00 3,446 9 6 16,543.09 Loss of Clothing and Arms from ditto,. Subsistence Money of Seamen, and others, in Victoria Gaol, Medical Treatment of Sick Seamen, and others, in Civil Hospital, Grant in aid of Lock Hospital from Admiralty, Convict Labour and other items, Sale of Printed Forms, Recovery from Diplomatic, Naval and Military Dep" on account of Gaol Expenses.. 208 6 8 1,000.00 104 3 4 500.00 1,875 0 0 9,000.00 400 0 0 1,920.00 312 10 0 1,500.00 208 6 8 1,000.00 1,270 0 0 6,096.00 2,805 16 8 13,000.00 17 10 0 84.00 104 3 4 500.00 625 0 0 3,000.00 8,333 6 8 40,000.00 8,376 17 9 40,209.06 INTEREST, 2,085 6 8 10,000.00 1,240 2 8 5,995.85 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS:- Storage of Gunpowder, 2,088 6 8 10,000.00 Other Miscellaneous Receipts,.. 1,041 13 4 5,000.00 3,125 0 0 15,000.00 4,821 7 1 20,742.51 SPECIAL RECEIPTS:- Under Ordinance No. 10 of 1867, 1,854 3 4 6,500.00 1,860 8 9 6,530.10 TOTAL, 209,216 13 4 1,004,240.00 184,439 5 7 885,308.54

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