MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS
OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE.
LAND REVENUE:-----
REVENUE.
ESTIMATED FOR 1879.
ESTIMATED FOR 1880.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
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EXPLANATORY REMARKS.
Lease Lands,..
181,000
181,000
Lands not Leased including Stone Quarries,
17,000
14,000
3,000
Fewer Squatter's Licences granted, and less amount paid for Stone Quarries.
Fees on Grant of Leases,
300
500
200
Premion by Purchases.............
30,000
10,000
20,000
The receipt for the last six months was $220.
With the exception of a few Lots at the Victoria Peak, there is no probability of any large
sale of Crown Lands.
RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS :---
Markets,
34,000
33,000
1,000
The average monthly rent amounts to $2,655 during 1870.
Buildings,
26,500
20,000
2,500
Receipts for past nine months of 1879 justify this estimated increase.
LICENCES:--
Spirit Retailers,
26,500
26,500
Pawnbrokers,
10,000
10,000
Auctioneers,
2,700
2,700
Tenements for Emigrants...
100
100
Emigration Brokers,
1,800
2,400
600
$2,000 was collected during 1878,
Billiard Tables, and Bowling Alleys,
1,000
1,100
100
The number of Licences bas been increasing.
Opium Monopoly,
132,000
205,000
73,000
New Licence.entered into at this amount for three years, from 28th February, 1879.
Bourding-houses,
200
200
Marriage,...
800
250
Chinese Undertakers,..
70
80
10
Money Changers,
800
820
30
600
Marine Store Dealers,
1,800
1,000
Fewer Licences taken out.
100
Spirit Distillers,
210
110
Only one Licence granted to European at $100, and one to Chinese at $10 per annum.
Carried forward,...
416,080
467,760
76,480
24,750
509
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