CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 511

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MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS

OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE.

LAND REVENUE:-----

REVENUE.

ESTIMATED FOR 1879.

ESTIMATED FOR 1880.

INCREASE.

DECREASE.

$$

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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