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# MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS

# REVENUE

## REVENUE FOR 1882

## PROBABLE REVENUE FOR 1ST HALF-YEAR, 1883

## PROBABLE TOTAL FOR 1883

## ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR 1883

## ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR 1884

OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE,--Continued. $ $$ Brought forward............. 1,084,003.09 603,082.07 480,900.00 1,084,592.07 970,787.00 1,061,465.00 **FEES OF OFFICE,—Continued.** EXPLANATORY REMARKS. Registration of Deeds... 8,050.00 2,076.75 2,000.00 4,075.75 Shipping Seamen, 6,704.00 5,033.00 3,000.00 8,033.00 6,000.00 7,000.00 9,000.00 Paid by Stamps. Reduction made in accordance with recent receipt on this account, consequent upon the small transaction in landed property. This source of Revenue produced in 1882 $9,794, and there is no falling off in the last half year. Examination of Masters, &c.-Ordinance 8 of 1879... 1,870.00 870.00 600.00 1,470.00 9,000.00 1,500.00 $670 were collected during the first half year of 1883. Survey of Steam Ships, &c., do., 4,222.50 4,068.00 4,000.00 8,588.00 8,000.00 9,000.00 This increase is expected by the Harbour Master. Colonial Registers,.. 6.00 1.00 5.00 6.00 50.00 5.00 The receipt of 1882 was only $6. Registry Fees, &c., (Merchant Shipping Act),... 463.00 280.00 100.00 380.00 300.00 300.00 Registry of Carriages, &c.,---Ordinance 8 of 1863, 4,005.60 2,398.30 2,000.00 4,398.30 2,800.00 4,500.00 Registration of Companies,...... 697.50 856.25 300.00 1,156.25 900.00 900.00 Estimated by Acting Captain Superintendent of Police, consequent upon the receipt during the last half year of $9,808. The receipt for the last half year was $650. Medical Fees on Examination of Emigrants, 21,018.25 9,508.75 4,000.00 13,508.75 13,000.00 15,000.00 Estimated by the Harbour Master. Registration of Births and Deaths, &c., 57.38 30.20 20.00 50.20 50.00 40.00 Light Dues, 28,371.33 12,802.09 12,000.00 24,802.09 21,000.00 25,000.00 The receipts of 1882 were $23,371, and there is no reason to suppose from the results of 1883, as far as they have gone, that the Estimate of 1884 is too high. Licences for Steam Launches, 177.50 102.50 80.00 182.50 140.00 150.00 Surveyor's Certificate for Steam Launches, 420.00 230.00 200.00 430.00 350.00 400.00 Official Administrator and Assignee, 6,503.07 1,838.94 1,000.00 2,838.94 1,400.00 1,400.00 Registration of Trade Marks, ... 96.80 50.00 50.00 100.00 50.00 50.00 Licences for Chinese Passenger Ships, 650.00 305.00 150.00 455.00 500.00 500.00 **SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY:-** Condemned Stores, &c., 228.20 704.40 50.00 754.40 500.00 500.00 Carried forward................ 1,120,020.28 644,804.20 510,715.00 1,155,519.20 1,040,377.00 1,133,410.00

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