CO129-234 - Acting Governor Cameron Governor Des Voeus - 1887 [9-12] — Page 616

# MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS

# REVENUE

## REVENUE FOR 1886.

## REVENUE FOR 1ST HALF-YEAR, 1887.

## PROBABLE FOR 2ND HALF-YEAR, 1887.

## OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE.

C. $ C. $ PROBABLE TOTAL. ESTIMATED FOR 1887. ESTIMATED FOR 1888. REMARKS. LAND REVENUE:-- Lensed Lands 149,288.84 79,562.20 76,000.00 156,562.20 150,000.00 155,000.00 More Land Sales. Lands not Leased, including Stone Quarries, 19,465.42 10,361.81 9,000.00 19,361.81 19,000.00 19,000.00 Fees on Grant of Leases 320.00 135.00 200.00 335.00 200.00 800.00 RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:— Markets, (including Slaughter House and Cattle Shed) 65,868.65 40,626.95 35,000.00 75,626.95 67,200.00 70,000.00 Higher Rent for Slaughter House and Cattle Shed. Buildings 7,293.00 5,856.46 5,000.00 10,856.46 7,000.00 7,000.00 Piers 981.20 517.50 500.00 1,017.50 800.00 1,000.00 More Licences issued. LICENCES:- Spirit 41,480.00 15,825.00 25,000.00 40,825.00 45,000.00 41,000.00 Overestimated in 1887. Pawnbrokers 13,650.00 9,100.00 1,550.00 13,650.00 14,000.00 14,000.00 Auctioneers 2,400.00 600.00 1,500.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 2,100.00 Tenements for Emigrants 28.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Emigration Brokers 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 1,200.00 Billiard Tables 970.00 750.00 160.00 900.00 1,000.00 900.00 Opium Monopoly 178,500.00 91,200.00 91,200.00 182,400.00 182,400.00 182,400.00 Boarding-houses 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 Marriages 340.00 211.00 100.00 311.00 300.00 350.00 Chinese Undertakers 100.00 90.00 90.00 100.00 100.00 Money Changers 770.00 385.00 350.00 735.00 750.00 750.00 Marine Store Dealers 1,170.00 525.00 625.00 1,050.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 Shooting Licences 30.00 10.00 10.00 The Arms Ordinance, 1887, Carried forward 483,950.61 257,116.01 240,895.00 506,511.01 496,510.00 New Item of Revenue.

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