CO129-239 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [9-12] — Page 245

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MEMORANDUM EXPLAINING ALTERATIONS

REVENUE

REVENUE

REVENUE,

FOR 1ST

FOR

1887.

HALF-YEAR, 1888.

PROBABLE FOR 2ND HALF-YEAR, 1888.

PROBABLE

LAND REVENUE:-

R

C.

ť.

OF ESTIMATES OF REVENUE.

ESTIMATED

FOR

ESTIMATED

TOTAL, 1888.

1888.

FOR 1889.

C.

".

EXPLANATORY REMARKS,

242

Leased Lande,.

155,000.00

160,000,00

More Lol Sales,

163,995.01

77,766.08 78,000.00 155,766.08

Lands not Leased, including Stone Quarries,

20,058.32

11,617.68

་།

12,000.00

21,000.00

Better system for collecting Rents on Squatters.

10,000,00 21,617.58

Fees on Grant of Leases,

800.00

100.00

300.00

290.00

150.00

140.00

RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:-

Markets, (including Slaughter-House and Cattle Shed),

77.875.43

36,097.90

70,000.00

65,000.00

Owing to lower Rents during the construction of the New Central Market.

33,000.00 69,097.90

Buildings,

7.000.00

4,000.00

11,837.48

Shops in the Central Market to be pulled down for reconstruction of the New Market,

3,960.00

3,000.00

6,960,00

Piers,.

1,000,00

1,000.00

1,072.50

525.00

300.00

1,024.00

LICENCES :--

Spirit,

42.380.00 15,490.00

41,000.00

$1,000.00

26,000.00 41,490.00

Pawnbrokers,

13,300.00

14,000.00

1-4,000.00

9.100.00

4,200.00 13,300.00

Auctioneers,

1,800.00

2,100.00

1,800.00

Fewer Licences issued.

600.00

1,200.00

1,800.00

Teuoments for Emigrants.

10.00

10.00

13.50

10.00

10.00

Emigration Brokers,.

1,200.00

1,200.00

1,200.00

1,400.00

1,400.00

Billiard Tables,

950.00

900.00

900.00

750.00

200.00

950.00

Opia Monopoly,

182,100.00

182.400.00

428,400,00

91,200.00

91,200.00 182,400.00

Monopoly sold for $477,600 per annum for 3 years from 1st March, 1889.

Boarding-houses,

150.00

200.00

150.00

150.00

150.00

Marriages,

350.00

400.00

541.00

238.00

200.00

488,00

Chinese Undertakers,

100.00

100.00

100.00

110.00

110.00

Money Changers,

715.00

750.00

725.00

340.00

360.00

700.00

Murine Store Dealers,......

1,080.00

1,000,00

1,000.00

450.00

500.00

950.00

Shooting Licences,

10.00

10.00

10.00

The Arms Ordinance, 1887,

10.00

200.00

136.00

200,00

200,00

70.00

206.00

498,530.00

741,295.00

Carried forward,..

519,481.26

250,080.56 248,740.00 498,820.56

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