CO129-265 - Public Offices & Others - 1894 — Page 351

APPENDIX No. 2.

COMPARATIVE Statement of Revenue of Hong Kong, 1883-92,

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Year.

Light Assessed Dues. Taxes.

Stamps.

Other Opium.* Licenses, Fees, &c. &c.

Postal.

Rent. Interest.

Mis- cellaneous.

Land Sales.

Total.‡

Water.+

dols.

1883..

dols. 24,714 258,614

dols.

dols. 153,330 246,450

1884..

24,356 263,989 136,393 113,826

dols. 94,828

99,558

1885..

1886..

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32,953

1887..

1888..

1889..

1890..

31,898

1891..

1892..

1893 (estimated)

1894

92,265

92,000

92,000

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dols.

dols.

dols.

dols,

dols.

dols. 87,072 107,276 236,290 52,195 28,679 25,719

* The opium farm, which had been let for 1882-83 at 210,000 dollars, was not let 77,875 117,352 244,778 36,962 57,982 19,695

1,192,766 | for 1883-85, the only offer received being considered too low. The Government for 26,024 285,765 130,726 153,752 100,341 80,407 117,334 238,061 20,089 99,391 66,658

1,318,548 those two years issued licenses for boiling opium at a fixed rate. This system was only 306,131 159,920 178,500 130,402 92,734 130,847 242,792 11,636 82,163 34,732

1,402,710 partially successful, and a return to the farm system was made in 1885, when the farm was 33,004 332,864 170,233 182,400 131,495 93,820 137,436 274,339 3,561 68,334 155,238

1,582,724 let for one year from 1st March, 1885, at 159,000 dollars, again for three years from 32,056 360,292 187,150 182,074 154,980 114,024 144,219 265,804 8,084 108,617 160,689

1,717,989 March, 1886, at 182,400 dollars a-year, again for three years from 1st March, 1889, at 477,600 374,858 213,480 428,400* 146,166 112,793 142,309 270,249

103,396 154,726

1,978,275 dollars a-year, but amount reduced for third year (1891-92) to 429,600 dollars. The farm 72,028 414,393 180,335 477,600 151,227 124,817 148,460 296,644 6,451 123,215 16,639

2,011,859 was let for three years from 1st March, 1892,

at 340,800 dollars a year. 89,657 397,755 172,608 389,900 169,732 122,475 142,770 305,209 2,021 114,928 51,761 66,487 2,025,303

45,153 151,388 407,900 194,473 128,830 157,699 312,655

359 128,522 121,829 82,860 2,236,9331

Receipts in 1892 included about 200,000 398,002 144,755 340,800 189,898 143,325 158,066 317,377 10,000 90,033 49,155 78,204 2,011,615 dollars for exceptional items, not to be repeated in 1893-94, for which years the 384,800 145,000 340,800 188,000 128,540 157,000 317,850 30,000 95,020 50,000 78,200 2,007,210 estimated revenue is so much less.

dols.

dola. 1,315,167

+ Water rate first levied in 1891.

Increase of 1892 compared with 1888, the date of

60,209§

97,861

the Committee's

last report. Decrease, ditto

Net increase

35,762

225,826 39,493

14,806 13,480

46,851

7,725

19,905

38,860

82,860+

601,291

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82,347

518,944

§ Additional light dues levied from 1890.

The above figures are taken from the Colonial blue books, but recast at the Colonial Office as regards some of the sub-heads.

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