CO129-289 - Individuals - 1898 — Page 220

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(13.) Rent from Tung Fat pawnshop for support of foundling

hospital

(14.) Rent from Government land leased to inhabitants for support

and maintenance of colleges and foundling hospital (15.) Monthly licence fees from quarrymen at Ngau t'au kok. Li

Ü Mun. Ch'a Kwo Ling. Sai Tsò Wan

(16.) Monthly opium licence fees

(17. Fees for stamping and renewing small fishing boat licences. (This sum is to meet the expenses of having boats inspected, boat hire, food, wages, stationery, &c.)

(18.) Annual licence fees from pawnshops

**

Total

hota.

-- 1 tael = $1.39. At 1s. 11. for a dollar

= 2s. 8Pgd.

Taels.

120.0.0.0

290.1.9.3

over 120:6.0.0 130.0.0.0

$1000.0.0.0 Taels 404.0.0.0

37589.8.2.0 $52,220.80

£5,004 9s. 104d.

6mmissioner écretary

Treasurer

ind Officer

ative Surveyors, 8 at $150 each

sistant Engineer

aughtsman

verseers, 3 at $100 each

perintendent of Police fef Inspector

*

ropean Sergeants, 4 at $80 each dian Sergeant

hinese Sergeants, 3 at $25 each idian Constables, 22 at $20 each

Appendix No. 8.

ANNUAL REVENUE OF THE EASTERN DIVISION.

31

Appendix No. 9.

STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE.

Per month. Per year.

$1,000

$12,000

$300

$3,600

$400

$1,800

$300

$3,600

$1,200

$14,400

$300

$3,600

$150

$1,800

$300

$3,600

$400

$1,800

$150

$1,800

$320

$3,840

$30

$360

$75

$900

$140

hinese Constables, 36 at $12 each

$5,280

$132

tectives, 15 at $15 each

$5,184

$225

European Sergeants, 3 at $80 each

$2,700

$240

Chinese Sergeants, 3 at $25 each Chinese Constables, 9 at $13 each Chinese Engineers, 3 at $20 each' Chinese Engineers, 3 at $15 each Chinese Firemen, 6 at $12 each fiforms for Police

$2,880

$75

$900

$117

$1,404

$60

$720

$45

8540

$72

$864

$1,051

$400

$4,800

$400

$4,800

$160

$1,920

$100

$1,200

$7,000

$24,657

Total

$125,000

avelling Magistrate...

edical Officer...

a. Revenue raised from land--officially acknowledged.

1.4

Say Taels, 24,000= $33,333.33

b. Revenue raised from land-not paid into the public purse.

150364.

Say Taels, 15,000≈ $20,833.33

o Native Assistants at $80 each... hoolmaster

fa. Licenses to make salt...

2.

3.

(b. Licenses to trade in salt-- (Licenses vary from

Say Taels, 10,000= $13,888.89 $5 to $25).

Say Taels, 3,000 =

Say Taels, 3,000 -

$4,100567 $4,166.67

L

Say Taels, 2,000 -

$2,777.78

Sa. Revenue from quarries-not officially reported

b. Revenue from quarries-officially reported

4. Fishing ground licenses

Say Taels, 3,000= $4,166.67 Say Taels, 4,000= $5,555.55

orical Staff scellaneous

5. Stamping land transfer

..

6.

Tax on kerosine. The tax (or likin) is 20 or 30 cents

a case containing two tins

+

fa.

7.

b. Tax on prepared opium.

opium is 3 candarins or 4

Say Taels, 8,000 $11,111.12 Tax on raw opium. (The tax on raw opium is $1.30 a ball.)

Say Taels, 17,000 $23,611.11 (The tax on prepared cents a tael, i.e., 1 ozs.)

Appendix No. 10.

RETURN.

POPULATION OF KOWLOON INCLUDING THE GARRISON FURNISHED

DEPUTY MAGISTRATE.

BY

THE

Say Taels, 3,000 $4,166.67

lonel

1

8.

Tax on salt fish jaduling

Company of drilled troops-

st Captain

1

First Commander

9.

(The tax is 8 or 9 fên, 12 or 13 cents, a picul, i.e., 133} lbs.)

Say Taels, 20,000= $27,777.78

Tax on sales in markets, Hü-raised locally in market towns.

10. Pawn shops

ft wing Division-

Second Commander

1 1

Lieutenant

1

Lance-corporal

1

11. Trading junk licenses

***

Say Taels, 5,000= $6,944.45 Say Taels, 500= $694.45 Say Taels,

318= $441.67

mpany of drilled troops-

Company of braves--

First Lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

1

1

First Commander

1

Regular infantry

70

...

***

Second Commander

1

Drilled troops

100

any of braves—~

Braves of the right and left wing 100

et Lieutenant

1

Division.

Total Taels

117,818=$163,636.14

ond Lieutenant

1

Civil population, about

200

ar infantry (including clerks 160

NOTE-A Tael $1.39 at 1/11, for a dollar 2/81%.

ád servants).

iled troops

100

ght wing Division-

Sergeant Lance-corporal

1

TOTAL

744

1

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