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REPORT ON THE BLUE BOOK FOR 1904.

No. 146.

HONGKONG.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSES

HONGKONG, 2nd June, 1905.

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S-I have the honour to subunit for your information the folłównig general Report on the annual Blue Book for the year 1904.

I-FINANCES.

The Revenue for the year, exclusive of Land Sales, amounted to $6,322.949.35, or $1,594,257.18 more than the previous year. Land Sales amounted to $486,098.64, or $24,067.07 less than in 1903. The total revenue from all sources was therefore $6,809,047.99, or $1,570,190.11 greater than in any previous year, and $200,739.99 more than the estimate. All the main sources of revenue show an excess over 1903 with the exception of Post Office, Miscellaneous Receipts. Water Account and Land Sales, and all items similarly show an excess of actual over estimated receipts, with the exception of Post Office, Miscellaneous Receipts and the Water Account.* Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified show an excess of $283,757.78, while Fees of Court or Office, &c., and Rent of Government Property yielded over $25,000 and slightly under $6,000 respectively over the estimate.

The Expenditure for the year was $4,998,421.18 exclusive of Public Works Extraordinary; inclusive of that item it was $6,376,235.30, or $979,565,82 more than the total expenditure of 1903. Deducting from the actual expenditure for 1904 the total actual receipts, there was a surplus of $432,812.69 on the actual working of the year.

(a.)-GENERAL REVENUE AND Expenditure.

The following is a brief abstract of Revenue and Expenditure for the 1903 and 1904 :-

Light Dues.

Revenue.

1903.

1904.

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74,960.00 72,330.16

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Increase. Decrease.

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2.629.84

Licences and Interual Revenue not

otherwise specified,

Fees of Court, &c.,

Post Office,

Rent of Government l'roperty.

|2,849,936.09 |4,509,162.78 |1,650,226.69 352,719.02 403,854.60 51.135.58 414,867,20 408,458.92 615,683.01

6,408.28

Interest,.

5.964.73

688,321.41 72,638.10

7,813.48

1,848.70

Miscellaneous,

178,602.00

167,059.66

11,542.34

235,960.12

65,948.39

170,001.73

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Land Sales,

510,165.71

486,098.64

24,067.07

Total,......

214,659.26

214,659.26

$1,570,190.11

Water Account,

|5,238,557.886,809,047.99 | 1,784,849.37

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Nett Increase,

* This account was formerly credited with 2% of the rates levied in those Districts which are supplied with filtered water.

The Right Honourable

ALFRED LYTTELTON, KC,M.F

His Majesty's Principal Secretary of Stute for the Culupies,

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