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PRINTED FOR PARLIAMENT Colonial Reports Annual ho, 100/

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HONGKONG.

REPORT ON THE BLUE BOOK FOR 1918.

L-FINANCES.

The revenue for the year amounted to $18,665,248 being #3,901,658 more than the estimate and $3,607,144 more than the re- venue for the previous year.

Compared with the returns for 1917 there were increases under every head with the exception of Light Dues, Miscellaneous Receipts, and Fees of Court or Office.

The expenditure amounted to a total of $16,252,172, inclusive of a sum of $1,578,149 spent on Public Works Extraordinary, and one of $3,189,972 being a contribution to the Imperial Government for war expenses.

The detailed figures for 1918 are set out in the following statements :—

HEADS OF REVENUE,

Light Dues

52,817

Light Dues, Special Assessment

63,100

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise

specified

15,201,189

Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific

purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid -

913,794

Post Office -

451,580

Kowloon-Canton Railway

433,274

Rent of Government Property, Land, and

Houses

1,010,246

Interest

99,302

Miscellaneous Receipts

140,645

TOTAL, (Ordinary),-

$18,365,959

Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)

299,289

TOTAL,

$18,665,248

The total expenditure brought to account amounted to $16,252,172 being $4,111,697 more than the estimate, and $2,161,344 more than the expenditure in 1917. Compared with the estimates

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