108
$ 128,373
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,
Passenger Service
(Increase in fures and number of pas- sengers).
RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES.
Buildings
$
25,500
(Lower exchange consequently higher dollar rent from Government Officers).
Lands not leased
$ 57,318
(More permits for encroachments issued)
Leased Lands
$
37,236
(Increase in number of Crown Leases).
INTEREST.
Interest
$ 91,460
(The estimate was prepared on the as- sumption that the amount provided for expenditure from surplus balances would be spent. This was not the case consequently more interest was received from short term investments than anticipated.)
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS,
Condemned Stores
(Variable revenue).
Other Miscellaneous Receipts...................
(Variable revenue).
$
21,755
34,986
Widows & Orphans' Pensions Contributions $ 119,764
(Lower exchange consequently higher
dollar contributions).
Overpayments in Previous Years
33,838
(New subhead. Formerly these receipts
were deducted from their respective Expenditure subheads).
LAND SALES.
Premia on Leases
(More sales and increased premia received).
$1,677,807
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6. A list of the alterations and additions in General Taxation, Postage Rates and of the increases and adjustments in Licence Fees and other Receipts during the year 1931 is shown in the following Schedule.
Heads.
Old Fees.
New Fees.
Effective from.
Duties.
In ort Duty on Intoxicating Liquors.
As per scale of duties pub- lished in Government Gazette Extraordinary of 15th October, 1926. Government Notification No. 558.
The same with exception of beer, porter, cider perry and stout raised from 40 cents to 60 cents per gallon and placed on a sterling basis in accordance with the resolution published in Government Notification No. 98.
19.2.31
Deduction of 10 cents per
19.2.31
gallon for locally distill- ed spirits abolished.
Nil.
$10 per gallon reckoned
on sterling basis.
17.9.31
Ordinance 4 of 1930 :- 15 cents per gallon.
Increased to 25 cents.
17.9.31
Import Duty on
Spirituous Liquors.
Import Duty on Motor Spirits.
Import Duty on
Tobacco.
Resolution passed by the Legislative Council 19th June, 1930-
Unmanufactured tobacco.-
Unstripped 75 cents and
84 cents. Stripped 90 cts. and $1.
reduced to
50 cents and 56 cents. 60 cents and 66 cents.
Manufactured tobacco :-
Cigars Cigarette Other
$2.00
$1.50
1.00
1.00
19,2,31
0.75 0.75
reckoned on sterling basis. Subsequently by resolution published in Government Notification No. 584 increased to :—
Unmanufactured tobacco :-
Unstripped 70 cents and
79 cents.
Stripped 84 cents and
93 cents.
Manufactured tobacco :-
Cigars Cigarettes Other
$2.00
0.90
0.90
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