354
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY,
Passenger Service
$ 128,873
(Increase in fares and number of pas- sengers).
RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES.
Buildings
(Lower exchange consequently higher dollar rent from Government Officers).
25,500
Lands not leased
$ 57,318
(More permits for encroachments issued)
Leased Lands
37,236
(Increase in number of Crown Leases).
INTEREST.
Interest
(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.
91,460
Condemned Stores
21,755
(Variable revenue).
Other Miscellaneous Receipts............
34,986
(Variable revenue).
Widows & Orphans' Pensions Contributions $ 119,764
(Lower exchange consequently higher dollar contributions).
Overpayments in Previous Years
(New subhead. Formerly these receipts were deducted from their respective Expenditure subheads).
LAND SALES.
38,838
Premia on Leases
$1,677,807
(More sales received).
and increased premia
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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 shewn in the following Schedule.
Heads.
Old Fees.
New Fees,
Effective from.
Duties.
Import 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.
Import Duty on
Spirituous Liquors.
Import Duty on Motor Spirits.
Import Duty on |
Tobacco.
Nil.
Ordinance 4 of 1930:- 15 cents per gallon.
Resolution passed by the Legislative Council 19th June, 1930:-
Unmanufactured tobacco.-
Unstripped 75 cents and
84 cents.
Stripped 90 cts. and $1.
19.2.31
Deduction of 10 cents per
19.2.31
gallon for locally distill-
ed spirits abolished.
$10 per gallon reckoned
on sterling basis,
17.9.31
Increased to 25 cents.
17.9.31
reduced to :-
0 cents and 56 cents. 60 cents and 66 cents.
Manufactured tobacco-
Cigars Cigarette Other
$2,00
$1,50
1.00
0.75
1.00
19.2.31
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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