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Kowloon Canton Railway.
Passenger Service
Estimate.
$
Actual. Increase.
$
1,059,400 1,354,462
295,062
Increase in the number of passengers owing to the accelerated express train service.
Auxiliary operations, Foreign
Haulage
Increase of haulage of fast
goods trains and extra
charge for additional coaches
135,000
166,226
31,226
Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses.
Other Miscellaneous Receipts
Exchange transactions ac- counted for $16,996. Appreciation of Sterling
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Miscellaneous Receipts.
Estimate. Actual.
Conservancy Contracts
$
1,450
Increase.
$
$
16,812 15,362
New Contract
Overpayments in previous years
8,000 22,098 14,098
Casual
75,000
94,316
19,316
Securities
13,043
13,043
Increase in market value
at 31/12/33 of investments
on account of surplus balances
Royalty payable by Kowloon
Motor Bus Co., Ld.
63,592
63,592
Estimate. Actual.
Increase.
A new item
Royalty
payable by China
Motor Bus Co., Ld.
48.287
48,287
Lands Not Leased
260,000
281,755
21,755
A new item
Increase in the number
of permits issued
7. The principal decreases over the amounts as estimated were as follows:-
Leased Lands (Crown Rent Ex-
clusive of N.T.)
528,000
539,086
11,086
Increase in land leased
Duties.
Estimate. Actual. Decrease.
$
$
Interest.
Estimate.
Actual. Increase.
Import Duty on Liquor ......................... 1,300,000 1,026,714 273,286
Less consumption of Chi- nese liquor.
Import Duty on Tobacco
4,600,000 2,921,456 1,678,544
Receipts overestimated & less tobacco imported
200,000 306,326 106,320
Port and Harbour Dues.
Light Dues
Estimate. Actual. Decrease.
$
640,000 524,436 115,564
Rate reduced from 1st April, 1933
Interest
The actual expenditure for the year both ordinary and on loan account was short of the estimate. Hence larger sums than anticipated were available for short term investments
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