CO129-548-1 Annual reports from various government departments 3-4-1934 - 11-6-1935 — Page 324

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- A (1) 4

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

A (1) 5

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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