CO129-550-1 Estimates 1935 14-9-1934 - 15-9-1934 — Page 42

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Kowloon-Canton Railway.

7. The principal decreases over the amounts as estimated were as follows:-

Estimate. Actual. Increase.

$

Goods Service, Goods Foreign

Line

Duties.

Estimate.

Actual. Decrease.

40,000 54,419

14,419

$

etc.

Incidental Line

Increase of Platform tickets, confiscated goods,

Auxiliary operations, Foreign

Haulage

Better working facilities.

Revenue, Home

Import Duty on Liquor

1,000,000

910,172

89,828

5,650 19,399

13,749

Less consumption and higher exchange.

Import Duty

Spirit

on

Perfumed

90,000 74,166 15,834

General Trade depression and higher exchange.

148,000 227,830

79,330

Increase of haulage charges on fast goods trains and mid-day fast through trains from October.

Duty on Locally Manufactured

Liquor

1,100,000 1,063,673

36,327

Less Consumption.

Port and Harbour Dues.

Rent of Government Property, Land and Houses.

Estimate. Actual.

Decrease.

Estimate. Actual. Increase.

$

Buildings

67,000

$ 106,608

39,608

Light Dues

535,000 431,537 103,463

More buildings leased in-

Higher Exchange.

cluding City Hall.

Buoy Dues

160,000 133,920 26,080

Leased Lands (Crown Rent Ex-

clusive of N.T.)

530,000

604,754

74,754

Fewer Vessels using Buoys.

Increase in land leased.

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified.

Miscellaneous Receipts.

Estimate. Actual. Increase.

Estimate.

$

Actual. Decrease.

$

$

Liquor Licences

410,000

376,814

33,186

Royalty payable by Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Co.......

More passengers.

Realization of Sterling Securi-

ties

Profit on realization.

Subsidiary Coins

Profit on Minting.

80,000

90,631

10,631

Trade depression.

Opium Monopoly

Decrease in Sales.

1,300,000

655,068 644,932

14,408

14,408

12,111

12,111

Pawnbroker Licences

Many pawnshops closed.

Assessed Taxes (Rates)

Vacant tenements.

........

280,000 199,250 80,750

6,700,000 6,608,229 96,771

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