CO129-576-10 Estimates 1940 6-10-1939 - 22-10-1940 — Page 263

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DETAILS OF REVENUE.

1.-DUTIES.

Import Duty on Liquor

Motor Spirit

Perfumed Spirits

Tobacco

Duty on locally manufactured liquor

Total

2.-ASSESSED TAXES.

REVENUE

$

Approved Estimate 1939.

Estimate, 1940-41.

$

1,500,000

2,100,000 (1)

900,000

1,500,000 (1) (2)

120,000

176,000 (1)

4,600,000

7,000,000 (1)

1,250,000

1,750,000 (1)

8,370,000

12,526.000

Assessed Taxes (Rates) Hong Kong

6,200,000

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Kowloon N.T. North

11

17

21

South

19

Total

9,288,000 (3)

7,650

9,700

4,350

5,400

6,212,000

9,303,100

3.-INTERNAL REVENUE.

Bets and Sweeps Tax

200,000

300,000 (4)

Entertainment Tax

300,000

450,000 (4)

Estate Duty

1,250,000

1,500,000

Stamp Duties

2,800,000

3,000,000 (5)

Total

4,050,000

5,250,000

4.-LICENCES, FINES & FORFEITURES.

(A) LICENCES.

Air Services

600

Arms

25,000

800 40,650 (6)

Auctioneers

1,500

1.250 (7)

Billiard Table

1,400

1,400

Boat

127,000

133,900 (8)

Chinese Boarding House

16,500

15,200 (9)

Chinese Passenger Ship

1,500

1,350 (10)

Chinese Undertakers

1,400

2,650 (11)

Companies Local, Registers

2,250

4,500 (11)

Dance Halls

4,000

5,350

Dangerous Goods

25,000

25,700

Dogs

22,000

40.800 (6) (11)

Emigration Passage Broker

1,400

2,600 (11)

Ferries

406,401

542,760 (12)

Fishing Stake & Station

1,000

810 (13)

Forestry N. T.

10,000

11,000

Game

Hawker

Junk

Liquor

Marine Store Dealer

Marriage

Miscellaneous

Money Changers

5,000

5,650

65,000

85,000

42,000

55.000

325,000

490,000 (6)

9,000

11,900

3,500

7,500 (14)

500 16,000

350

21,000

Carried forward

$

1,112,951

1,507,120

(1) More consumption, increased population.

(2) Heavy oil tax.

(3) Rise in rentals and less vacant tenements.

(4) Increased attendances.

(5) Improved business conditions.

(6) More licences issued.

(7) Fewer temporary licences.

(8) Increased fees.

(9) Fewer licences issued.

(10) Singapore restrictions limiting number of passen-

gers.

(11) Includes 2 periods as fees are payable annually

in the 1st quarter.

(12) Increased fees for Western Ferry Service.

(13) Fewer stake nets erected.

(14) More registry marriages.