CO129-576-10 Estimates 1940 6-10-1939 - 22-10-1940 — Page 70

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DETAILS OF REVENUE.

REVENUE

Approved Estimate 1939.

Estimate, 1940-41.

$

$

1.-DUTIES.

Import Duty on Liquor

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Motor Spirit

Perfumed Spirits

Tobacco

Duty on locally manufactured liquor

1,500,000 900,000 120,000

2,800,000 (1) (2) 2,300,000 (1) (2) (3)

4,600,000

176,000 (1) 7,000,000

1,250,000

1,750,000 (1)

Total

8,870,000

13,526,000

2. ASSESSED TAXES.

Assessed Taxes (Rates) Hong Kong

6,200,000

Kowloon

N.T. North

9,288,000 (4)

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South

Total

7,650 4,350

9,700 5,400

$

6,212,000

9,303,100

3. INTERNAL. REVENUE.

Bets and Sweeps Tax

Entertainment Tax

Estate Duty

Stamp Duties

Total

4.- LICENCES, FINES & FORFEITURES.

(A) LICENCES.

4. bou

2400

200,000

OP REVENUE.

REVENUE

4. LICENCES, FINES & FORFEITURES,-Continued.

(A) LICENCES,-Continued.

Brought forward

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Approved Estimate 1939.

Estimate, 1940-41.

$

$

1,112,951

1,507,120

$

Motor Spirit

Pawnbroker

Pharmacy and Poisons

Printing Press

Special Food

Steam Launch Theatrical Tobacco

Vehicles Motor

3,000 156,500

5,600 (1)

190,500

1.000

3,500

5,400 (2) (3) 8,650 (2) (8)

20,000

25,200

16,500

19,000 (4)

-4,000

7,200 (3)

70,000

125,000 (5)

340,000

400,000

Motor Drivers

55.000

71,850

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Other

40,000

54,400 > (6)

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Other Drivers, etc

2,000

4,450

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Motor Special Licensing Fee-Foreign Registration Wireless Receiving

80,000

100,000

135,000

254,000 (8) (7)

Other

5,700

16,800 (8) (7)

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(B) FINES & FORFEITURES.

200,000 300,000

800,000 (5)

1,250,000 2,300,000

450,000 (5) 1,500,000

3,000,000 (6)

Building Covenant Fines

Fines

$

4,050,000

5,250,000

Forfeitures

Total

5. FEES OF COURT OR OFFICE, PAYMENTS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, & REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID :-

15,000 150,000

20,000 (8)

180,000 (9)

40,000

65,000 (9) (10)

2,250,151

3,059,670

Air Services

Arms

Auctioneers

Billiard Table

Boat

Chinese Boarding House

600 25,000

800 40,650 (7)

1,500

1.400

1,250 (8) 1,400

(A) FEES.

Air Services

70,000

80,500 (11)

127,000

133,900 (9)

Bills of Health

9,000

13,500

16,500

15,200 (10)

Births and Deaths Registration

9,000

18,500 (12)

Chinese Passenger Ship

1,500

1,350 (11)

Boundary Stones & Survey

80,000

32,000 (18)

Chinese Undertakers

1,400

2,650 (12)

Cemetery

750

Companies Local, Registers

2,250

4,500 (12)

Certificates to Chinese Proceeding to any foreign country

500

1,150

850

Dance Halls

4,000

5,350

China Companies

210,000

270,000 (14)

Dangerous Goods

25,000

25,700

Chinese Cemetery

13,000

24,800 (15)

Dogs

22.000

40,800 (7) (12)

Consultants

10,000

18,000

Emigration Passage Broker

1,400

2,600 (12)

Court

85,000

86,000 (16)

Ferries

406,401

542,760 (13)

Crown Leases

40,000

87,000 (17)

Fishing Stake & Station

1,000

810 (14)

Deeds Registration

72,000

104,000 (18)

Forestry N. T.

10,000

11,000

Earth and Stone Permits N. T.

5,500

7,500 (19)

Game

5,000

5,650

Engagement and Discharge of Seamen

50,000

52,000 (20)

Hawker

65,000

85,000

Evening Institute

8,000

11,500 (21)

Junk

42,000

55,000

Examination of Masters, Mates and Engineers

1,500

1,900

Liquor

325.000

490,000 (7)

Marine Store Dealer

9,000

11,900

Marriage

Miscellaneous

Money Changers

8,500

7,500 (15)

500 16.000

350

Hong Kong Companies Registration

Carried forward

20,000

29,000 (22)

.$

684,250

778,200)

21,000

Carried forward

$

1,112,951

1.507.120

(1) More consumption, increased population.

(2) Increased duties.

(3) Heavy Oil tax.

(4) Rise in rentals and less vacant tenements.

($) Increased attendances.

(6) Improved business conditions.

(7) More licences issued.

(8) Fewer temporary licences,

(9) Increased fees.

(10) Fewer licences issued.

(11) Singapore restrictions limiting number of passen-

gers.

(12) Includes 2 periods as fees are payable annually

in the 1st quarter.

(13) Increased fees for Western Ferry Service,

(14) Fewer stake nets erected.

(15) More registry marriages.

(1) Hydrocarbon oils Ordinance.

(2) More licences issued.

(3) Includes 2 periods as fees are payable annually

in the 1st quarter.

14) Fewer licences issued.

(5) More tobacco importers and retailers.

(6) Increased population.

(7) Normal increases.

(8) More fines imposed.

(9) Variable.

(10) Includes £5,629 :11:3 @ 1/2-$91,599.66 con-

fiscated silver.

(11) Anticipated increase.

(12) More registrations.

(13) Fewer Boundary stones fixed.

(14) Disquiet in Shanghai; removals to Hong Kong.

(15) More burials in Government Cemeteries.

(16) Fewer distraints and write of execution issued.

(17) Leas Crown leases issued.

(18) More deeds registered.

(19) Fewer permits issued.

(20) More ships laid up.

(21) More students.

(22) More companies registered.

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