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COLONY OF
HONG KONG.
Statement of Revenue in the Year 1949/1950, under
Heads and Sub-heads.
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Heads and Sub-Heads as Compared with the Estimates.
Estimated.
Actual,
Increase.
Decrease.
$
$
$
111,291,300
160,664,830.72
50,555,935.06
1,182,404,34
Explanatory Remarks.
Brought Forward
4.-LICENCES, FINES AND
FORFEITURES,—Contd.
(A) LICENCES, Contd.
Brought Forward
32. Marine Store Dealer
3,244,700
35,000
4,033,972.46
50,000.00
901,789.17
15,000.00
112,516.71
33. Marriage
24,000
21,295.00
34. Massage
35. Milk Shops
36. Miscellaneous
1,800
800.00
2,705.00 1,000.00
2,700
3,735.00
1,035.00
12,000
10,719.33
37. Money Changers
60,000
59,550.00
1,280.67 450.00
38. Pawnbrokers
100,000
142,000.00
42,000.00
39. Pharmacy and Poisons
12,500
20,225.00
7,725.00
40. Printing Presses
7,000
9,240.00
2,240.00
41. Proprietary Medicines & Toilet
Preparations
80,000
117,477.07
37,477.07
42. Special Food
30,000
36,220.00
6,220.00
43. Steam Launches
30,000
28,776.50
1,223.50
44. Table Waters
5,000
5,680.00
680.00
45. Theatrical
16,000
13,429.00
2,571.00
46. Tobacco
100,000
351,106.92
251,106.92
47. Vehicles, Motor
700,000
1,238,687,50
538,687.50
48. Vehicles, Motor, Foreign Regis-
tration
250,000
704,821.12
454,821.12
49. Vehicles, Motor Drivers
100,000
201,113.25
101,113.25
50.
Other
30,000
38,080.00
8,080.00
51.
Other Drivers, etc. 52. Wireless Receiving
1,500
2,440.00
600,000
847,406.00
53.
Other
54. Roast Meat Shops
10,000
70,478.00
15,660.00
940.00
247,406.00 60,478,00 15,660.00
14 licences for 1948/49 collected during
current year.
Variable.
Certain establishments were refused
licences.
More licences issued.
More licences issued.
More new firms granted licences.
More licences issued.
More applications for licences.
More licences issued.
Fewer steam launches.
Fewer temporary licences issued.
Increase in number of licences and cost
of Dealers' licences.
Increased number of vehicles.
More foreign cars imported. More learners licences issued. More licences issued.
do.
More licences and increased fees,
do.
New item.
(B) FINES & FORFEITURES.
1. Building Covenant Fines
30,000
165,212.23
2. Fines
1,000,000
2,270,789.90
3. Forfeitures
4. Poor Box
200,000
15,000
2,815,566.28
135,212.23 1,270,789,90 2,615,566.28
18,229.31
3,229.31
Variable.
Variable.
Variable extent of forfeitures difficult
to foresee.
Increase in number of cases where
money was paid to Poor Box.
Total
6,697,200
13,292,709.87
6,717,256.75
121,746.88
Carried Forward
117,988,500
173,957,540.59
57,273,191.81
1,304,151.22
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