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CLASS I,

HONGKONG ESTIMATES

TAXES.

Approved Estimate, 1915.

Estimate, 1916.

1. LIGHT DUES, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

94,000

85,000 (1)

Do.,

Special Assessment, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

105,000

102,000(1)(2)

TOTAL....

199,000

187,000

2. LICENCES AND INTERNAL REVENUE NOT OTHERWISE

SPECIFIED:-

Arms Licences, Ordinance 2 of 1900,

4,820

3,620 (3)

Assessed Taxes. Ordinance 6 of 1901, .....................

1,853,200

1,820,700 (4)

Auctioneers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,

1,200

1,200

Billiard Table and Bowling Alley Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,

2,000

1,800 (3)

Boarding-house Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,........

75

75

Boat Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

106,500

100,000 (3)

Carriage, Chair, &c., Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,

Chinese Boarding-house Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,

Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,

Chinese Undertakers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,

Companies Local Registers Licences, Ordinance 38 of 1911,

Compounds of Opium Licences, Ordinance 23 of 1909,...

114,500

114,500

5,500

4,000

1,800

1,700 (3)

500

34,000

460

34,000

125

(5)

Dangerous Goods Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1873,

1,960

1,960

Dog Licences, Ordinance 5 of 1893,

7,150

6,000 (3)

Emigration Brokers' Licences, Ordinance 1 of 1889,

1,600

1,600

Ferry Licences, Ordinance 34 of 1910,.......

12

10 (6)

Fines,

95,000

Fishing Stake and Station Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899,

3,000

71,000 (3)

3,000

Fishing Licences,

10

10

Forestry Licences, New Territories, Ordinance 34 of 1910,

4,740

4,740

Forfeitures,

20,000

€20,000 ·

Game Licences, Ordinance 6 of 1885,

2,000

1,400

(3)

Hawkers' Licences, Ordinance 8 of 1887,

33,200

31,000

Carried forward,..

(1) Fewer ships expected to enter and clear.

(2)

REVENUE.

Light Dues, Special Assessment, collected to

Do., Balance,

31st December, 1914, estimated for 1915,....

Typhoon Refuge.

$585,715 100,000 395,084

$ 1,080 799

(3) Based on revised estimate for 1915.

(4) Some assessments reduced, and more empty tenements.

(5) No longer issued.

(6) One Ferry ceased running.

2,292,892

2,222,775

EXPENDITURE.

Half Payments to 31st December, 1914,......... $978,299

Do.

estimated for 1915.

102,500

$1,080,799