Estimates-1917 — Page 16

HONGKONG ESTIMATES

RENTS AND Interest.

1. RENT OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, LAND AND HOUSES :-

Approved Estimate, 1916.

Estimate, 1917

Buildings,.

34,300

42,000 (1)

Lands not Leased, (Permits for Encroachments, &c.),

72,000

80,000 (2)

1,920

1,920

Laundries,

Leased Lands, (Crown Rent exclusive of New Territories),...

363,000

363,000

Leased Lands, New Territories, (Crown Rent),

120,000

125,000 (2)

Markets, Ordinance 1 of 1903,..

161,000

163,000 (8)

Piers, Ordinance 11 of 1899,

44,000

46,500

(2)

Pineapple Land Leases,.......

1,050

1,130

Slaughter-houses, Ordinance 1 of 1903,

.84,000

101,000

(4)

Slaughter-house, Ma Tau Kok, Ordinance 1 of 1903,

15,000

17,250

Stone Quarries,

23,600

16,200 (5)

2. INTEREST,................

TOTAL,....

TOTAL,

919,870

960,000

100

2,000. (6)

100

2,000

(1) Increased rents on Old Post Office and Old Land Office

Buildings.

(2) More rents.

(2) Based on revised estimate for 1916.

(4) More animals slaughtered.

(5) Reduction in rents anticipated. (6) Credit balance anticipated.