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CLASS III.

HONGKONG ESTIMATES

RENTS AND Interest.

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

Approved Estimate, 1919.

$

Estimate, 1920.

$

Buildings,

+

53,610

68,420 (1)

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

65,400

92,530 (2)

Laundries,

1,960

2,320 (3)

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

373,000

376,000

(4)

Leased Lands, New Territories, (Crown Rent),

128,000

135,200

Markets, Ordinance 1 of 1903,...

171,700

172,900 (5)

Piers, Ordinance 11 of 1899,

47,000

48,000

Pineapple Land Leases;.........

1,080

1,060

}

(3)

Slaughter-houses, Ordinance 1 of 1903,

101,000

112,250

(6)

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

19,150

20,600

Stone Quarries,

32,000

28,800 (3)

2. INTEREST,

(1) More rents,

(2) Increased number of permits.

(3) Based on Revised Estimate for 1919. (4) More lands leased.

TOTAL,....

TOTAL,

994,900

1,058,080

48,000

320,000 (7)

48,000

320,000

+

(5) Tai O Market opened on 7th August, 1919. (6) More animals slaughtered.

(7) Increase due to investment in War Loan.