655288-1890-Statement-of-Revenue-and-Expenditure-1888-89 — Page 1

FEES OF OFFICE:-

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH APRIL, 1890.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 155.

The following Statement, showing the total Receipts and Payments for 1889, including the Accounts received and paid by the Crown Agents in together with a Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for the Years 1888 and 1889, which was laid before the Legislative Council instant, is published for general information.

REVENUE.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th April, 1890.

COLONY OF HONGKONG.

IPTS

STATEMENT SHOWING THE TOTAL RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS IN THE YEAR 1889.

Amount Total More than Less than Estimated. Receipts. Estimated. Estimated.

By Command,

EXPENDITURE.

W. M. DEANE,

Acting Colonial Secreta

Amount

Total

More th

Estimated. Payments. Estimat-

C.

C.

C.

LAND REVENUE:----

ESTABLISHMENTS ——

Leased Lands,..

Lands not Leased. including Stone Quarries,

Fees on Grant of Leases,

160,000

167,208.63.

7.208.63

21,000

400

29,776.09 705.00

8,776.09

Governor,

35,663

34,528.57

305.00

RENTS, EXCLUSIVE OF LANDS:-

Markets, including Slaughter House and Cattle Shed,

Colonial Secretary,

26,972

25.209.63

65.000

Buildings,.

Piers...

Verandahs,

LICENCES:

Spirit,

Pawnbrokers,

Auctioneers,..

Tenements for Emigrants,

Emigration Brokers,

Billiard Tables and Bowling Alleys,........

Opium Monopoly, ......

Boarding Houses,

Marriage,

4,000

69,724.19 41.00

4,724.19

3,959.00

Auditor,

6,488

6,464,64

1,000

1,697.50

1,801.82

697.50 1,801.82

Treasurer,..

11,048

11,071.81

23.

41,000

48,794.00 7,794.00

Clerk of Councils,

1,300

1,231.25

14,000 14,350.00

350.00

1,800

1,800.00

Surveyor General,

69,938

64,536.97

10

10.00

1,200 900

1,400.00

200.00

Postmaster General,.

41,416

43,164.86

7,748.

1,100,00

200.00

...

428,400

428,400.00

Registrar General,

18,590

19,179:05

589.

150

150.00

400

491.00

94.00

...

Harbour Master.......

50,394

48;226.36

Chinese Undertakers,

Money Changers,

Marine Store Dealers,

Shooting Licences,

Arms Ordinance, 1887,

TAXES:-

Stamps,..

Assessed Taxes,

POSTAGE,

FINES, FORFEITURES & FEES OF COURTS:-

Fines,

180,000 213,479,51 33,479.51

338,000 374.857.75 36,857.75 -160,000 142,309.11

100

110,00

10.00

725

660.00

65.00

Lighthouses,

6,508

4,821.69

1,000

855.00

145.00

30

35.00

26.00

Observatory,

6,970

7,784.88 814.

200

195.00

5.00

Collector of Stamp Revenue,

4,822

4,781.77

Botanical and Afforestation,,

8,346

8,267.18

17,690.89

Judicial,

60,929

64,635.70

3,706.

Forfeitures,

Fees,

20,000 1,000

11,996.70

5,003,30

10,000

3.241.73 14,679.26

2,241.73 4,678.26

Ecclesiastical,

4,998

4,998.00

Educational

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