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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 7.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 15TH FEBRUARY, 1862.
VOL. VIII.
No. 11.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified that His Excellency The Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, has fixed the Police Rate for the Year 1862 at Seven-and-a-half per Cent for Houses in the City of Victoria, and Five per Cent for Houses in the Villages of this Island.
In addition to which on Houses in Victoria a Lighting Rate of One-and-a-half per Cent will be levied, in accordance with the terms of Ordinance No. 11 of 1856.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 4th February, 1862.
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 17.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return showing the amount of Police and Lighting Rate received during each of the last Twelve Years, with the Expenditure on the Police and Lighting of Victoria for the same period, is published for general information.
By Order,
W. H. ALEXANDER, Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th February, 1862.
RETURN of AMOUNT collected in each year on account of Police and Lighting Rate, and Cost of Police including the Lighting of Victoria during the years 1850 and 1861, inclusive.
YEAR.
Annual Amount received on account of Police and Lighting Rates.
Annual Amount expend- ed on the Police of Hong- korg and Lighting the City of Victoria.
£ 4,267 3 m
YEAR.
Brought forward, 1857, 1858,
Annual Amount received on account of Police and;
Lighting Rates.
£21,913 06 0
7,376 11 31
Annual Amount expend- ¡rd on the Police of Hong- kong and Lighting the City of Victoria.
£34,820 11
14.303 6
8
11,644 14 83
1850,.
1851,.
1852,
1853,
£ 2,811 11 3 2,958 13 9 2,825 15 203 2,704 19 01
4,311 12 2!
13,281 4 4
4,230 13 53
1859,
3,922 6 11
1860,
1854,
3,327 0 9
4,806 3 0
1861,.
1855,
3,917 3 6
5,467 19 10
1856,.
3,808 1 91
7,814 12 7
Total,....
Carried forward,
£21,913 06 0
£34,820 11 8
1862 proposed,.
14,047 5 16,573 7 15,736 3 31
£88,027 17 8
£19,399 13 4
1 8
14,045 4 24
13,518 13 16,354 15
£104,687 6 7}
8
£20,000 0 0
Note. The expenditure given includes only the actual cost of the Police Force, the Lighting of Victoria and cost of col- lecting the rate.
W. H. RENNIE, Auditor General.
Auditor General's Office, Hongkong, 14th February, 1862.
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