726564-1856-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION-NO-8 — Page 1

No. S.

The Hongkong Government Gazette.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Colony of Hongkong for the Year 1855, an Comparative Table for the Two Years last past, are published for general information.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th January, 1856.

Colonial Secretary.

W. T. MERCER,

REVENUE

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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE OF THE COLONY OF HONGKONG DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31sr DECEMBER, 1855.

LAND REVENUE,

RENT, exclusive of Lands, LICENSES :-

**

Spirit Dealers, Pawnbrokers, Auctioneers, Salt Brokers, Stone Quarriers,

...

...

£ 27,634 16 2,676

3: d.

5 ESTABLISHMENTS :—

6

8

Governor,.

Billiard Tables,

Opium Retailers,

Boarding-house Keepers,

£2,512 | 10

802 1

218 15

0

329

3

148

19

31

5

2,558

4

102

18

4204 sl

4

Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor General, Clerk of Councils,... Surveyor General, Registrar General,

MAD

£

d.

2,685

4

2,456 12

1,359 13 6 757 9 114

Harbour Master,

Marriage Registrar," Emigration Officer,

***

...

6,703 17

5

35

Court of Petty Sessions,

FINES.

"

TAXES.-POLICE ASBESSMENT :--

Balance on the Year ended 31st December, 1854,

On Account of 1855,

FINES, FEES, and FORFEITURES OF COURT :-

From the Supreme Court,

Chief Magistrate and

Marine Magistrate,

» Superintendent of Police,

97

3

3,820

♡♡

61

0

...

3,917

3

Medical,

£212 10 0

Police-rate Collectors,

Judicial, ... Ecclesiastical,

Do. for Hospital,

110 13

1,420

365

1,327

8

50

200

9

123 4 6,074 13

736

16

£200 130

ก

330 0

0

1,004 16

71

23

0 10

Educational,

137

2

4

59

3 7

Sheriff,.

4

Police and Gaols, viz :—

...

One of the Justices of the Peace,

10 0

Chief Magistrate and Establishment,... Sheriff,

£2,205

2

1,311 4 41

do., Superintendent of Police and Establishment,

1,114

5

4,618

19

7,938

7 10

From the Supreme Court,

726

3

7

FEES.

"

Chief Magistrate and Court of Petty Sessions,

198

9

4

924 12 11

TOTAL ESTABLISHMENTS,

th

£ 26,073

3 10

FORFEITURES, from the Superintendent of Police,

FEES OF OFFICES :-

On Marriage Licenses,

159

14

3

2,395 11

67

Colonial Register,...

» Survey,..

SALE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY,

REIMBURSEMENTS IN AID OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY GOVERNMENT, MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS,

7

10

"Burials,

205

3

...

33

Official Signatures and Seal of the Colony,.

195

8

Registration of Boats and Hawkers,

1,373

9 3

"

Deed Registry,

190

6 10

"

Sailing Letters and Passes,

» Shipping Seamen,

1,049

11

8

179

3

"

***

...

225

0

0

3,425 12

9

Wonks and BUILDINGS,

140 12

3GB

667

SPECIAL RECEIPTS,

43 18

2-08

G

ROADS, STREETS, and BRIDGES,

4

9

LAND OF HOUSES PURCHASED, SPECIAL EXPENSES,

...

--

TOTAL,

£

47,973 11

PENSIONS, Retired AllowancES,

and GRATUITIES,

oka: Swift of

REVENUE SERVICES, exclusive of Establishments,

ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE,

do.,

494

18

473

8

JO

56 19 9

EDUCATION,

ao.,

***

HOSPITALE,

do.,

POLICE and GAOLS,

do

RENT,

--

TRANSPORT,

CONVEYANCE OF Mails,

16-

1,852 785 835 3

5

9 11

8

4' 15 10

282

***

8,357 0 3 1,534 12 3

62 14

7

Victoria, Hongkong, January the 7th, 1856.

TOTAL....

£40,813 11

R. RIENAECKER, Colonial Treasurer.

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EXPENDITURE.