Land Revenues of the HK Government in 1844-1940

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API Data Enquiry
Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Glr_yr Date Year
Glr_rents_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar
 Land Rents 
Glr_prem_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Land Premium 
Glr_other_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Other Land and Property Related Revenues 
Glr_plesd_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Premium on Leases Sold 
Glr_pldep_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Deposits on Land Sold 
Glr_plefe_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Fees on Grant of Leases 
Glr_recrhk_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Crown Rent for HongKong and Kowloon 
Glr_recrnt_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Crown Rent for the New Territories 
Glr_relchi_a Number 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar 		 Fees on lands occupied by Chinese, not leased 
Footnotes
Land Revenues of the HK Government in 1844-1940
Period: 1844-1940
Unit: 1844-76: UK Pound
1877-1940: HK Dollar
Source: Hong Kong Blue Book
Major Items: Land Rents;
Land Premium;
Other Land and Property Related Revenues. 
Minor Items
Sub-items of Land Premium: Premium on Leases Sold;
Deposits on Land Sold;
Fees on Grant of Leases.
Sub-items of Land Rent: Crown Rent for Kowloon and Hong Kong;
Crown Rent for the New Territories;
Lands occupied by Chinese not leased.
The items under "Other Land and Property Related Revenues": "on fisheries", "villages (land not leased)", "land for cultivation", "stone quarries", "public building (rentals for government building)",
"cattle shed (rent of government property, land and houses)", "cattle depot (Ma Tau Kok), "slaughter house",
"slaughter (Ma Tau Kok)", "sheep and pig depots", "laundries (rents)", "verandah (rents, excl. of lands)",
"piers (rents, exclusive of lands)", "pineapple land leases", "rents of salt pans (rent of government property, land, and houses)",
"markets", "government property sold".
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/government-land-revenues?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/government-land-revenues?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())