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The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 797,463.73 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Department
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Tls. 197,437.45
37,170.67 63,885.68
Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets... Lighting Tls. 48,640.15, Water Tls. 13.137.51, Telephones Tls. 2,108.02 Public Works Tls. 203,879.54,Engineers & Surveyor's office Tls.34,460.34 238,339.88 Land and Buildings 7,137.86, Stock and Stores, 14,911.29 Secretariat Tls. 52,866.28, Legal and General 26,325.63 Interest on Loans of '90, '91, 'Ü2, '93, '94, '95, '96 '97, and '98, &c. Volunteers Tls. 18,353.45, Fire Dept. Tls. 14,537.90, Band Tls. 10,808.35 Education Tls. 8,000, Museum Tls. 500, Library Tls. 1,000... Loans of 1888 and 1890 debentures paid Settlement Extension
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22,049.15
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79,191.91
44,461.81
43,699.70
9,500.00
45,800.00
15,927.48
Tls. 797,463.73
With the increasing population the foreign house tax is growing, and showed an increase of Tls. 25,967 in 1899 over 1898, Tls. 10,954 being collected from the Extension for six months: Dues on merchandise by a new arrangement are now collected by the Imperial Chinese Maritime Customs, which produced Tls. 135,762.65, as against Tis. 69,901 in 1898. This exceedingly large increase has been obtained on all classes of goods passed through the Customs, and evasion of the tax is no longer possible. The surplus ordinary expenditure transfered to extraordinary income and expenditure on 31st December, 1899, amounted to Tls. 119,147.27. The statement of extraordinary revenue, showed a deficit of Tls. 43,878.67 carried forward to extraordinary Budget, 1900.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1900 was estimated at TIs. 995,730 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. :900,589; the Extraordinary Revenue, at Tls. 225,141 and the Extraordinary Expenditure at Tis. 221,528.67. In 1898 the Land Tax and the rates on Foreign Houses were each raised by twenty-five per cent.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1899 was Tls. 214,098.45. The sources rom which it was derived were:—
Native House Tax, 8 per cent.
Land Tax, four-tenths of 1 per cent. Foreign House Tax, 4 per cent....
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...Tls. 18,803.68
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3,621.11
Licences, principally vehicles, brothels, and opium shops Cleaning and Lighting Rates and other Taxes Paid by the Taotai and Rent of Quays and Jetties
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42,077.69
67,691.00
33,955.10
32,169.64
15,780.23
Tls. 214,098.45
Miscellaneous including Tls. 9,707.25. Subscriptions to Electric Light
The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1899 amounted to Tls. 177,500.55 and was divided as under:-
Secretariat (Staff and General charges)...
Public Works
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Police Department
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Water Supply Tls. 7,878.03, Lighting Tls. 15,354.56 Sanitary Tls. 5,122.61, Education 7,274.42, Relief 293.55
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...Tls. 26,746.93
40,695.79
50,201.11
23,232.59
12,690.58
6,222,55
2,300.00
4,538.13
10,872.87
Tls. 177,500.55
Volunteers, 1,802.55, Fire Brigade Tls. 2,920.00, Band Tls. 1,500,00 Hospitals and Orphanage...
Telegraphs, Telephones, Observatory, &c. Miscellaneous
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The revenue and expenditure for 1900 were each estimated at Tls. 254,281.00.
POPULATION
The Foreign population increased rapidly up to 1865, but declined considerably during the next ten years. The census of 1865 gave the number of foreign residents in the three Settlements as 2,757, army and navy (British) 1,851, shipping 981, a total of 5,589. In 1870 the total in the Anglo-American Settlement was 1,666; in 1876, 1,673; in 1880, 2,197; in 1885, 3,673; in 1890, 3,821. By the census of 24th June, 1895, there were in the Settlements north of the Yang-king-pang a total of 4,684 foreigners; 1,295 in the English division, 2,903 in Hongkew, 486 in outside roads and