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policy they are to pursue. No important measure is undertaken without being referred to a special meeting of ratepayers.__The Council divides itself into Defence, Finance, Watch, and Works Committee. This cosmopolitan system of government has for many years worked so well and so cheaply that Shanghai has fairly earned for itself the name of "The Model Settlement."
FINANCES
The Ordinary Revenue of the "Anglo-American" Settlement for 1900 amounted to Tls. 1,045,177.16 an increase of Tls. 128,666 over that of the previous year, and was derived as follows:—
Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent.
General Municipal Rates, Foreign Houses, 10 per cent. General Municipal Rates, Native Houses, 10 per cent. Dues on Merchandise
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Licences, principally vehicles, opium shops and lotteries Market, Cattle-shed and Slaughter-house fees, etc.
...
...
...Tls. 214,774.78
146,558.29
272,627.57
118,300.06
264,357.90
28,558.56
Tls. 1,045,177.16
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 916,885.55 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Department...
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Tls. 223,586.32
Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets..... Lighting Tls. 52,120.31, Water Tls. 14,580.59, Telephones Tls. 2,530.21
44,327.15
69.231.11
Public Works Tls. 181,437.32, Cleansing and Scavenging Tls. 65,389.42 246.826.74 Recreation Ground, Public Gardens, Outside Road and Cemeteries Engineer & Surveyor's Staff
20,542.83
40,288.77
Land and Buildings Tls. 5,703.19, Stock and Stores, Tls 38,168.69...... Secretariat Tls. 57,194.14, Legal and General Tls. 22,989.03 Interest on Loans of 1892 to 1900, &c.
43,871.88
80,183.17
46,581.37
60,935.29
9,500.00
24,716.93
6,293.99
Volunteers Tls. 29,746.33, Fire Dept. Tls. 18,567.73, Band Tls. 12,621.23 Education Tls. 8,000, Museum Tĺs. 500, Library Tls. 1,000... Loan of 1894 debentures paid Tls. 45,000, less from Sinking Fund
Tls. 20,283.07 j
Settlement Defences
Tls. 916,885,55
Owing to a new assessment which came into force on 1st January, 1900, the Land Tax for that year showed an increase of Tls. 53,237 over the amount collected in 1899. The foreign House Tax increased by Tls. 26,519 and the Native House Tax by Tls. 12,627. The latter would have shown a much greater advance had not 30,000 natives left the Settlement owing to a fear that it would share the fate of Tientsin. Through the war having caused a considerable curtailment in the trade of the port the revenue from Dues on Merchandise declined by Tls. 17,463. Chiefly owing to the imposition of a fee on lotteries, which produced Tls. 39,569 the revenue from Licence fees showed the substantial increase of Tls. 45,876, and this would have been much greater but for the exodus of Natives from the settlement.
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely Tls. 128,291.61, with Tls. 33,900, part of an authorised loan of Tls. 130,000, and a deficit of Tls. 69,384.29 carried forward to Extraordinary Budget 1901, making together Tls. 231,575.90, was expended in new works, mostly roads, Tls. 181,544.71, Volunteer equipments Tls. 40,179.59, and other permanent works Tls. 9,851.60.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1901 was estimated at Tls. 1,033,750 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 956,687; the Extraordinary Revenue, at Tls. 317,063 and the Extraordinary Expenditure at Tls. 309,569.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1900 was Tls. 274,929.19. The sources from which it was derived were:
Land Tax, four-tenths of 1 per cent.
Foreign House Tax, 4 per cent.
Native House Tax, 8 per cent. ...
Licences, principally vehicles, brothels, and opium shops.
Taxes
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...Tls. 24,485.35
Rent of Quays and Jetties and Wharfage Dues Miscellaneous including Tls. 17,736.30, reimbursements for Works...
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6,215.77
69,204.24
69,097.09
18,628,16
47.194.24
40,104.24
TIs. 274,929.19