SHANGHAI
$65
The Ordinary Revenue of the “ Anglo-American" Settlement for 1909 amounted to Tls. 2,521,600 and was derived from the following sources:-
Land Tax, six-tenths of 1 per cent. less 20 per cent. General Municipal Rates, Foreign Houses, 12 per cent....
Do. do. on houses beyond Settlement limits, 6 per cent. General Municipal Rates, Native Houses, 12 per cent....
Do. do. on houses beyond Settlement limits, 6 per cent. Licences, principally vehicles, and opium shops Dues on Merchandise ...
Rent of Municipal Properties..
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...
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Contribution from Gas, Telephone, and Tramway Companies
Tls. 688,026.43 477,163.36
11,217.77
659,839.33
13,899.84
426,821.82
177,636.01
41,598.98
25,096.79
Tls. 2.521,600.33
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 2,101,010, and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Force
Volunteers ...
Fire Brigade
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...
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Health Dept. General
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Do.
Do.
Hospitals..
Cemeteries
Do.
Do.
Public Works Dept. General
Creeks and River
Building...
Do.
Drainage
Do.
Roads
Do.
Lighting
Do.
Parks, etc.
Public Band
Education, including Public School
Secretariat and General ...
...
Tls. 721,532.17
36,732.03
46,108.11
Tls. 124,458.43
42,598.44
3,469.86
170,526.73
Tls. 118,892.82
34,857.03
33,409.11
35,053.70
...
231,666.52
78,540.86 35,343.21
567,763.25
42,263.63
38,608.54
..
197,809.28
230,051.72
49,554.66
Tls. 2,101,010.12
Interest, Tls. 86,251.72, Redemption of Debentures, Tls. 113,800.00 Stocks and Stores, Various Departments
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely, Tls. 430,653 and Tls. 300,000 raised by debentures, was expended in new works, mostly municipal buildings, roads, and land for same.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1910 was estimated at Tls. 2,557,551 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 2,297,531; the Extraordinary Revenue, including estimated surplus of Tls.301,883 and Tls. 300,000 to be raised by debentures, at Tls. 601,883, and the Extraordinary Expenditure, including Tls. 150,000 for land for making roads, at Tls. 592,401.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1909 was Tls. 639,094. The sources from which it was derived were:-
Licences, principally vehicles and opium divans Native House Tax, 12 per cent.
Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent.
Rent of Quays and Jetties and Wharfage Dues...
Recall of Fixed Deposit and Telephone Shares... Taxes
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Slaughter-Houses, Tls. 11,243.00, Miscellaneous, Tls. 24,951.38 Foreign House Tax, 8 per cent.
Impôts extérieurs and unbuilton Land Interest, Tls.
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.Tls. 152,991.50
140,690.47 101,338.94
68,434.88
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55,000.00
39,337.16
36,194.38
24,342.88
15,334.15
5,430.05
Tls. 639,094.41