2.
necessary to offer the following particulars to exhibit the thorough fallacy of such an assertion
jet pou
the
-average amount of ground rent
paid for each house and by each person
the City of Victoria.
There are
475 houses occupied by 3776
owned
Chinese, by Foreigners, at
a total ground
rent, (estimated from the Assessment of Police Rate) of £. 1973 - 14 -1, which shows that the
in
proportion of ground-rent for each house is L.4.3.1, and for each person is 10.3d per
there
are
per
706 houses owned by Chinese
and occupied by 9,860 Chinese, at a total
ground rent of £. 1,574 -5.4, showing that
the ground
rent
for
each house
is
£2.4.11d
per annum,
and for each person 3.4½d per
Estimating the ground rent from the whole number of houses occupied by Chinese, viz. 1381, and the entire Chinese population town of Victoria, viz. 13,636, the proportion of ground rent for each house is L.2.11.4d
and
for each person 5/2½d per
Annum).
2ndly. From rent paid for each house, and
cultivated land rents by each inhabitant of
in the Colony exclusive of the City of
villages
Victoria
Total
Fotal
there
are
amount
of ground-rent per
£217-19-
annum for Village
amount.
rent
963
of cultivated;
£4 per
annum.
Rent.
& ground
58
Total £. 27648.9
houses in Villages, with a total
population of 5018, the Government rent-
each house being 5/1d, and
for each
person 11/4d per
annum. From the increase in the number of houses in Victoria (being 5/8 to houses), the increase of population,
increase of
population, and the
yearly is derived from — assessment
—
Police Rate, which
property
on
landed