10
Admiral
1177
a
small and insufficient
£3547. 19.5,
5 or
on
an
average
of
Rent
£2.11.5 per house, and without the Town 963 Houses
likewise charged with £276. 8. 9.
Police rate, is that which is payable to the Crown
for land held under long
Leases, of 75
or at the option
of
the Lessees 999 years.
Lessees are divided
are
divided by
There
the Governor,
into two
1
for the present enquiry,
classes
the Chinese
and
Foreigners, including under the
latter designation, all residents British or otherwise who are not Chinese.
occupied in
Now the Chinese August last, when
the calculations
were made,
within the Town 1381 Houses,
charged with a
Rental of
and giving,
on
a
like
average
of £5.83 per house.
These Houses, however,
are much crowded, the whole
number
of
Chinese having
been estimated at the same period within the Town 13,636, and
without 5,018, and it
is
calculated that the
average
payment of each adult Chinese
of those living
within the Town would be 6.04
and out of
the Town £1.94.
That this charge
is not such.
£3547.19.5