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8. During the year ending 30th April, 1934, 3,211 Interim Valuations were made as follows:-
CITY OF VICTORIA. REST OF COLONY.
No.
Rateable Value.
Rateable
No.
Value.
New or rebuilt tenements
$
$$
and tenements structur-
ally altered.....
788
1,155,436
2,034 1,685,250
Assessments
cancelled,
tenements resumed,
pulled down or being
in other respects not rateable....
124
231,969 265
406,234
Number and Increase.
912 923,467 2,299 1,279,016
9. This is the largest number of interim valuations made in any year except in the period ending with the general valua- tion for the year 1925-1926, and is 789 more than last year.
10. The following comparative statement shows the Rate- able Value of the Colony of Hong Kong from 1924-1925 to 1934- 1935 inclusive:-
Year.
Rateable Value.
Increase as compared with previous year.
Percentage of In- crease in Rateable Value as compared with previous year.
$
$
ΘΑ
%
1924-1925 1925-1926
22,147,951 27,287,862
5,139,911
23.20
1926-1927
27,998,237
710,375
2.60
1927-1928
29,016,439
1,018,202
3.64
1928-1929
30,395,447
1,379,008
4.75
1929-1930
31,617,566
1,222,119
4.02
1930-1931
33,069,602
1,452,036
4.59
1931-1932
35,071,565
2,001,964
6.04
1932-1933
37,457,725
2,386,159
6.80
1933-1934
38,941,273
1,483,548
3.96
1934-1935
38,641,856 (Dec.) 299,417
(Dec.) 0.77
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