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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.

HONG KONG.

Total amount of rates collected in 1876 at 12 per cent. = $184,509 25. 1881 at 12 per cent. $221,796 23.

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Names of the 20 Ratepayers paying the largest Amount of Rates for the Years 1876 and 1881.

1876 Amount 1881 Amount $ C. S C. 1. Douglas, Lapraik, and Co. 11,108 92 1. Wo-lang 11,397 00 2. 'Ng Sang 10,240 00 2. Jardine, Mathe-son, and Co. 7,544 60 3. Kwok Acheong 8,453 40 3. Jardine, Mathe-son, and Co. 6,906 36 4. T. G. Linstead 7,544 60 4. Yeong Shu-lum 6,876 00 5. Lum Sow 6,527 52 5. Siemssen and Co. 6,305 44 6. Ho Lai Shi 6,003 90 6. Turner and Co. 5,913 72 7. D. Sassoon Sons aud Co. 5,863 39 7. Kwok Ying Kai 5,748 00 8. Ching Sing Yeong. 5,730 30 8. J. J. dos Remedios and Co. 4,972 80 9. Lo Shing 5,624 00 9. Lum Sow 4,475 08 10. 'Ng Cheong 5,369 00 10. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. 3,938 40 11. Yeong Amow 4,968 00 11. Wo Hang 3,372 48 12. Tang Luk 4,748 00 12. Lee Shing 3,154 80 13. Kwok Ying Shew 4,700 25 13. Choy Chan 2,988 00 14. Low Cheong 4,690 46 14. Coare Lind and Co. 2,965 08 15. Koo Mun Wa J 4,596 70 15. Choo Wing Yoong 2,585 40 16. Ip Ching Chuen 4,516 00 16. 'Ng Sang 2,572 80 17. Douglas, Lapraik, and Co. 4,472 63 17. W. Curtis 2,467 44 18. Choy Chun 4,048 77 18. J. Gerrard 2,261 28 19. D. Sassoon, Sons, and Co. 4,020 89 19. Yeong Shu-lum 2,212 20 20. Gibb, Livingston and Co. 3,996 39 20. Fung Wing 2,110 80 Total 90,790 92 Total 115,148 28

Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1876, 12 were foreign houses contributing $62,523, and eight were Chinese contributing, $28,267.

Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1881, three were foreign houses contributing $16,038, and 17 Chinese contributing $99,110.