Appendix B.
REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,
Hongkong. 7th June, 1909.
1. By order of His Excellency the Governor-in-Council a new Valuation has been made of the whole Colony, with the exception of purely Chinese Villages.
2. The City of Victoria :-The Ratable Value has decreased from $8,987,125 to $8,806,805 a reduction of $180,320 or 2 per cent.
3. The Hill District:-The Ratable Value has decreased from $263,265 to $262,445 a reduction of $820 or 0.31 per cent.
4. Shaukiwan:-The Ratable Value has increased from $57,197 to $63,224 an addition of $6,027 or 10.53 per cent.
5. Hongkong Villages:-The Ratable Value has increased from $223,599 to $224,590 an addition of $991 or 0.44 per cent.
6. Kowloon Point:-The Ratable Value has increased from $464,460 to $502,205 an addition of $37,745 or 8.12 per cent.
7. Yaumati:-The Ratable Value has increased from $233,145 to $256,640 an addition of $23,495 or 10.07 per cent.
8. Hunghom:-The Ratable Value has increased from $230,715 to $237,520 an addition of $6,805 or 2.94 per cent.
9. Mongkoktsui:-The Ratable Value has decreased from $144,565 to $130,490 a reduction of $14,075 or 9.73 per cent.
10. New Kowloon:-The Ratable Value has increased from $62,315 to $103,858 an addition of $41,543 or 66.66 per cent.
11. Kowloon Villages:-The Ratable Value has increased from $150,367 to $163,125 an addition of $12,758 or 8.48 per cent.
12. The Whole Colony: The Ratable Value has decreased from $10,816,753 to $10,750,902 a slight reduction of $65,851 or 0.60 per cent.
13. Interim Valuations:-Between the 1st July, 1908, and the 1st June, 1909, 243 Interim Valuations were made as follows:
CITY OF VICTORIA. REST OF COLONY. No. Ratable Value. No. Ratable Value. New and/or rebuilt Tenements, Tenements structurally altered, 35 $67,190 56 $140,920 24 59,925 66,580 10 8,660 12,515 6,655 3,855 60,535 137,065 Replacing Assessments of, Assessments cancelled, tenements pulled down, or being in other respects not ratable, 19 30,280 32,931 No, and Increase, 99 $30,255 144 $104,134