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14. Vacant Tenements.-The number of reported vacant tenements in the City of Victoria inspected under Section 35 of the Rating Ordinance averaged about 105 monthly as compared with 135 last year.
15. The following Table gives a comparison of the Valuation for 1910-1911 and 1911-1912-
District. Valuation 1910-11. Valuation 1911-12. Increase. Percentage. The City of Victoria, $8,961,905 $9,006,555 $44,650 0.49% Hill District and Hongkong Villages, $736,239 $745,424 $9,185 1.24% Kowloon Point and Kowloon Villages, $1,384,035 $1,409,411 $25,376 1.83% Total, $11,082,179 $11,161,390 $79,211 0.71%16. Comparative Statement shewing the Ratable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each year from 1900-1901 to 1911-1912 inclusive:-
Year. Ratable Value. Increase as compared with previous year. Decrease as compared with previous year. Percentage of Increase or Decrease in Ratable Value as compared with the previous year. 1900-01, $5,856,891 $869,557 17.43% Increase. 1901-02, $6,889,752 $1,033,361 17.64% Increase. 1902-03, $8,166,613 $1,276,861 18.53% Increase. 1903-04, $8,788,063 $621,450 7.60% Increase. 1904-05, $9,929,171 $1,141,108 12.98% Increase. 1905-06, $10,511,163 $581,992 5.86% Increase. 1906-07, $10,969,203 $458,040 4.35% Increase. 1907-08, $10,716,173 $253,030 2.30% Decrease. 1908-09, $10,816,753 $100,580 0.93% Increase. 1909-10, $10,750,902 $65,851 0.60% Decrease. 1910-11, $11,082,179 $331,277 3.08% Increase. 1911-12, $11,161,390 $79,211 0.71% Increase.17. Staff.- Mr. Tai Tin Shang and Mr. Ip Tin Shang have discharged their duties to my satisfaction.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, 20th April, 1911.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN,
Assessor,