17. Comparative Statement showing the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1906-1907 to 1915-1916 inclusive :-
Year. Rateable Value, Increase as compared with pre-vious year. Decrease as com-pared with previous year. Percentage of Increase or Decrease in Rateable Value as compared with the previous year. $ $ $ $3 % 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. 1912-13, 12,312,306 1,150,916 10.31 Increase. 1913-14, 12,435,812 123,506 1.03 Increase. 1914-15, 14,410,103 1,974,291 15.87 Increase. 1915-16, 14,305,370 104,733 0.72 Decrease.18. Staff. On the 30th November, 1914, I completed twenty-five years service as Assessor.
There has been no change in the Staff. Mr. So Shing-hon and Mr. Chu Tsau-hing have discharged their duties as Clerk and Interpreter respectively to my entire satisfaction.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,
11th June, 1915.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN,
Assessor.