12. The Whole Colony.--The Rateable Value has decreased from $14,287,285 to $14,282,186, a slight reduction of $5,099 or 0.03 per cent.
13. Interim Valuations.--Between 1st July, 1915, and 1st May, 1916, 486 Interim Valuations were made as follows:--
City of Victoria Rest of Colony New or rebuilt tenements No. 211Rateable Value $165,650 No. 223
Rateable Value $97,311 Cancelled, and tenements structurally altered, Assessments tenements pulled down or being in other respects not rateable. No. 32
$63,220 No. 17
$7,620 No. and Increase 246
$102,430 240
$89,691
14. Appeals. In 187 Appeals against the adopted assessments of 919 tenements reductions aggregating $197,220 in Rateable Value were made by Order of the Court.
15. Vacant Tenements.--The number of tenements reported to be vacant averaged about 220 monthly as compared with 240 last year.
16. The following Table gives a comparison of the Assessments for 1915-1916 and 1916-1917:
District Valuation 1915-1916 Valuation 1916-1917 Increase Decrease Per cent. The City of Victoria $11,765,175 $11,687,605 $77,570 0.65 Hill District and Hongkong Villages $876,782 $914,518 $37,736 4.30 Kowloon Point and Kowloon Villages $1,645,328 $1,680,063 $34,735 2.11 Total $14,287,285 $14,282,186 $5,099 0.03