# 17. Comparative Statement showing the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1907-1908 to 1916-1917 inclusive :-
| Year | Rateable Value | Increase as compared with previous year | Decrease as compared with previous year | Percentage of Increase or Decrease in Rateable Value as compared with the previous year | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1907-08 | 10,716,173 | | | | | 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 | 14,287,285 | | 122,818 | 0.85 Decrease | | 1916-17 | 14,292,186 | 5,099 | | 0.03 Increase |
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,
1st June, 1916.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN,
Assessor.
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