13. Interim Valuations.-Between 1st July, 1916, and 1st March, 1917, 421 Interim Valuations were made as follows:-
City of Victoria Rest of Colony No. Rateable Value No. Rateable Value New or rebuilt tenements and tenements structurally altered, 149 $114,325 156 $68,015 Assessments cancelled, tenements resumed, pulled down or being in other respects not rateable, 51 $26,750 65 $16,303 No. and Increase, 200 $87,575 221 $51,71214. Appeals. In 22 Appeals against the adopted assessments of 57 tenements reductions aggregating $11,320 in Rateable Value were made by Order of the Court.
15. Vacant Tenements.-The number of tenements reported to be vacant averaged about 110 monthly as compared with 220 last year.
16. The following Table gives a comparison of the Assessments for 1916-1917 and 1917-1918-
District Valuation 1916-1917 Valuation 1917-1918 Increase Per cent. The City of Victoria, Hill District and Hongkong Villages, $11,687,605 $11,766,775 $79,170 % 0.67 Kowloon Point and Kowloon Villages,... $1,680,063 $1,712,058 $31,995 1.90% Kowloon (excluding Point and Villages) $914,518 $931,320 $16,802 1.83% Total,...... $14,282,186 $14,410,153 $127,967 0.89%