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Water Works Revenue.
4. Comparison of Water Works Revenue, 1915 and 1916.--- The following is a comparative statement of the revenue derived from Water Works during the years 1915 and 1916:
1915 1916 $ $ City (as above stated), 334,404.17 349,988.28 Hill District, 13,628.23 11,466.10 Pokfulam District, 2,585.25 1,993.83 Kowloon (as above stated), 74,515.67 78,622.32 Aberdeen, 3,126.57 4,135.48 Shaukiwan, 4,046.85 3,473.86 Laichikok, 19,180.75 21,086.74 Total, $ 451,517.49 470,766.61The falling-off of nearly $20,000 under the heading "Excess Consumption" during 1915 as compared with 1914, mentioned in last year's Report, was recovered during 1916, the receipts amounting to $20,642.92 more than in 1915. The amount received under the heading "Rates" was less in 1916 than in 1915 by $1,393.80, the decrease being confined entirely to the City of Victoria. All the other districts showed small increases under this heading.