# 16. Comparative Statement showing the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1909-1910 to 1918-1919 inclusive :-
Year. Rateable Value. Decrease as compared with pre-vious year. Increase as compared with pre-vious year. Percentage of Increase or Decrease in Rateable Value as compared with the previous year. 1909-10, $10,750,902 1910-11, 11,082,179 $331,277 3.08 Increase. 1911-12, 11,161,390 79,211 0.71 do. 1912-13, 12,312,306 1,150,916 10.31 do. 1913-14, 12,435,812 123,506 1.03 do. 1914-15, 14,410,103 1,974,291 13.87 do. 1915-16, 14,287,285 $122,818 0.85 Decrease. 1916-17, 14,282,186 5,099 0.03 do. 1917-18, 14,410,153 127,967 0.89 Increase. 1918-19, 15,638,736 1,228,583 8.52 do.17. Staff.-During my absence on leave from 23rd May to 6th September, 1917, Mr. David Wood acted as Assessor. Mr. So Shing-hon and Mr. Chu Tsau-hing have discharged their duties as Clerk and Interpreter respectively to my satisfaction. Mr. Chu Hon-ming, Temporary Clerk, died on the 15th April, 1918.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,
16th May, 1918.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN, Assessor.