# 16. Comparative Statement showing the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1910-1911 to 1919-1920 inclusive :-
| Year | Rateable Value | Increase as compared with previous year | Decrease as compared with previous year | Percentage of Increase or Decrease as compared with the previous year | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 14,282,186 | | 5,099 | 0.03% Decrease | | 1917-18 | 14,410,153 | 127,967 | | 0.89% Increase | | 1918-19 | 15,633,736 | 1,228,583 | | 8.52% Increase | | 1919-20 | 16,304,801 | 666,065 | | 4.25% Increase |
17. In the ten years 1910-1911 to 1919-1920 the Rateable Value has increased by $5,222,622 or 47.12 per cent. Since I took over the duties of Assessor in 1889 the Rateable Value has increased by no less than $13,021,522 or 396.60 per cent.
18. Staff—During my absence on leave from 22nd May to 5th September, 1918, Mr. David Wood acted as Assessor. Mr. Chu Tsau-hing and Mr. So Shing-hon have discharged their duties as Interpreter and Clerk respectively to my satisfaction.
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE,
27th May, 1919.
ARTHUR CHAPMAN,
Assessor.