# B 2
5. The following comparative statement shows the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1912-1913 to 1921-1922 inclusive :-
Year. Rateable Value. Increase as compared with pre-vious year. Decrease as compared with pre-vious year. Percentage of Increase or Decrease in Rateable Value as compared with previous year. 1912-13 $ 12,312,306 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 $ 15,638,736 $ 1,228,583 8.52% Increase. 1919-20 $ 16,304,801 $ 666,065 4.25% Increase. 1920-21 $ 17,408,959 $ 1,104,158 6.77% Increase. 1921-22 $ 18,696,660 $ 1,287,701 7.40% Increase.6. In the ten years 1912-1913 to 1921-1922 the Rateable Value of the Colony has increased by $6,384,354 or 51.85 per cent.
C. McI. MESSER, Treasurer & Assessor.
THE TREASURY,
30th April, 1921.