# B 2.
5. The following comparative statement shows the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hong Kong in each of the ten years from 1919-1920 to 1928-1929 inclusive :-
Year. Rateable Value. Increase as compared with previous year. Percentage of Increase in Rateable Value as compared with previous year. 1919-20 $16,804,801 $666,065 4.25 1920-21 $17,408,959 $1,104,185 6.77 1921-22 $18,696,660 $1,287,701 7.40 1922-23 $19,805,929 $1,109,269 5.91 1923-24 $21,059,700 $1,253,771 6.33 1924-25 $22,147,951 $1,088,251 5.16 1925-26 $27,287,862 $5,139,911 23.20 1926-27 $27,998,237 $710,375 2.60 1927-28 $29,016,439 $1,018,202 3.64 1928-29 $30,395,447 $1,379,008 4.756. In the ten years 1919-1920 to 1928-1929 the Rateable Value of the Colony has increased by $14,090,646 or 86.42 per cent.
THE TREASURY,
25th May, 1928.
C. McI. MESSER,
Treasurer & Assessor.