8. During the year ending 30th April, 1936, 1,538 Interim Valuations, as compared with 1,792 in the previous year, were made as follows:-
CITY OF VICTORIA REST OF COLONY No. Rateable Value No. Rateable Value $ $ New or rebuilt tenements and tenements structurally altered 470 990,289 686 578,615 Assessment cancelled, tenements resumed, pulled down or being in other respects not rateable 139 326,191 243 197,808 Number and Increase 609 664,098 929 350,8079. The following comparative statement shows the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hong Kong from 1926-1927 to 1936-1937 inclusive:-
Year Rateable Value As compared with previous year Increase. Decrease. $ Increase Decrease % % 1926-1927 27,998,237 1927-1928 29,016,439 1,018,202 3.64 1928-1929 30,395,447 1,379,008 4.75 1929-1930 31,617,566 1,222,119 4.02 1930-1931 33,069,602 1,452,036 4.59 1931-1932 35,071,566 2,001,964 6.04 ... 1932-1933 37,457,725 2,386,159 6.80 1933-1934 38,941,273 1,483,548 3.96 1934-1935 38,641,856 299,417 0.77 1935-1936 36,374,100 2,267,756 5.87 1936-1937 34,643,760 1,730,340 4.76 ...