8. During the year ending 30th April, 1937, 1,283 Interim Valuations, as compared with 1,538 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 207 339,362 536 527,132 Assessment cancelled, tenements resumed, pulled down or being in other respects not rateable 335 344,494 205 219,703 Number and Decrease or Increase Dec: 542 5,132 741 307,423 Incr:9. The following comparative statement shows the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hong Kong from 1927-1928 to 1937-1938 inclusive:-
Year. Rateable Value $ As compared with previous year. Increase. % Decrease. % 1927-1928 29,016,439 1928-1929 30,395,447 1,579,008 4.75 1929-1930 31,617,566 1,222,119 4.02 1930-1931 35,069,602 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 36,641,856 299,417 0.77 1935-1936 38,374,100 2,267,756 5.87 1936-1937 34,643,760 1,730,840 4.76 1937-1938 34,208,734 435,026 1.26