658
Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
HONG KONG.
Total amount of rates collected in 1876 at 12 per cent. = $184,509 25. 1881 at 12 per cent. $221,796 23.
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Names of the 20 Ratepayers paying the largest Amount of Rates for the Years 1876 and 1881.
1876 Amount 1881 Amount $ C. S C. 1. Douglas, Lapraik, and Co. 11,108 92 1. Wo-lang 11,397 00 2. 'Ng Sang 10,240 00 2. Jardine, Mathe-son, and Co. 7,544 60 3. Kwok Acheong 8,453 40 3. Jardine, Mathe-son, and Co. 6,906 36 4. T. G. Linstead 7,544 60 4. Yeong Shu-lum 6,876 00 5. Lum Sow 6,527 52 5. Siemssen and Co. 6,305 44 6. Ho Lai Shi 6,003 90 6. Turner and Co. 5,913 72 7. D. Sassoon Sons aud Co. 5,863 39 7. Kwok Ying Kai 5,748 00 8. Ching Sing Yeong. 5,730 30 8. J. J. dos Remedios and Co. 4,972 80 9. Lo Shing 5,624 00 9. Lum Sow 4,475 08 10. 'Ng Cheong 5,369 00 10. Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. 3,938 40 11. Yeong Amow 4,968 00 11. Wo Hang 3,372 48 12. Tang Luk 4,748 00 12. Lee Shing 3,154 80 13. Kwok Ying Shew 4,700 25 13. Choy Chan 2,988 00 14. Low Cheong 4,690 46 14. Coare Lind and Co. 2,965 08 15. Koo Mun Wa J 4,596 70 15. Choo Wing Yoong 2,585 40 16. Ip Ching Chuen 4,516 00 16. 'Ng Sang 2,572 80 17. Douglas, Lapraik, and Co. 4,472 63 17. W. Curtis 2,467 44 18. Choy Chun 4,048 77 18. J. Gerrard 2,261 28 19. D. Sassoon, Sons, and Co. 4,020 89 19. Yeong Shu-lum 2,212 20 20. Gibb, Livingston and Co. 3,996 39 20. Fung Wing 2,110 80 Total 90,790 92 Total 115,148 28Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1876, 12 were foreign houses contributing $62,523, and eight were Chinese contributing, $28,267.
Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1881, three were foreign houses contributing $16,038, and 17 Chinese contributing $99,110.
658
Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
HONG KONG.
Total amount of rates collected in 1876 at 12 per cent.= $184,509 25. 1881 at 12 per cent. $221,796 23.
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Names of the 20 Ratepayers paying the largest Amount of Rates for the Years
1876 and 1881.
1876.
Amount.
1881.
Amount.
$ C.
S
C.
1. Douglas, Lapraik,
and Co.
11,108 92
1. Wo-lang
11,397 00
2. 'Ng Sang
10,240 00
2. Jardine, Mathe-
son, and Co. 3. Kwok Acheong- 4. T. G. Linstead
8,453 40
3. Jardine, Mathe-
7,544 60
son, and Co.
6,906 36
4. Yeong Shu-lum
6,876 00
6,527 52
5. Lum Sow
6,003 90
5. Siemssen and Co.
6,305 44
6. Ho Lai Shi
5,863 39
6. Turner and Co. 7. D. Sassoon Sons aud Co.
5,913 72
7. Kwok Ying Kai
5,748 00
5,499 00
8. Ching
Sing
5,730 30
Yeong.
8. J. J. dos Reme-
dios and Co.
4,972 80
9. Lo Shing
5,624 00
10. 'Ng Cheong
5,369 00
9. Lum Sow
4,475 08
11. Yeong Amow
4,968 00
10. Hong Kong and
Shanghai Bank- ingCorporation.
3,938 40
12. Tang Luk
4,748 00
13. Kwok Ying Shew
4,700 25
14. Low Cheong
4,690 46
11. Wo Hang
3,372 48
15. Koo Mun Wa
J
4,596 70
12. Lee Shing
3,154 80
16. Ip Ching Chuen
4,516 00
13. Choy Chan
2,988 00
17. Douglas, Lapraik,
4,472 63
14. Coare Lind and
2,965 08
and Co.
Co.
18. Choy Chun
4,048 77
15. Choo Wing Yoong
2,585 40
16. 'Ng Sang
2,572 80
19. D. Sassoon, Sons, and Co.
4,020 89
17. W. Curtis
18. J. Gerrard
20. Gibb, Livingston
and Co.
2,467
44
20. Fung Wing
3,996 39
2,261 28
19. Yeong Shu-lum -
2,212 20
2,110 80
Total
90,790 92
Total
115,148 28
Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1876, 12 were foreign houses contributing $62,523, and eight were Chinese contributing, $28,267.
Of the 20 principal ratepayers in 1881, three were foreign houses contributing $16,038, and 17 Chinese contributing $99,110.
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