CO129-124 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [8-9] — Page 34

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I have the honour to state that, owing to the assistance afforded me by the Registrar General's Office in furnishing me with a list of the occupiers of a former Tenement to subsequent occupancies, the owners of these Tenements recovered, with unerring accuracy, the rates due from them, and I forwarded them to the Treasury.

I have further to state that, under the former system of collecting Rates from the Tenants, the number of Defaulters averaged about 700 per quarter, but there were but 360 Defaulters on the 1st Quarter of this year, and only twenty-five (25) during the last Quarter, at the same time that the Total arrears uncollected during the last half year amount only to $156.65 cents.

It is also attributable to the present satisfactory collection of the Local Rates to the assistance and countenance I have experienced from His Excellency Sir Richard MacDonnell since his arrival at Hong Kong, and which had pertinaciously been denied the Treasury during a former Regime.

I believe that it may further prove satisfactory to His Excellency to know that I cannot reckon the collection of the Four Rates at less than $6,000 (upon the whole ...).

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I have the honour to state that, owing to the assistance afforded me by the Registrar General's Office in furnishing me with a list of the occupiers of a former Tenement to subsequent occupancies, the owners of these Tenements recovered, with unerring accuracy, the rates due from them, and I forwarded them to the Treasury. I have further to state that, under the former system of collecting Rates from the Tenants, the number of Defaulters averaged about 700 per quarter, but there were but 360 Defaulters on the 1st Quarter of this year, and only twenty-five (25) during the last Quarter, at the same time that the Total arrears uncollected during the last half year amount only to $156.65 cents. It is also attributable to the present satisfactory collection of the Local Rates to the assistance and countenance I have experienced from His Excellency Sir Richard MacDonnell since his arrival at Hong Kong, and which had pertinaciously been denied the Treasury during a former Regime. I believe that it may further prove satisfactory to His Excellency to know that I cannot reckon the collection of the Four Rates at less than $6,000 (upon the whole ...).
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of a former Tenement to subsequent

occupancies the owners

Tenements recovered.

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of these

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unerring accuracy.

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forwarded them to the Treasury .

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to state that

I have forthe

where under the former system of collecting Rates from

the

Tenant's the number of Defaulters averaged about 700 per quarter.

but 360 Defaulter

there were but 350

on

the 1st Quarter of this year

and only twenty five (25) during

the last Quarter at the same

time that the Total arrears uncollected during the last

amount only

only to date

half year

to $156: 65 cents.

It also attribute the present satisfactory collection of the Local Gates to that assistance and countenance I have experienced

from

Fir Richard Machonnell

since He is Excellency's arrival at

Ho ThongHong and which had on

00

pertinaciously been denied the Treasury during a former Regime.

I believe that it may further

prove satisfactory to Ibis. – Bxcellency to know that I

cannot reckon the collection

the Forul Rates at less than $ $6,000 (upon the whole

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