CO129-509-8 Military Contributions- claim for relief 24-2-1928 - 15-12-1928 — Page 22

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therefore, to lay too much stress

on a comparison which includes

the war years.

(2) I do not think there is

very much in this fear. It is,

of course, obvious that rents in

Kowloon, which is undeveloped, will

be lower than on Hong Kong Island

itself, but it will be somewhat

remarkable if, owing to the development

of Kowloon, the aggregate assessment

decreases

It is very difficult to

movement

the

forecast the eprort of/

of valuation

of property even a few years ahead,

but experience generally suggests

that the more thickly populated a

place becomes the higher the rentsmise.

(3) We have no exact information

as to what area the valuation covers.

Paragraph 14 of the Governor's

despatch of the 24th of June 1926 stated

that it extends to the whole of the

Island of Hong Kong, Kowloon and

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