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8. During the year ending 30th April, 1934, 3,211 Interim Valuations were made as follows:-

CITY OF VICTORIA. REST OF COLONY.

No.

Rateable Value.

Rateable

No.

Value.

New or rebuilt tenements

$

$$

and tenements structur-

ally altered.....

788

1,155,436

2,034 1,685,250

Assessments

cancelled,

tenements resumed,

pulled down or being

in other respects not rateable....

124

231,969 265

406,234

Number and Increase.

912 923,467 2,299 1,279,016

9. This is the largest number of interim valuations made in any year except in the period ending with the general valua- tion for the year 1925-1926, and is 789 more than last year.

10. The following comparative statement shows the Rate- able Value of the Colony of Hong Kong from 1924-1925 to 1934- 1935 inclusive:-

Year.

Rateable Value.

Increase as compared with previous year.

Percentage of In- crease in Rateable Value as compared with previous year.

$

$

ΘΑ

%

1924-1925 1925-1926

22,147,951 27,287,862

5,139,911

23.20

1926-1927

27,998,237

710,375

2.60

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

35,071,565

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 (Dec.) 299,417

(Dec.) 0.77

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