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The Revenue of the "Anglo-American" Settlement for 1896 amounted to Tls. 734,741.58, and was derived as follows:-
Land Tax, four-tenths of 1 per cent....
General Municipal Rates, Foreign Houses, 8 per cent. General Municipal Rates, Native Houses, 10 per cent.
Wharfage Dues, including Tls. 10,237.50 Contribution from Taotai. Licences, principally vehicles and opium shops
Local Post Office Tls. 8,403.44, Sale of Stores Tls. 34,116.17 Fees and Permits Tls. 10,989.85, Night Soil Tls. 4,074.19 Land and Buildings Tls. 369.08, Interest Tls. 1,399.80 Sinking Fund and Interest
Surplus from 1895 Tls. 824.90, Loan Tls. 140,000
...
...Tls. 68,417.73
56,924.55 168,307.14
66,726.87
148,960.72
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42,519.61
15,064.04 1,768.88 25,227.14 140,824.90
Tls. 734,741.58
The Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 853,496.35, and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Department
Sanitary Department, including Hospitals
Lighting Tls. 33,165,26, Water Supply Tls. 11,295.48
...Tls. 118,481.12
71,642.01
44.460.74
252,952.52
Public Works & Survey, incldg, Garden, Cemeteries, and outside roads Stud (chiefly for Sanitary and Public Works Departments) Land and Buildings
Secretariat, Legal, and General
...
Interest Tls. 22,037.84, Sinking Fund and Interest Tls. 25,227.14 Volunteers Tls. 14,154.72, Fire Dept. Tls. 10,547.01, Band Tls.8,442.65 Education Tls. 8,063.17, Museum Tls. 500, Library Tls. 1,000 ..... Local Post Office Tls. 7,701.32, Stores and Sundries Tls. 52,903.37 Loans of 1885 and 1886, debentures paid
15,262.69
124,084.26
51,035.79
47,264.98
33,144.38
9,563,17
60,604.69
25,000.00
Tls. 853,496.35
The Municipal Revenue for 1897 was estimated at Tls. 873,220.00 and the Expen- diture at Tls. 925,220.00.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1896 was Tls. 160,422.35. The sources from which it was derived were:-
Land Tax, four tenths of 1 per cent.
Foreign House Tax, 4 per cent.
Native House Tax, 8 per cent....
...Tls. 12,870.09
2,754.07
32,795.84
61,981.83
...
28,835.62
16,632.56 4,552.34
Licences, principally vehicles, brothels, and opium shops.. Cleaning and Lighting Rates and other Taxes
Paid by the Taotai and Rent of Quays and Jetties Miscellaneous Receipts
...
Tls. 160,422.35
The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1896 amounted to Tls. 155,517.07 and was divided as under:-
Secretariat (Staff and General charges)...
Public Works
Police Department
Water Supply Tls. 7,971.22, Lighting Tls. 6,645.52 Sanitary Tls. 3,216.78, Education Tls. 2,331.38
Fire Brigade Tls. 1,360.00, Band Tls. 1,500,00... Hospitals and Orphanage.
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Telegraphs, Telephones, Observatory, &c. Miscellaneous Tls. 1,519.64, "Imprévu " Tls. 2,462.56
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...Tls. 19,756.27
65,114.02
39,026.66
14,616.74
...
5,548.16
2,860.00
2,500.00
2,113.02
3,982.20
Tls. 155,517.07
The revenue and expenditure for 1897, including balance of Tls. 50,609.42 from 1896, were each estimated at Tls. 216,532.07.
The Foreign population increased rapidly up to 1865, but declined considerably daring the next ten years. The census of 1865 gave the number of foreign residents in the three Settlements as 2,757, army and navy (British) 1,851, shipping 981, total of 5,589. In 1870 the total in the Anglo-American Settlement was 1,666; in
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