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The Revenue for that year completely recovered from the adverse circumstances which existed during the previous year. Nearly all the headings showed a market improvement and in the aggregate exceeded the Budget estimate by Tls. 63,970, and that of the previous year's income by Tls. 52,443. This was notwithstanding that only Tls. 14,604 was collected from Lotteries instead of the Tls. 50,000 estimated.
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 938,661.34 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police and Jail Departments
...
Tls. 227,371,30
Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets... Lighting Tls. 53,759.40, Water Tls. 13,918,93, Telephones Tls, 1,432,89 Public Works Tls. 177,490,02, Cleansing and Scavenging Tls. 70,885.53 Recreation Ground, Public Gardens, Outside Road and Cemeteries Engineer & Surveyor's Staff
Stock and Stores Tls 38,952.91, less Sales Ts. 25,396.77 ... Secretariat Tls. 59,790.95, Legal and General Tls. 21,433.68 Interest on Loans less Interest and Premium received Volunteers Tls. 34,851.77, Fire Dept. Tls. 17,000.00, Band Tls. 13,356.00 Education Tls. 14,000, Museum Tls. 500, Library Tls. 1,000 Sinking Fund
...
...
...
44,868.07
69.111.22
218,375.55 27,672,07
49,962.10
13,556.14
81,224.63
46,312.49
65,207.77
15,500.00
49,500,00
Tls. 938,661.34
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely Tls. 159,058.37, with an authorised Loan of Tls. 200,000, and a special Loan of Tls. 40,000, account purchase of land for Public Recreation Grounds, Hongkew, less deficit of Tls. 69,384,29 from 1900 was expended in new works, mostly roads, and Hongkew Recreation Ground, leaving a surplus to Extraordinary Budget of 1902, Tls. 27,992.31.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1902 was estimated at Tls. 1,078,780 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 1,022,178; the Extraordinary Revenue at Tls. 384,594 and the Extraordinary Expenditure at Tls. 425,600,
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1901 was Tls. 321,803.83. The sources from which it was derived were:-
Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent. Foreign House Tax, 5 per cent.... Native House Tax, 11 per cent....
Licences, principally vehicles and opium shops
Taxes
Rent of Quays and Jetties and Wharfage Dues
...Tls. 24,871.68
6,587.67
72,775.83
80,057.45
22,872.04
45,680.51
68,958.65
Miscellaneous, including TIs. 44,280 for land for Military Camp...
Tls. 221,803.83
The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1901 amounted to Tls. 483,105.99 and was divided as under:—
Secretariat (Staff and Genera! charges)...
Public Works
...
...
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Do. Extdy, incdg. Water Mains 145.241, Land bought, 56,484 Police Department
...Tls. 26,016.17
46,412.36
271,010,83
57,366,89
Water Supply Tls. 8,119.52, Lighting Tls. 28,043.72
36,163.24
12,708,73
Volunteers Tls. 1,602,68, Defence of Concession Tls. 789.65 Fire Brigade Tls. 2,820.00, Band Tis, 1,500,00.......
2,392.33
4,320,00
...
Hospitals, Orphanage, and Poor Relief...
8,920.05
Telegraphis, Telephones, Observatory, &c.
3,249.84
Miscellaneous, including interest on overdraft ...
...
14,544.55
Sanitary Tls. 5,042.73, Education Tls. 7,566.00, Museum Tls. 100.00
Tls. 483,105,99
The Ordinary Revenue for 1902 was estimated at Tls. 331,890, and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 255,163, the Extraordinary Expenditure Tls. 142,780, and Deficit on 1st January, 1902, Tls. 336,803, were estimated to be covered by probable surplus of receipts over expenditure in 1902 Tls. 76,727.00 and loans Tls. 402,856.56
POPULATION
The Foreign population increased rapidly up to 1865, but declined considerably during 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, a total of 5,589. In 1870 the total in the Anglo-American Settlement was 1,666; in 1876, 1,673:
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