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The Revenue for that year was the highest on record. Nearly all the headings showed a marked improvement and in the aggregate exceeded the Budget estimate by Tls. 130,395 and the previous year's income by Tĺs. 111,455.

The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 1,016,842.25 and was divided among the different departments as under :---

Police and Jail Departments

Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets....... Lighting Tls. 56,039.43, Water Tls. 17,023.25, Telephones Tls. 1,481.95 Public Works Tls. 172,312.52, Cleansing and Scavenging Tls. 85,679.14 Recreation Ground, Public Gardens, Outside Road and Cemeteries Engineer & Surveyor's Staff

...

Tls. 241,230.44

52,422.07

74,544.27

257,991.66

29,220.37

63,621.47

Stock and Stores Tls 35,727.78, less Profit on Sales Tls. 17,092.31... Secretariat Tls. 73,061.78, Legal and General Tls. 18,068.92 Interest on Loans less Interest and Premium received

18,635.27

91,130.70

54,387.73

Volunteers Tls. 25,890.52, Fire Dept. Tls. 19,649.11, Band Tls. 14,618.64 Education Tls. 14,000, Museum Tls. 500, Library Tls. 1,000 Sinking Fund

60,158.27

15,500.00

58,000.00

Tls. 1,016,842.25

The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely Tls. 27,992.31 from 1901 and Tls. 192,332.99 in 1902, with an authorised Loan of Tls. 150,000, was expended in new works, mostly roads in new districts, new jail and site for chinese public school, leaving a deficit to be carried forward to Extraordinary Budget of 1903 of Tls. 68,573.64.

The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1903 was estimated at Tls. 1,232,400 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 1,179,500; the Extraordinary Revenue at Tls. 602,900 and the Extraordinary Expenditure at Tls. 604,325.

The Revenue of the French Concession for 1902 was Tls. 343,44782. 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. 33,505.51

7,193.22

76,651.12

Electric Lighting Tls. 14,291.54, Water Supply Tls. 22,761.95 Miscellaneous

87,312.80

24, 20.09 62,949.57 37,053 49 14,762.02

Tls. 243,147.82

The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1902 amounted to Tls. 496,750.87 and was divided as under:-

Secretariat (Staff and General charges)...

...Tls. 26,590.19

Public Works

Water Supply Tls. 28,626.70, Lighting Tls. 45,315.49

Do. Extra'y, includ'g. WaterworksTls. 126,225, Extens'nTls. 44,812 Police Department...

60,448.26

202,429.61

68,465.70

73,942.19

Medical and Sanitary Tls. 8,645.95, Education Tls. 8,312.60,

16,958.55

Volunteers Tls. 1,292.65, Fire Brigade Tls. 5,718.38, Band Tls. 1,500,00

8,511.03

Hospitals, Orphanage, and Poor Relief

3,391.81

Telegraphs, Telephones, Observatory, &c. ... Miscellaneous Tls. 9,552.76, Interest Tls. 22,497.27

3,963.50

3.,050.03

Tls. 496,750.87

The Ordinary Revenue for 1903 was estimated at Tls. 366,710.00 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 291,463.50; the Extraordinary Expenditure Tls. 112,390.08, and Deficit on 1st January, 1903, Tls. 490,106.61, were estimated to be covered by probable surplus of receipts over expenditure in 1903 Tls. 37,143.58, and loans Tls. 527,250.19

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; in 1880, 2,197; in 1885, 3,673; in 1890, 3,821, in 1895, 4,684. By the census of 26th May, 1900, there were in the Settlements north of the Yang-king-pang a total of 6,774 foreigners;