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SHANGHAI
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 1,194,020.25 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police and Jail Departments
Tls. 294,387.10
Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets... Lighting Tls. 54,160.94, Water Tls. 14,594.33, Telephones Tls. 1,694.02 70,449.29 Public Works Tls. 195,102.85, Cleansing and Scavenging Tls. 97,846.73 292,949.58 Recreation Ground, Public Gardens, Outside Road and Cemeteries Engineer & Surveyor's Staff
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55,246.00
26,297.24
89,268.53
21,475.91
122,385.93
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65,953.55
79,106.99
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11,500.00
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65,000.00
Stock and Stores Tls. 48,393.00, less Profit on Sales Tls. 26,917.09... Secretariat Tls. 101,410.59, Legal and General Tls. 20,975.34 Interest on Loans less Interest and Premium received ... Volunteers Tls. 36,184.23, Fire Dept. Tls. 22,110.06, Band Tls. 20,732.70 Education Tls. 10,000, Museum Tls. 500, Library Tls. 1,000 Sinking Fund
Tls. 1,194,020.12
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely Tls. 147,549.91 with an authorised Loan of Tls. 340,500, was expended in new works, mostly roads in new districts, new jail and foreign isolation hospital leaving a deficit to be carried forward to Extraordinary Budget of 1904 of Tls. 195,023.19.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1904 was estimated at Tls. 1,362,750 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 1,318,641; the Extraordinary Revenue at Tls. 594,109 and the Extraordinary Expenditure including Tls. 195,023 deficit from 1903 at Tls. 585,073.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1903 was Tls. 375,072.18. The sources from which it was derived were:-
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Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent. Foreign House Tax, 8 per cent. ... Native House Tax, 12 per cent.... Licences, principally vehicles and opium shops Taxes
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...Tls. 32,835.62
12,562.53
89,356.42
89,870.74
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25,796.19
59,911.19
41,572.19
23,167.30
Tls. 375,072.18
Rent of Quays and Jetties and Wharfage Dues Electric Lighting Tls. 14,515.38, Water Supply Tls. 27,056.81 Miscellaneous
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The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1903 amounted to Tls. 418,124.11 and was divided as under:-
Secretariat (Staff and Generul charges)...
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Public Works
Do. Extraordinary..
Police Department....
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Water Supply Tls. 24,597.66, Lighting Tls. 31,157.71
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...Tls. 32,137.19
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88,786.85 88,763.72
75,497.76
55,755.37
20,678.38
8,038.06
9,504.25
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Medical and Sanitary Tls. 12.208.87, Education Tls. 8,469.51 Volunteers Tls. 2,088.06, Fire Brigade Tls. 4,450.00, Band Tis. 1,500.00 Hospitals, Orphanage, and Poor Relief
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Telegraphs, Telephones, Observatory, &c. ... Miscellaneous Tls. 5,595.47, Interest Tls. 28,895.43
4,771.63 34,490.90
Tls. 418,424.11
The Ordinary Revenue for 1904 was estimated at Tls. 387,630 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 344,563; the Extraordinary Expenditure Tls. 907,800.58, including repayment of Tls. 538,130.58 to Banks, was estimated to be covered by probable surplus of receipts over expenditure in 1904 Tls. 85,266.42, and loans Tls. 950,000.
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
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