SHANGHAI
735
The Revenue for 1906 was the highest on record. All the headings except Whari- age Dues showed an improvement and in the aggregate exceeded the Budget estimate by Tls. 54,148, or three per cent., and the income for 1905 by Tls. 85,983, or nearly five per cent. The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 1,526,844 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Tls. 362,250.77, Jail Department Tls. 37,699.58 ...* Health Department, including Hospitals and Markets..... Public Works General Tls. 82,619.78, Parks Tls. 24,451.08
Tls. 399,950.35
Do. Lighting Tls 63,693.98, Buildings Tls. 36,205.15 Do. Creeks & Drainage Tls. 42,845.18, Roads Tls. 243,167.32) Stock and Stores...
...
86,846.29
492,982.49
37,515.48 144,456.64
+
239.283.79
98,978.46
26,830.84
Secretariat Tls. 123,124.88, Legal and General Tls. 21,331.76 Interest Tls. 59,043.79, Repayment of Debentures Tls. 180,240.00 Volunteers Tls. 40,027.36, Fire Dept. Tls. 29,230.66, Band Tis. 29,720.44 Educational Grants
Tls. 1,526,844.34
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, namely Tls. 574,584 (including 'Tls. 231,959 surplus for 1905), plus a deficit of Tls. 13,071 carried to 1907 was expended in new works, mostly roads and land for same, and new bridges.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1907 was estimated at Tls. 1,953,305 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 1,544,285; the Extraordinary Revenue at Tls. 659,020, surplus on Ordinary Budget 1907 Tls. 409,020 and proposed debenture loan Tls. 250,000; and the Extraordinary Expenditure, including Tls. 180,000 for purchase of Land, and Tls. 163.585 for new bridges, at Tls. 676,421.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1906 was Tls. 520,554. The sources from which it was derived were:-
Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent. Foreign House Tax, 8 per cent.
Native House Tax, 12 per cent.... Impôts extérieurs
Licences, principally jinrickshaws and wheelbarrows
Taxes
...
Rent of Quays and Jetties and Wharfage Dues...
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...Tls. 42, 55.93
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Electric Lighting Tls. 21,040.78, Water Supply Tls. 37,162.47... Slaughter Houses Tls. 14,450.51, Miscellaneous Tls. 19,064.22... On account Sale of Electric Works
15,549.60 111,175.95 6,264.22 115,408.81
34,292.12
74,047.76
58,203,25
...
33,514.73
29,841.21
Tls. 520,553.69
The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1903 amounted to Tls. 498,252 and was divided as under:-
Mpal Undertakings, Lighting Tls. 12,078.46, Water Tls. 13,623.39...
Secretariat (Staff and Genera! Charges)
Public Works
Public Works Extraordinary
Police Department
Lighting Tls. 17,508 84, Water Tls. 23 938.07...
...
Medical, Sanitary, Hospitals Tls. 31,018.33, Schools Tls. 7 947 28 Fire Brigale Tls. 5,628.36, Sundries Tls 31,3±7.86... Interest...
...
141
...Tls. 33,762.55
122,848.99
25,701.84
77,837.50
1-6,410,33
41,446.91
38,965 61 37,016 22 24,262.71
Tls. 498,252.69
The Revenue for 1907, including the balance of Tls. 126,533 from 1906, and proceeds of sale of Electric works Tls. 36,000, and of Land Tls. 26,000, was estimated at Tls. 650,824, and the Expenditure including Tls. 225,000 for the budget de prévisions, at Tls. 650,644.
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,
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