SHANGHAI
789
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 2,700,218.93, and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Force
Volunteers
Fire Brigade
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Health Dept. including Hospitals Public Works Dept. General
Creeks and Biver
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Building...
Drainage Roads
Lighting Parks, etc.
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4.
Tls. 186,631.34
66,672.61
34,503.38
Tls. 891,927.52
46,466.11 59,047.24 180,699.85
6,609,54
256,935.72
84,648.30
38,093.37
674,094.26
51,470.18
89,626.63
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71,500.42
155,686.50
203,557.72
276,142.50
Public Band
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Education, including Library
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Finance Department
Secretariat, Tls. 60,854.75, Tax Office Tls. 94,831.75 ... General, Tls. 108,239.81, Stock and Stores Tls. 95,317.91 Interest, Tls. 124,932.50, Redemption of Debentures, Tls. 151,210.00
Tls. 2,700,218.93
The surplus of ordinary income over expenditure, and extraordinary income from various sources, including Tls. 200,000 raised by debentures, amounted together to Tls. 572,721.81, of which Tls. 589,363.98 was expended in new works, including Tls. 213,270.28 for land for extension of Central Municipal Offices.
The Ordinary Municipal Revenue for 1915 was estimated at Tls. 3,006,460 and the Ordinary Expenditure at Tls. 2,675,350; the Extraordinary Revenue, consisting of estimated surplus of Tls. 331,110 and Tls. 600,000 to he raised by debentures, at Tls. 941,110, and the Extraordinary Expenditure at Tls. 954.867.17.
The Revenue of the French Concession for 1914 was Tls. 806,939.08. The sources from which it was derived were:-
Land Tax, five-tenths of 1 per cent.... Foreign House Tax, 8 per cent.
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..Tls. 101,752.91
23,036.66
Native House Tax, 12 per cent.
172,048.92
Impôt extérieur and un-built-on Land
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23,123.32
Licences, principally vehicles...
257,339.07
Taxes, Various
66,280.58
Rent of Quays and Jetties, Wharfage Dues, Ground Rents, etc....
89,863.41
Slaughter-Houses
11,358.70
Miscellaneous
62,135.51
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Tls. 806,939.08
The Expenditure of the French Municipality in 1914 amounted to Tls. 943,397.26 and was divided as under:
Secretariat (Staff and General Charges)
Police Department
Public Works
Medical and Sanitary
Allocations and Donations
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.Tls. 43,225.87
158,523.40
448,374.20
40,652,35
25,526.78
65,387.80
42,143.48
6,491.47
35,997.72
77,074.19
Tls. 943,397.26
Lighting, Tls. 43,819.07, Fire Brigade, Tls. 21,568.73...
Schools, Tls. 3,996.52, Telegraphs and Telephones, Tls. 8,146.96 Volunteers, Tls. 2,392.39, Municipal Printing Office, Tls. 4,099.08... Miscellaneous Sundries
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Interest and Sinking Fund
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The year started with a credit balance of Tls. 5,229.82 and ended with a credit balance of Tls. 85,020.64. -
The Revenue for 1915, including a balance of TIs. 85,020.64 from 1914, was estimated at Tls. 810,270.64 and the Expenditure at Tls. 808,72 j.
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