SHANGHAI
705
The Ordinary Revenue of the "Anglo-American" Settlement for 1921 amounted to Tls. 5,967,040 and was derived from the following sources :-
Land Tax, six-tenths of 1 per cent. and seven-tenths of 1 percent. Tls. 1,326,871.79 General Municipal Rates, Foreign Houses, 14 per cent....
Do. do. on houses beyond Settlement limits, C per cent. General Municipal Rates, Native Houses, 12 per cent.
Do. do. on houses beyond Settlement limits, 6 per cent. Special Advertisement rate
Licences, principally vehicles and bars Dues on Merchandise
...
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Rent of Municipal Properties, Markets, etc. Revenue from Public and Municipal Undertakings
1,097,825.66
66,331.66 1,324,017.42 10,420.68 2,334.56 721,022.33 374,785.11
178,784.15
864,646.73
Tls. 5,967,040.09
The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 5,C51,239.89, and was divided among the different departments as under :-
Police Force
Volunteers
Fire Brigade
Health Dept., including Hospitals
Public Works Dept. General
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Creeks and River
Do.
Building
Do.
Do.
Drainage
Do.
Roads
Do.
Lighting
Do.
Parks, etc.
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...Tls. 1,646.000.94
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101,748.31 167,273.71
420,906.65
Tls. 392,221.23 85,928.62
62,770.85
23,389.55
474,593.22
152,843.29
86,225.27
1,277,972,03
98,148.90
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374,096.07
160,873.09
317,741.72
509,767.79
576,710.68
Public Band
Education, including Library
Finance Department
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...
Secretariat, TIs. 137,003.32, Tax Office, Tls. 180,738.40
General, Tls. 217,572.96, Stock and Stores, Tls. 292,194.83 Interest, Tls. 474,068.94, Redemption of Debentures, Tls. 102,641.74
Tls. 5,651,239.89
The ordinary income exceeded the ordinary expenditure by Tls. 315,800, but from this a deficit of Tls. 6,412 on the previous year had to be deducted. The extraordinary income from various sources amounted to Tls. 6,213,872, and extra- ordinary expenditure (on electricity, land, roads and buildings) to Tĺs. 6,428,767, leaving a deficit of Tls. 214,895 to be carried forward to 1922.
The ordinary municipal revenue for 1922 was estimated at Tls. 6,594,918, including the surplus from ordinary income (1921) of Tls. 309,388; and the ordinary expenditure at Tls. 6,279,610, leaving a surplus of Tls. 315,308 to be carried forward to 1923. The extraordinary revenue (made up of Miscellaneous income amounting to Tls. 10,000, together with Tls. 308,400 raised by Debentures in completion of the 1921 loan, and Tls. 8,000,000 to be raised by Debentures during 1922, if necessary) provided an extra- ordinary income of Tls. 8,318,400; while the extraordinary expenditure of Tls. 4,500,000 upon the Electricity Dept., with additional extraordinary expenditure upon buildings and land of Tls. 3,631,800, added to the deficit of Tls. 214,896, brought forward from 1921, will leave a deficit of Tis. 28,296.
The ordinary revenue of the French Concession for 1921 was Tls. 1,510,956.19. 'The sources from which it was derived were:-
Land Tax, six-tenths of 1 per cent. Foreign House Tax, 12 per cent. Native House Tax, 12 per cent. Licences, principally vehicles... Taxes, various
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...
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...Tls. 235,121.14
148,264.42
280,105.22
356,793.74
92,624.03
Tls. 1,112,908.55
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