SHANGHAI
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The Ordinary Expenditure for the same year was Tls. 6,474,580 and was divided among the different departments as under :-
...Tls. 1,693,662.08
119,746.45
224,944.35
496,637.11
Police Force
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Fire Brigade
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Health Dept., including Hospitals
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Public Works Dept. General
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Building
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Creeks and River
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Do.
Drainage
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Do.
Roads
Do.
Lighting
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Do.
Tls. 449,242.50
112,176.67 67,457.73 38,126.89
731,910.73 156,855.03 100,069.29
Public Band
Parks, etc.
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Education, including Library
Finance Department
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Secretariat, Tls. 153,654.93; Tax Office, Tls. 191,199.77 General, Tls. 231,254.05; Stock and Stores, Tls. 331,786.35 Interest, Tls. 599,859.98; Redemption of Debentures, Tls. 113,150.81
1,655,838.84 96,214.45 402,526.18 164,104.82 344,854.70 563,040.40 713,010.79
Tls. 6,474,580.17
The ordinary expenditure exceeded the ordinary income by Tls. 83,380, but this was more than covered by the surplus carried forward from 1921. The extraordinary income from various sources amounted to Tls. 8,325,725, and extraordinary expenditure (on buildings, roads, land, bridges and drainage) to Tls. 8,328,274, leaving a deficit of Tls. 2,549 to be carried forward to 1923.
The ordinary municipal revenue for 1923 was estimated at Tls. 7,290,770, including the nett surplus from 1922 of Tls. 226,000; and the ordinary expenditure at Tls. 7,137,900, leaving a surplus of Tls. 152,870 to be carried forward to 1924. The extraordinary revenue (made up of Miscellaneous income amounting to Tls. 10,000, together with Tls. 6,000,000 to be raised by Debentures if necessary) provided an extra- ordinary income of Tls. 6,010,000; against an extraordinary expenditure of Tls. 6,152,450 (upon the Electricity Dept. Tls. 3,000,000, and for general purposes Tls. 3,152,450), leaving a deficit of Tls. 142,450.
The ordinary revenue of the French Concession for 1922 was Tls. 1,726,370.55. The sources from which it was derived were:-
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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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...Tls. 240,690.70
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Rent of Quays and Jetties, Wharfage Dues, Ground Rents, etc. Slaughter-Houses
Schools
Police
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Public Works...
Miscellaneous
204,224.73
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316,015.43 406,606.C4 109,822.63 213,137.61
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20,631.17
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18,854.45
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36,447.88
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47,308.38 112,831.53
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Tls. 1,726,370.55
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; in 1900, 7,396; in 1905, 11,497. By the census of 15th October, 1910, there were in both Settlements a total of 15,012 foreigners; 1,356 in the British Settlement (now called Central District),
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