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SHANGHAI
The ordinary revenue of the French Concession for 1924 was Tls. 2,163,754.70. The chief sources from which it was derived were:—
Land Tax
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Foreign House Tax, 12 per cent. Native House Tax, 12 per cent Licences, principally vehicles... Taxes, various
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Rent of Quays and Jetties, Wharfage Dues, Ground Rents, etc.... Slaughter-Houses
Schools ... Police
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Public Works
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Tls. 281,644.97
272,796.34
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417,658.14
521,733.02
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133,334.26
236,631.14
23,519.87
18,202.06
43,299.95
45,177.52
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107,964.95
Mixed Court (French) Miscellaneous
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POPULATION
61,792.48
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), 8,658 in Hongkew (now Northern and Eastern Districts), 3,522 in Western Dis- trict, Outside Roads and Pootung; and 1,476 in the French Settlement-an increase of 2174 per cent. during the latter five years, against 45 per cent. during the previous five. When the census was taken
was taken in October, 1915, the number of foreigners in the two Settlements had grown to 20,924-18,519 in the International Settlement and 2,405 in the French Settlement. According to the census taken on October 16th, 1920 (exclusive of the French Settlement and the outside roads under the control of the French Consul), the foreign population numbered 23,307, compared with 18,519 in 1915 and 13,536 in 1910. The proportion of the principal nationalities repre- sented was as follows, the figures at the time of the 1915 census being given within parenthesis:-Japanese parenthesis :-Japanese 10,215 (7,169); British, 5,341 (4,822); American, 2,264 (1,307); Portuguese, 1,301 (1,323); Russian, 1,266 (361); French, 316 (244); German, 280 (1,155) Spanish, 186 (181); Danish, 175 (145); Italian, 171 (114); Indians, 954 (1,009). This showed that the Japanese had trebled in number since 1910. The estimated foreign population in 1923 was 26,200, exclusive of Russian refugees. The foreign population in the French Settlement in 1920 was 3,560 and the native 166,667. Among the different nationalities represented in the foreign population were the following:-British, 1,044; American, 549; French, 530; Japanese, 306; Russian, 210; German, 9.
According to a list prepared by the Commissioner of Customs the number of foreign firms in Shanghai in 1923 was 1,695 as compared with 1,764 in 1920 and 628 in 1914. These totals were made up as under :-
1914
1920
1923
American Austrian Belgian British Danish Dutch French German Italian
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Japanese Norwegian
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Russian
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71
216
165
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13
3
10
10
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202
265
228
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6
11
15
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10
11
15
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33
55
63
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102
70
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22
15
18
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117
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1,125
1,047
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12
14
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40
44
50
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Although the Chinese have no right of residence within the Foreign Settle- ment, and indeed were not recognised by the original Land Regulations, some twenty thousand sought refuge within the boundaries from the rebels in 1854, and when the city was besieged by the Taipings in 1860 there were, it is said, at least five hundred thousand natives within the Settlements. As they found some amenities from "squeezing" when under the protection of foreigners,
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