HONGKONG
905
The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony since
1915-
1915
1916
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1917
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1918
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1919
1920
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1921
1922
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1923
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1924
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1925
1926
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1927
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Revenue $11,786,106
Expenditure $15,149,267
13,833,387
11,079,915
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15,058,105
14,090,828
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18,665,248
16,252,172
16,524,975
17,915,925
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14,689,672
14,489,594
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...
...
...
..
17,728,132
15,739,652
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•
22,291,064
18,563,002
24,783,762
21,571,904
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24,209,638
26,726,426
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...
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23,244,365
28,266,817
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21,131,581
23,524,716
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21,344,536
20,815,065
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...
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24,968,399
21,230,242
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23,554,475
21,983,257
1928 1929
The following figures show the Colony's credit or debit balance at the end of each
year from 1915:-
1915 Debit Balance
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$ 452,686 2,300,785
1916 Credit Balance
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1917
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1918
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1919
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3,268,061
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*
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5,681,138 4,290,187
1920
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1921
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1922
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1923
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1924
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4,490,266 6,478,745 12,658,642 15,971,495 13,107,549
1925
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1926
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1927
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+
1928
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1929
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8,113,482
3,486,290
3,985,761
8,091,634
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...
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9,662,852
DESCRIPTION
The island of Hongkong is about 11 miles long and from 2 to 5 miles broad; its circum- ference is about 27 miles. It consists of a broken ridge of lofty hills, with few valleys of any extent and scarcely any ground available for cultivation. The only valleys worthy of the name are those of Wong Nei Cheong, Tytam, and Little Hongkong, all of which are remarkably beautiful and well wooded, being in fact the only parts where any consi- derable arborescent vegetation was formerly to be found. The island is well watered by numerous streams, many of which are perennial. The city of Victoria and suburbs are supplied with water from the Pokfolum, Tytam, and Wong-nai Chung reservoirs. The first-named, constructed in 1866-69, has a storage capacity of sixty-six million gallons, while the Tytam reservoir, constructed in 1883-88, and extended in 1896, has an area of about 31 acres and a storage capacity of about three hundred and 84 million gallons. From the Tytam reservoir the water is conveyed into town by means of a tunnel a mile and one-third in length and a conduit along the hillside some 400 feet above the sea level and nearly four miles in length, on which a fine road-called the Bowen Road--has been formed, which commands the most charming views of the city and the eastern district, and is a favourite resort of pedestrians. In many parts the conduit is carried over the ravines and rocks by ornamental stone bridges, one of which, above Wanchai, has twenty-three arches. The Wong-nai Cheong reservoir, completed in 1899, has a capacity of 30 million gallons. A bye-wash reser- voir of about 22 million gallons capacity, situated immediately below the overflow of the Tytam reservoir, was completed in 1903, and a dam at Tytam Tuk to impound 194 million gallons was completed in 1909. A further extension of these waterworks was completed in 1917 at a cost of about $2,400,000, making provision for impounding an additional 1,419 million gallons of water. This was expected to meet the needs of the Colony for another fifteen years but experience in dry seasons shewed that it
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