The same remark applies to the proposed Chinese Public School, which also is dealt with in my remarks on the Budget.
T now come to the Financial Statement, and in referring to it, I will use round numbers. The result is, I think, satisfactory, as the ordi revenue which was estimated at Tls. 1,008,750, came to Ts, 1,097,700, thus showing the substantial increase of Tls. 94,000. As already pointed out. this increase is more or less evenly distributed over all sources of taxation. Land tax shows an increase of Tls. 5,700; Foreign House Tax shows an increase of Tls. 11,200; while Native House Tax is larger by Tls. 22,400. Dues on merchandise give the very large amount of Tls.30,000 over last year—a good omen for the trade of the port—while Licenses and Market Fees contribute the sum of Tls. 24,000 to the general excess over the figures of the Estimates.
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