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- The annual assessment on property paid: $500
The amount paid annually to Revenue and City Taxes by Merchants and their employees: $1,100
The amount paid annually for rents to white people: $27,000
The amount paid annually for rents on 750 acres of cultivated grounds and charcoal places by Chinese Merchants to White people: $6,180
The amount paid annually for City water by Chinese Merchants & Workmen: $4,440
For Gas: $1,770
For Insurance of Buildings & Merchandise: $8,400
For Postage and Telegraph: $3,000
The above ten sums are paid out only by the Chinese Merchants in Victoria and not by those in other parts of the province.
The amount of Real Estate owned by Chinese in British Columbia is about $100,000
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