The presence of recreational marijuana stores in Vancouver and Battle Ground is finally paying off for the two cities, which received their first cut of marijuana excise tax revenue from the state this week.

Vancouver will receive a total $790,500 for the state’s 2016 year fiscal year, which runs July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016. That’s the highest amount of any city in Washington, according to statistics from the Association of Washington Cities.

Vancouver, which has six retail marijuana shops, received its first quarterly payment of $197,600 Wednesday. Battle Ground, which will get $35,600 total for 2016, received its first quarterly installment of $8,900. It has one retail marijuana shop.

Two of Vancouver’s pot shops — Main Street Marijuana and New Vansterdam — consistently post the highest sales figures in all of Washington.

On Thursday, Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes said he was surprised at how much money Vancouver was getting in marijuana tax revenue. He noted that the long-term reliability of the revenue amount was uncertain, given that Oregon legalized sales of recreational marijuana Thursday, which could draw out-of-state customers away from Vancouver’s pot shops.