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Athletic Sports are also got up every year by the residents and the garrison, and occasionally swimming matches and boat races take place. There is an Amateur Dramatic Club, the members of which give several performances in the City Hall Theatre during the season; the Choral Society also provides a series of entertainments; and the Musical Club gives occasional concerts.
There are three daily papers published in English: the Hongkong Daily Press, which appears in the morning, the China Mail and the Hongkong Telegraph, issued in the evening. There is a weekly paper, the Overland China Mail, and one fortnightly paper, which is published or the morning of the departure of the English mail, namely, the Ching Overland Trade Report (the commercial journal of the Far East). A mail issue of the Daily Press is also printed weekly. The Chronicle and Directory for China, Japan, Straits Settlements, &c., appears annually, and is printed at the Daily Press office. The China Revier, which is devoted to reviews and papers on Chinese topics, is published once every two months. The native Press is represented by five daily papers-the Chung Ngoi San Po, which is the oldest and most influential, published at the Daily Press Office; the Wa Ts: Yat Po, or Chinese Mail; the Tsun Wan Yat Po, the Yut Pō, and the Wai Sun Yat Po. The Government Gazette is published once a week.
There are several good hotels in Victoria. They are, the Hongkong Hotel, close to the Clock Tower and extending from the Praya to Queen's Road. It will contain, when the new wing is completed, 150 rooms; the Victoria Hotel, facing the Queen's Road and the Praya; the Stag Hotel, in Queen's Road; all of which are centrally situated. There is also the Kowloon Hotel on the opposite side of the water. A large and handsome hotel at the Peak near the Tramway terminus-the Peak Hotel-was completed in 1890, and another, the Mount Austin Hotel, near Victoria Peak, was opened in 1891, and pro- vides extensive accommodation on a luxurious scale.
INDUSTRIES.
Manufactures are yearly increasing in importance. There are three large sugar refineries: the China Sugar Refining Co's establishments at East Point and at Bowring- ton, and the Taikoo Sugar Refinery at Quarry Bay. In connection with the first-named Company there is also a large Distillery, where a considerable quantity of rum is man- ufactured. There is an Ice Factory at Bowrington, a large Rope Factory in Belcher's Bay, Steam Saw Mills at Bowrington, a Silk Filature at Kennedy Town, and two or three Engineering Works. The works of the Hongkong Brick and Cement Company are situated in Deep Bay, on the south side of the island. A Paper Mill on a considerable scale, to be worked by English machinery, has been lately erected at Aberdeen, and some industrial works are projected, to be built at Shau-ki Wan. The works of the Hongkong and China Gas Company are situated at West Point, and those of the Hongkong Electric Company at Wanchai. The city is illuminated partly by gas and partly by the electric light, the latter being introduced at the end of 1890. Among the industries pursued by the Chinese are glass blowing, opium boiling, vermillion and soy manufacture, tanning, dyeing; beancurd, toothpowder, match, cigar making, boat building, &c., &c.
There is excellent Dock accommodation. The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, have three extensive establishments, two at Kowloon, the other at Aberdeen on the South side of the Island. The Docks of this company are fitted with all the best appliances for engineering and carpenter's work, and in the Admiralty Dock the largest ironclad can be received. The docks are of the following dimensions:- Kowloon:--Admiralty Dock-500 feet in length, 86 feet in breadth at entrance at top and 70-feet at bottom, and 29 feet deep. No. 1 dock-Length over all, 340 feet; breadth at entrance, 74 feet; depth over sill at ordinary spring tides, 18 feet. No. 2 dock-Length over all, 245 feet; breadth at entrance, 49 feet; depth, 13 feet. Patent Slip-Length over all, 250 feet; breadth, 60 feet; depth, 11 feet. Another and larger Slip is also in course of construction. Tai Kok Tsui: Cosmopolitan dock-Length over all, 465 feet: breadth at entrance, 85 feet; depth, 20 feet. Aberdeen: Hope dock-Length over all, 433 feet; breadth at entrance, 84 feet; depth 24 feet. Lamont dock-Length over all, 340 feet; breadth, 64 feet; depth, 16 feet. There are other establishments at which shipbuilding and foundry work are carried on, and some good sized steamers have been launched in the Colony. Her Majesty's Naval Yard likewise contains machine sheds and fitting shops on a large scale, and repairs can be effected to the machinery of the British men- of-war with great expedition.
THE PEAK DISTRICT.
A well made but rather badly graded mountain road leads up to the summit of. Victoria Peak, with numerous other paths branching off from it at Victoria Gap along