HONGKONG
ent is administered by a Governor, aided by an Executive Council ad two unofficials. The Legislative Council is presided over by the composed of the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Colonial lso holds the office of Registrar-General), the Attorney-General, the irector of Public Works, the Harbour Master, the Captain Superin- and six unofficial members, one of whom is elected by the Chamber another by the Justices of the Peace. The other four, two of whom British subjects, are appointed by the Government.
FINANCES.
for 1902 was $4,901,073, being an increase of $687,960 on the revenue year, and the ordinary expenditure was $4,752,444. The Colony has ebt, a loan of £200,000 having been contracted in 1886. Another was contracted in 1893, and in 1894 the unredeemed balance of the iverted from 4 per cent, debentures into 3 inscribed stock, thus uniformity with the loan raised in 1893. The public debt now 00, repayment of which is provided for by a sinking fund, which d. to credit.
rateable value for 1902-3 of the city of Victoria was $6,945,115, that including the New Territory) $807,775, and that of the various
Island $220,453 and the Hill District $193,990.
DESCRIPTION
Hongkong is about 11 miles long and from 2 to 5 miles broad; its circum- 7 miles. It consists of a broken ridge of lofty hills, with few valleys of arcely any ground available for cultivation. The only valleys worthy ose of Wong-nai Chung and Little Hongkong, both of which are remark- 1 well wooded, being in fact the only parts where any considerable tation was formerly to be found. The island is well watered by 5, many of which are perennial. The city of Victoria and suburbs are iter from the Pokfolum, Tytam, and Wong-nai Chung reservoirs. constructed in 1866-69, has a storage capacity of sixty-eight million e Tytam reservoir, constructed in 1883-88, and extended in 1896, bout 29 acres and a storage capacity of about three hundred and lons. From the Tytam reservoir the water is conveyed into town by el a mile and one-third in length and a conduit along the hillside ove the sea level and nearly four miles in length, on which a fine Bowen Road--has been formed, which commands the most charming y and the eastern district, and is a favourite resort of pedestrians
e conduit is carried over the ravines and rocks by ornamental stone ich, above Wanchai, has twenty-three arches. The Wong-wai Chung ed in 1899, has a capacity of twenty-seven million gallons. ›roductions of the Colony are few and unimportant. There is little :illage, and nothing is grown but a little rice and some vegetables near iges. There are large granite quarries, both on the island and in re is a small export of this stone. A bed of fire clay exists at Deep ricks and earthenware pipes are manufactured from it. The forests and in course of being planted may one day become a source of
es to the port are fairly well lighted. A lighthouse on Green western entrance of the harbour, the light being a fixed dioptric one r, visible at a distance of fourteen miles, about to be changed for a he eastern approach is indicated by a group flashing dioptric light of isible at a distance of twenty-two miles, erected on Waglan Island, ght on Cape Collinson assists navigators to make the Ly-ee-mùn Pass. lap Rock, about thirty miles to the south, was completed and first on on the 1st April, 1892; it is connected with the port by a cable, and essels is signalled from it to the Post Office.
of Hongkong is one of the finest and most beautiful in the world, ten square miles, and, with its diversified scenery and varied shipping, ted and imposing spectacle. It consists of the sheet of water between he mainland, and is enclosed on all sides by lofty hills, formerly e, but the island slopes are gradually becoming clothed with young of the afforestation scheme of the Government The city of Victoria is ated, the houses, many of them large and handsome, rising, tier upon er's edge to a height of over four hundred feet on the face of the Peak,