A556
HONGKONG
IMPORT PERCENTAGE.
1931.
'1932.
1933.
China
26.4
26.3
29.4
Japan
11.0
3.1
4.7
Netherlands East Indies
: 10.0
10.0
8.1
United Kingdom
10.9
13.2
10.9
U.S.A.
8.0
7.4
6.4
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Indo China
7.3
8.3
9.3
Siam
6.3
8.9
10.5
......
Germany ........
$4.9
4.4
3.7
Malaya (British)
1.9
1.5
1.2
India
2.0
2.5
3.0
Australia
19
2.0
1.7
Belgium
2.0
2.3
1.8
Total British Empire
18.1
22.4
19.7
Hongkong possesses unrivalled steam communication and there are frequent and regular mail services to Europe, America, Australia and Africa. Regular steam communication between Java and Hongkong is maintained by the Java- China-Japan Line and the Nederland Royal Mail Line. Between the ports on the east coast of China, Formosa and Hongkong the steamers of the Douglas S.S. Co. and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha ply regularly, and there is constant steam communication with Hoihow, Manila, Saigon, Haiphong, Tourane, Bangkok, Borneo, etc. The British-India and Apcar lines sail between Hong- kong, Calcutta and intermediate ports. With Shanghai, Tientsin, and the ports of Japan there is frequent communication by steamers of the Indo-China S.N. Co., China Navigation, and other lines, in addition to the English, American and French mail steamers. Between Hongkong, Macao, and Canton there is a daily steam service, and in normal times steamers run as far as Wuchow on the West River.