I 2
Selected Indices of Economic Significance.
The following index figures, selected from those included in the tables in the Supplement C. 7/11 or calculated from figures therein, are presented as affording from different angles an indication of the economic position in the Colony at the end of the year 1948 as compared with the position in 1947. another, The base in the majority of cases is the monthly average for 1947, and indices on this base (printed in heavy type) may therefore be compared with one
Reference
No. of
relevant
table of
Supplement,
Base
• Indices on
Base
December, 1948
Monthly Average, 1948
Monthly Average, 1947 ($129,160,121)
100
($101,402,797)
100
(669,424 tons)
100
100
"
""
(125,740 persons)
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(132,603 persons)
""
100
($624,946)
100
(229)
100
$258,248,746
199.9 $184,713,203 182.1
762,423 tons
113.9 178,088 persons
141.6
171,220 persons
129.1
$1,056,597
169.0
$173,128,218
134.0 $131,894,976
130.0
774,732 tons
115.7 166,481,persons
132.4
175,615 persons
132.4
$805,582
128.9
596
260.2
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C.7/II
I (i) (a)
Value of Imports
1 (i) (b)
Value of Exports..
3
Tonnage of Shipping (over 60 tons net)
cleared.
6
Immigration
Emigration
53
"
100
Total, December, 1947 (64,499 persons)
100
Monthly Average, 1947 (43 factories)
7
ΙΟ
Post Office Revenue
Arrivals of Aircraft at Kaitak.
12-A
Employees in Registered
Factories and Workshops.
12-C
Registered factories
777
339.3
63,873, persons
99.0
6 factories
13.9
24 factories
55.8