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20.-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
There being no Custom House, it is not possible to furnish an account of all Imports and Exports but a record of Raw Opium imported and exported during 1889 has been kept, and is as follows:-
Imported, Exported,
......67,429 chests.
...61,8082 27
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The fractions are explained by the fact that broached chests were landed here and were exported.
21.-SHIPPING.
Arrivals exclusive of Junks.
The total arrivals, exclusive of Junks, during the year 1889, amounted to 3,820 vessels and 4,518,614 tons, being 17,828 tons under the arrivals in 1888.
Junks.
22,926 Junks measuring 1,716,922 tons arrived in the Colony in 1889, as against 23,958 Junks and 1,863,968 tons in 1888, showing a decrease of 1,032 Junks and 147,046 tons:
The total arrivals for the last 5 years were:-
EXCLUSIVE of Junks.
JUNKS.
Years. Number of Vessels.
Tons. Number of Vessels.
1885,
3,428
3,866,709
23,674
GRAND TOTAL. Tons. Number of Vessels. 1,797,222 27,102 5,663,931
Tons.
1886,..... 4,251
4,571,296
22,971
1,752,868
27,222
6,324,164
1887
4,078
4,607,914
23,521
1,793,923
27,599
6,401,837
1888,...... 3,821
4,536,442
23,958 1,863,968
27,779
6,400,410
1889,...... 3,820
4,518,614 22,926 1,716,922
26,746
6,235,536
Immigration and Emigration.
The following will show the number of Chinese who arrived in, and the number who departed from the Colony during the last 5 years:-
Years.
1885,
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
:
Arrived.
Departed.
80,773
57,517
88,704
64,522
92,375
82,897
98,800
96,195
99,315
47,849
22.-AGRICULTURE.
The lands of the Colony being limited and not favourable for agricultural purposes, there is no inducement for this industry here. The produce is quite nominal, and is for local consumption only.
23.
MANUFACTURES, &c. Manufactories.
No new Manufactories have been added to those already in existence.
Steam-Launches.
The total number of Steam-Launches built in the Colony in 1889, was 26, with a total tonnage of 1,172.58, as against 24 with a total tonnage of 1,655 in 1888. The total number of licensed Steam-Launches of all descriptions, in the Colony, in 1889, were:-
Licensed to carry passengers,
Private Launches,..
Colonial Goverment Launches.
War Department Launches,.
50
41
10
6
107
24.-GRANTS OF LAND.
The sales of land on lease during the last 5 years were:-
Years.
Total No. of Sales.
Total No. of Acres sold.
A.
R.
P.
1885,
145
28. 0.
0. 142
1886,
88
82. 2. 312
1887,
187
76.
0.
8
1888,
202
104. 0.
41
1889,
65
88.
1. 151