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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 1891 has been kept, and is as follows:-
Imported, Exported,
.58,4192 chests. ...57,998
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21.-SHIPPING.
Arrivals exclusive of Jurks.
The total arrivals, exclusive of Junks, during the year 1891, amounted to 4,351 vessels and 5,138,627 tons, being 244,894 tons over the arrivals in 1890.
Junks.
22,806 Junks measuring 1,634,616 tons arrived in the Colony in 1891, as against 23,512 Juuks and 1,795,261 tons in 1890, showing a decrease of 706 Junks and 160,645 tons.
The total arrivals for the last 5 years were-
EXCLUSIVE OF JUNKS. Number of Vessels. Tons.
JUNKS.
GRAND TOTAL. Number of Vessels. Tons. Number of Vessels.
Tons.
Years. 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
1890,.....
4,114
4,893,733
23,512
1,795,261
27,626
6,688,994
1891,
4,351
5,138,627
22,806 1,634,616
27,157
6,773,243
Immigration and Emigration from and to Ports other than in China and Japan. The following will show the number of Chinese who arrived in, and the number who departed from the Colony during the last 5
years:
Fears.
1887,
1888.
1889,
1890,
1891,
Arrived.
92,375
98,800
99,315
101,147
105,199
Departed.
82,897
96,195
47,849
42,066
45,162
22.—AGRICULTURE.
The lands of the Colony being inducement for this industry here.
limited and not favourable for agricultural purposes, there is no The produce is quite nominal, and is for local consumption only.
23.-MANUFACTURES, &C.
Manufactories.
Several new Manufactories have been added to those already in existence.
Steam-Launches.
The total number of Steam-Launches built in the Colony in 1891 was 25, with a total tonnage of 2,324.03, as against 31 with a total tonnage of 2,377.10 in 1890. The total number of licensed Steam-Launches of all descriptions, in the Colony, in 1891, were:-
Licensed to carry passengers, •
Private Launches,....
Colonial Government Launches, War Department Launches,
.48
..44
8
5
105
24. GRANTS OF LAND.
The grants of land on lease during the last 5 years were:-
No, of Grants. “No, of acres sold. No. of acres re-granted.
A. R. P. 21.3.161
Years.
1887,.... -1888..
187
202
44.0.31
A. R. P. 54.0.313 59.3.13
1889,
65
44.1. 93
11.0. 55
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1890..
29
9.3.17
15.3.303
1891,......
37
26.0.331
43.0. 51
Total No. of acres
granted.
A. R. P. 76.0. 8 104.0. 4
88 1.15 25.8. 74 69.0.38
Note. The Returns in the Blue Book report for 1890 stated for that year lands sold by auction only viz. :—2 A. 3. R. 10 P. and did not include lands sold by way of extension to Lots already existing, the addition of the latter increasing the number of acres sold in that year to 9 A. 3 R. 17 P. as above.
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