SALT MANUFACTURE IN HONG KONG
Year Production Price etc. 1928 1929 10,200 piculs "as against 18,000 piculs in 1928" 1930 17,000 piculs. 1931 7,090 piculs. 12,760 1932 Approximately 147 piculs, "most of which was exported" 1933 14,000 piculs. 1934 14,000 piculs. 1935 11,000 piculs. 1936 13,500 piculs. 1937 17,200 piculs. 1938 25,000 piculs.Salt pans did well; in some cases it is said the output was more than doubled, and it is certain that it was on the whole considerably increased.
The demand for salt was smaller than usual - a decrease which is probably due to the famine conditions prevailing in parts of China during the drought,
A good year for salt pan owners. The serious decline in output is said to have been due to the heavy rains which fell throughout the summer and flooded the salt pans.
The salt pans did average business. The major portion of Tai O salt is exported to Chinese Territory and to Hong Kong,
The value declined from $13,000 to $10,000. The greater part was exported to Chinese Territory.
The price also fell to the very low figure of 63 cents a picul. The greater part was exported to Chinese Territory. The price also rose.
Prices were well sustained.
The most successful local industry, the price also improving.