THE NEW TERRITORIES.
REPORT FOR THE YEAR -1919.
A NORTHERN DISTRICT.
NTAJA.
Mr. C. N. Orne bid charge of the office until March 28th and I acted from March 29th until the end of the year
11.--MACISTRACY.
Table A shows the number of cases heard by the District Offeer sitting he Police Magistrate and as Judge of the Small Delsts Court,
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V.---LIQUOR..
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
-The total reverins collected from the Dis- trice was:-
iots.. Distillery licences...8 2.779.30
-Chinese-wine-und-
13
Collreted through
Hongkong Sai Kung
1910.
$2,478.73
3,606,25
VRKVENUE
The total revenue collected by the Assist. | ang District Others is shown in Table B,Į and correspñads with that "collected :last,||5,
FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1920.
PEACEFUL PICTURE OF CANTON.
QUIET AND NORMAL.
We take the following from the NAA Daily New
year very closely, The Special War Rate INTERVIEW WITH LEADING CHINESE spirit ëences.... 3,962,50
was cancelled from July 1st in the ven
MERCHANT. Liquor duties....... 9,208,49 3,089.31 and accounts, for a decrease of about!
$13.041.40 $14,173.84 $3.700 in the sum collected as compared
with 1918, in which year it was exacted In spite of many rumoir, to the con. or the whole year. The increase in the tears, we are told by a prominent Chinese : 1.521.02
total of rates is due to the Bapid develop businas man who has just potúrned from Testal .815,941.40 $15,008,-16ment of Shani Shui Po.
Canton, that everything in that eity ix Table C gives details of revenue collected | quiet and practically normal in "Licence, fres, by the Police in 1918"and 19:1
VIENETAL,
A
Tablesfi shows the revenue collected in 101 and 1919 in the District by all De partments other than the District Office
As compared with other cities throughout. the country, our "Informant declares that Canton can be put down nå orie` of the gairtest. Unlike many Northern cities, police and soldiers treat the civilinas very genially and very seldom overstep their bounds
The year was an exceptionally busy one!
The two rice crops, the foundation of for a Small Debts Court, the number of eases „heard, and of writs of execution life in this Territory, Were more successful iasurd, being cobsiderably in excess of pre than they have been for many years. In- ving records. Money Lean Association or deed, the first reap was so good that it "win" disputes have been distrisingly was generally characterized as a 100 per fnquent, Properly conducted, these as-bent, crop.
But owing to the rice situation in Hong“ sociations are undoubtedly useful, but the spirit of Pong Kong their founder, kong, where prices rose to an unprecedent seem to have departed front any a New jed height, it was found nicewars to ron. trict by all Departinents during the last must understand that I do not hold a brief!
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Territory wall" and in ruse after case it is found that the most fundamental Tairs, have been discognedad
Money is scares in the Territory and the cost of twing has risen, owing to the no doubt high price of rice, and this Lacrants for the increase in 'debt gazes and in the number of writs that it was found netry to issue.
trol the export of grain from this District to Hongkong, in order to ensure enough supplies for consumption here.
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and includes the totals of Table C.
Table E shows comparatively the total revenite collected from the Southern Dis
three years.
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PLACATING THE PEOPLE, "Of course," said our informant, you
for Canton or any of its officials, but" what fun now telling you is what I have mywif Liquor duties were collected in the seen. The Militarista are beginning to Seeshern-District during 1919 umonating; realize that they must win over the citizens, to $102.004.07. The total for 18 was And they realize also that any oppression
169,601.57.
on their part may be the cans of" a new ; The chief sources of this Res are resolution. So they are doing everything i given in the following Table w
tube-poue, tretreat the citizens kindly! comparatively she totals of the mast two and with every consideration. They aspect hdoing this to win the people's galm. pathy.
Distret
No Ravene loveous Revenue i
Fillerin in 190
By this means we suveled in keeping saw the local retail price to 8 or 80 à pien, though this is, of coursy a big withnee on normal prices, and the non- farming element such as fishermen wit a shopkeepers suffered accordingly. The more serious crines reported during" The Laichi crop was unfortunately the year included three murders and rob;plete failure throughout the District beries on land. Two of the three murders! Good progress was made with, as in- were the to family quarrels. The armed provement and surfacing of the main road Sham Shui Po year and the motor bus Kowloon City robberies were committed not by people daring the of "the District, but by persons from service between Sheung Shui and Yua Tsun Wan... Long Market was regularly maintained Kwai Chung. Chinese Territory.
Kap Shui
Mum
300 and fairly well patronized.
Cheung Chau 6 22,055
aro Hang Hu Po Toi Tsing I
Arar robberies on the water were three in number. A new system of water patrola introduced during the year at the head of Deep Bay will, it is hoped, provide for the better safeguarding of an exposed district.
In general the Territory has been quiet and the local people have givh little trouble to the Police.
|
An attempt was made during the year to stimulate interest in afforestation through out the District. A sum of $1,500 was veted and over fifty villages were induced to plant we experially pine, camphor. and eucalyptus. supplied by this office, payment bring made for services rendered. is addition, two nurseries were started and were doing moderately well at the end
Two fires acarred during the yeast one at Sai, Rung, which was fortunately nut very serions, and one at Yun Long Market. ! which did damage to the extent of $1,200 of the year.
and might have been much more serious A satisfactory feature of the year was but for the good work of a small fire the voting of $3,000 in order to meet the engine which had been seat out from Honkong by the Police for the use of seeds of minor local public works aach
Then the information we have been yeriving in Shanghai no regardy civil con- dict in Canton is incorrect? it is," answered our informant unhesitat 33.444, ingl. 11,288
It appear
int the newly appointed 784 Civil Governor of Khangtung, Mr. Yang 26,926, Wing.this is an able man who has won the
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19,
2
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32,564
42,632
1
12.544
12,073
64.578
2: 41,672
60.031 20:002
3
426 15,808 2.128 2,077
3
494
346
I
256
129
1
147
132
ל
i confidence of the peopic. Our informant 163 iliustrated this by stating that the Chinese, 8,941 merchants and bankers, after leuding money 1.473 to Mr. Yang and receiving it hack with 269 interest, were willing to lend Mr. Yang money on his word. This happened when So he was Commissioner of Finance. After
The decrease in production is due to the high price of molasses, resulting from shortage of shipping, and to increased cost of rice. A considerably quantity of this liquor is sent in for Hongkong copsamp
tion.
VIL-OKNERAL,
Croes-The first crop was usually good but in many places the second crop failed
Yun Long Market only a few weeks before, as repair of ronds and bridges, and the owing to drought,'
the fire broke out.
B.
4
'construction of new bridges.
Where
Trade was not good during the year
The
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his appointment a Civil Guverabr, one of his first acts was to organize 2 Bureau for the Extension of Education.
past severni
-LAMUZINGUT OUT
Formerly the budget for Jucation- shortage of funds, the province has be was $1.800,000 per annum, but owing to a able to pay only $300,000 annually for the This year, however, years. Mr. Yang ordered an educational expenditure of 100 per cent
increase in the or $600,000, and he hopes to increas it still more within the next few years
"But we are told that the
gambling} monopoly has just been granted to cr tain company for severa million dollars,
steps
of five
cambling, baker, mens to have the whole
VOIPS. You Me
it i like this. vines for the past four years not only Gambling has been going on in the prot wise in the small towns and village. Most inside the provincial expital. Canton" but
soldiers and the civil authorities have been powerless-to-deal with theat
HY. LAND OFFICE. The number of safes of land and offerary the ivice of the Public Worksawing in a great men-ure to the high price How do your account for that?" Mr. transitions affecting Department is sought, and readily acord of rice, -:
and which took place; ed, but the actual, construction of repairs. Tai (). The year only showed a slight during the year are
are carried out by the local people, wad improvement on the previous one. The number of memorials"registered was
are paid by the District Officer upon rice and sweet potato crops were better
work. 3181 as against 2,957 in. 1018. The lees satisfactory completion of the received a stamp duty amounted to Under this system the District carried out than last year, but fewer junks visited the $1,264.90 as against -81,727.20 in the pre a number of most useful works for when place. This is no doubt partially due to of the gamiding dens are conducted by
the sifting up of the harbour, and partial: Peace was celebrated in this District byly to the lack of a really good typhoon theatrical performances for four days and
re nights in the market centres of Ta refuge. It will be interesting to see if the Pa and Yun Long. Two of the best com lengthening of the pier (projected in 1990) panies in South China were engaged and to afford refuge from storms will affect the the markets were gay with the flags of the number of junka The salt pans produced
vious year,
now
no funds wold otherwise have forthcoming.
The development of Tai Po Market was well maintained. Every site on the fish pond reclamation has
been bought for building purposes, with the exception of a small portion where the ground has not yet been brought up to the required level. Several new buildings of an improved type, were erected during Allies. The celebrations were sucessful only 20,302 picul-less ma in 1915 by
the year,"
Purchases at a cheap upset price of areas of hillside for fruit-growing pur poses have been encouraged. Well-to-do Chinese, not of this District, have shown enterprise, in this respect,
of Beri-beri,
and generally enjoyed,
April 21st, 1920.
A. E. WOOD,
District Officer.
E. SOUTHERN DISTRICT..
1.--STAFF.
Why was a gambling mouopoly given at all. The gambling monopoly wa Fanted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen when he was Generalissimo three years ago. By grant ing such a monopoly, he hoped to raise funds to finance an expedition against the North."
THE NEW ROADS.
pulled down and, in their place ate con- The old Canton City walls have been structed fine, broad roads. These, our informant adds compare favourably with roads in any other city in China. There are also two cross roads running through the city.
At first it
very famous Old City of Ramy."
Already motoring is popular in the was proposed to run a tramway service where the old walls stood but it was later decided to establish a motor bus service. "Every visitor to this city (Canton) ad mires the wonderful work which has been carried out by the Municipality" says our
informant.
1,080 picule. The market was opened in August, 1019, and did well for the mainder of the year. Its erection has cer- Bainly stimulated the demand for land in the vicinity. Crime was rather more pr valent this year, probably owing to hard The 1,200 acres of salt-water padi. aear
times that were experienced, in spite of Ping Shan yielded an excellent return,
the fact that during the rice shortage free. and large reclamations "of marsh land of I had charge of the office until April rice and conges were distributed to the this nature should prove proStable.
The rien obtained from salt-water padi the end of the year.
6th, Mr. R A. "O. North from then to poor by the merchants, assisted by the Tung Wa Anthorities. But for this, the is red rice," and is much used for dis-
Mr. J. Grant (Private, Manchester distress would have been much worse.... tilling purposes, besides having dietetic
Cheung Chau-The year was not parti properties said to be useful in treatment Regiment) temporarily acted as Land cularly prosperous. The first crop of padi Bailiff until August 13th when he was rewis fair but the second failed. The Little progress can be reported in the quired by the Military Authorities. Oa fishing was much less successful than last attempts to develop the mineral resources October 1st, Mr. WE Hollanda (Lance year and in consequence trade was DOD of this District. Several Mining and Bergeant, Police Department) was a too good. The market, however, continues Prospecting Licences have been held but pointed to the post and took up his to flourish and all the stalls were occupied. subsequently given πp. A moderate duties.
The same excellent publia spirit continues amount of work was done at the Lin Ma
to be shown, by the Kai Fong. ang lead mine.
town accordingly prospers. This year has seen the formation of an European re servation on the East end of the island and residents in the Coloury are building bungalows there in increasing numbers. The launch service has now been arranged executed on the spat:"" so that it is possible to reside in the island GOVERNMENT.DOING FAIRLY WELL and yet spead from 9.30 am. to.4 p.m.
How about the Military Govern- in Hongkong, On Saturdays, for the con- venience of Europeans, the launch feturn 1s doing fairly well, considering the
The Military ment+
Government to Cheung Chau at 2 p.m.
Trus un prosperous year. Both tor of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Wen Tsung- obstacles which lie before it. The Minis crops of padi were fair-averaging only yao, is having an especially hard time, about 4,300 picula, un against 3,500 in good not because he is unable to handle matters, years. The price, however, averaged 575 but because Dr. Wa Ting-fang did not per picul as against 82.30 in previous leave any records behind him when he left years. The pineapple season too was good Canton,'
MY REVENUE The total revenue collected in this office in set forth under the various heads in Table C.
The total collected was $117,174.51. The Table below gives the revenue collected since 1910
1010
1311
1912
1913
1314
1913
1016
1917
1018
-1019-
$101,032,40
102,900.00 106,007-67 111,301.12
11.—MAGUISTRACY,
The Assistant District Officer sitting a Police Magistrate. heard during the year 194 cases, affecting, 282 persons. 177 per ons were convicted or bound over and 42 wero dischargediz
The following table gives a comparison with 1017 And 1018
1517. 1916. 1019.
133
108
238
No. of cases.... No. of persons affected No. of persons.
..convicted or..
bound over 102 No. of person?
discharged.
106,455-14
119,075.71
. 174,153,77
117,005.84 120,244.03
No. of. person.
juprisoned
It should be noted that in 1916 ona par- ticularly large sale of Crown land took. place for $48,000.
In addition to the above, the following amounts-paid-by-the Territory, but not through this office, should be added
Mining Licences
Prospecting Licences
Tobacco duties
5,716.10
2,146.87 2,000.00 6,048,50 Tobacco (manufacturing licences) 108.00
Total
Fines
Arms fines
Optum fines
paid to Gov
ernment. re-
10-1
204
282
-219
177
49
Tho
Opium smoking and smuggling have practically been stamped out altogether or eps are being taken to rid the place of on executed a favourite captain of his the drug. Just recently General L Foh-
were found to be snuggling opium. The and also 12 of his soldiers because they matter was brought to the General's nation so be gave orders for the men to be brought before him for examination. When ha Found that they were guilty, he had them
and the fruit fetched 82.50 per picul, 20s it true that General Lu Yung-ting $303.02-$6-11-10-8724.30 seats in excess of any previously recorded and Mr Wen Taung-no-have-resigned 03.86 447.00 50.00 price, The District has been very quiet, from the Military Government | I The output from the Needle Hill mine informed that this new was spread
reason to believe they have not averaged about 30 piculs of wolfram ore am
The sandalwood will cont I would not like to state so definitely. per month.
by a certain political party in Shanghai, tinue to do well. At Ping Chau, however, Only to-day did I receive an official tele The lime kilns have experienced a bad season. One kiln had to close down. The raw from Mr. Wen depying the rumour." connecting rond from Sham Shui Po stated that Mr. Wen is very popular in In closing his interview, our informant Canton, and is in fact, the driving power
ward fund 1,300.79 Forfaiteres..... 131.75
118.34 IL-MALL BITS COURT,
IV.--LAND OFFICE."""
82.08
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bat
Liquor duties, Bai Kang$1,521.02 Harbour dues, Bai Kung. .....$2,175.75 Harbour dues, No. 3 launch
176 cases wore instituted during the Castle Peak was opened for public trafic Harbour duce, No. 4 launch 3614.6078 in 1917. Courts were held as usual in motorius.
year as compared with 108 in 1018 and and geras likely to prove popular with behind the Canton Military Government. Harbour dues, No. 2 launch... 3,334.00 the District during the year. I find many Crown Rent paid in Land Office 4,488.50 of these cases are brought rather to secure The crops were good. Cattle and pig Lemma-Another most prosperous year. official record of the debt than to obtain rearing proved very profitable, as did the immediate payment
egg sad poultry, business. The inlanders Japanese Conference of Librarians which Six Japanese' delegates to the Annual catch only enough fish for their own con asust closed in Defren: are passing The number of sales of land and other but as usual & number of Hoklos from Hoire freqmenting the Lia Lichang-ahd sumption, mainly by means of stake-nots, through Peking. While in Peking they transactions affecting land which look Fung visited the island to fish during the other places searching for rare books and place during 1919 is set forth in Table A shrimp season. The island eems very manuscripts. The National Association of 1,804 deeds were registered during the contented, and causes the Police little Librarians has about 40 members repre year as compared with 1,631 in 1918. This trouble.
-again the highest number of record. Registration fers for 1919. were $2,081,30 a compared with $1,548.10 în 1918,
$31,400.20 The total revenue received from the Northern District during 1910, was there- fore: $148,583.71
The cost of running the District Office Eduring the year was $20,576.13.
senting all the larger libraries of Japan.
·EW HAMILTON, I Assistant District Officer, South, asociation which has been hold in Man
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