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a fleet of dome 30 steam-launches, sangers, whom they held for THE WEMBLEY SALE! which are fully equipped for at ransom; the tow itself was tacking all kinds of shipping In the covered and brought back delta. The commandooring of Kongmoon. Several piracies of CUSTOMS REPORT FOR LAST vessels, the levy of toll on ship this nature, with similar results,
YEAR.
ping, and additional taxes on in have been reported from timg-to dustries and sources of production time during the year. The Customs Commissioner at have all combined to produce con- The Sunning Rallway suffered Kongmoon reports, for the year ditione detrimental to trade, heavy lessen this year, owing 1926
DNS Revenue. to the internecine strife pre- The course of trade at this port The total collection at the Mari valent in the province The Empire Exhi during the year under review was time Customs amounted to. Hu, Tls, total number of passengers Wemble decidedly unfavourable. The total 197,901, as compared with Tik carried was only 248,110, which Is Beecham Trust and value of the trade passing through Tld 449,494 last year, the reasons not surprising, as the larger part White, for 300,000, the Maritime Customs amounted for this gorious decline are very of the rallway patrons are people view of the fact that the to Hk. Tls. 6,817,495, bolag Hk obvious and are to be found in the who journey between Hongkong tors are also indemnifer Tis, 8,650,929 less than in 1924, boycott, but for which the revenue and the interior. Frequently the certain abilities as to expenses, and the revenue collection suffered would have equalled, if not sur-line was commandeored, more a decrease of E. Tia. 261,598, re- passed, the revenue of the preced- especially during the months of ds the best offer received. presenting 56 per cent, less than ing year. Import and export October and November, when thore A further call on the guarantors the figures reported last year duties wore alone responsible for was fighting round the Sunning is necessary, the amount of which The decline was chiefly due to the a decrease of Hk. Tis 247,839, Railway terminus, which paralysed will be notified in due course. falling off of foreigit imports, the
every form of industry The Reuter outcome of the boycott on British Imports, Direct Add Coastwise track is in a deplorable state, as shipping from Hongkong.
the sleepers and rails, which for During the month of July the The net value of the foreign. im merly were imported from abroad Striko Committee at Canton des port trade during the year under through Hongkong, are now very being reserved exclusively for patched armed pickets to Kongview amounted to Hk. Tis. 6,88% difficult to procure.
women. Both hospitals, however, had to be closed during the early Miscellaneous. moon and surrounding districts, 551, as against lik. Tls. 13,521,887
part of July, a few out-patients with a view to enforcing the In 1924. It would be put of place. blockade of the porta of Hongkong the figures of previous years, ow road, although completed, was the year was marked by the ab The Kongmoon-Sunwu motor only being treated. Fortunately, here to make any comparison with
goods of British origin entering dilons Suffice it to say, however, as and Macao, in order to prevent anying to the existing abnormal con- not used for vehicular traffic, sence of an epidemic of any kind. Queen's Road Cenital - Tel. 0. 4769
originally intended, owing mengen the delta, and this has had a most that, had it not bean for the bay to the bandite who infest A branch of the Marykuoll disastrous effect on local trade, conditions.
cott instigatod against foreign the district through which it Roman Catholic, Mission, presided goods aince the end of June, im runs.
over by Monseigneur Walsh, was The Oil Monopoly,
Medical work during the year recently built and was opened last ports would have reached, If not A monopoly was granted to the oxceeded, last year's figures, was hampered considerably December. It is to be used more Chinese firm Tung Te, on the 1st
The demand for western goods by the activities of the anti-as arest house" retreat for mem the December, by
Provincial
The agitators. seemed to have increased const foreign
new bors of the misalon passing The League of Nations appears Government at Canton, for the derably. Early in the year cotton hospital was opened in June, the through Pakka on their way to
to need an ump Pittsburgh sale of kerosene oil within the piece goods in large quantities old building, the Marion Barclay, and from the interior.
Gazetta Times. districts of Sunwui, Toishan, Hol- were imported, special preference ping, Yenping, Yeungkong, Yeung being shown for cotton brocades chun and Tienpak, for which the and shirtings. Cotton flannel, company paid $40,000. Under the printed cambrics, and drills were regulations the company is only also much in demand. Machinery permitted to sell 14.000 cases per was imported to the value of k month; for any quantity sold over Tis. 18,421; this is explained by and above this allowance, an extra the fact that a new and complete Enx is charged. Any oil disposed printing press was set up in Kong- of without the Government's moon City, while pumps, complete licence is held liable to conflaca with engines and piping, were tion. The licence holds good installed at Chiulin, with the ob- for three months only, and juct of preventing foods and per the fees for its issue are; to infecting the irrigation system. porters, $1,000; to wholesale mer Thero was also an increased chants, $100; to retail dealers, demand for toilet requisites. $10. In consequence, kerosene oil Sulphate of ammonia continued to jumped from $5.30 to $12.50 per be very popular as a fertilizer; in- unit, and merchants, rather than portations for the first six months pay the heavy tax, ceased dealing reaching well over 75 per cent, of in this commodity..
the previous year's total. A very Money was tight and rates serious decrease, however, in the of interest were corresponding Importation of kerosene oil is to ly high during the latter bo recorded, the figures for this part of the year, due partly year representing 1,667,633 gal- to trade stagnation and partly to lens, as against 8,837,541 gallons
the largely decreased remittances in 1924. As a protest against the Егол emigrants abroad. The introduction of a consumption tax highest premium registered on of 40 cents per unit imposed in the Hongkong bank-notes was 311⁄2 early part of the year by the per cent, while the lowest recorded Canton Government, the three was. 21% per cent., in relation to Canton subsidiary coina. The value of copper cents fluctuated between 140 and 160 to the dollar throughout the year.
foreign companies-Asiatic Petro- leum Company Standard Oil Com pany of New York, and the Texas Oil Company closed their in- stallations bending the rescission of the tax and a favourable settle- ment of the question. Japanese col shows a slight advance.
Chinese Goods.
The Silk Workera Strike. Following upon the workers strike for higher wages, dur- ing the second quarter, the silk filatures in the Nomhai Exports, Abroad and Coastwise and Shuntak districts had to sus (including Re-exports).Had con- pend operations, but were able to ditions been normal, native ex- resume work some two months ports through the Maritime. Gus- later, after a compromise was ar toms would have remained steady, rived at. Cocoons for the fourth, as the figures for the first half-year fifth, and sixth crops were excellent, go to prova. There was, however, but the yield was only about half one notable increase in the export of the usual quantity, owing to the of fresh eggo. to Hongkong, the fact that, a few cocoon dealers took total being 556,700, a3 against up other occupations. In spite of 394,200 in 1924; and the figures the restricted supply, however, are more remarkable in view of prices ruled low for lack of foreign the fact that they only represent a orders, as a consequence of the six months' total, Garlic showe general strike. The price for mul- an increase of 8,281 piculs. berry leaves was exceedingly low abput 70 cents per piculant farmers
Buffered
Some 'Daring Piracles.
A more than usually daring at- great losses. tack on a group of semi-foreign The local harvest was good, and houses adjacent to the Customs the price of rice throughout the compound, on the eve of the year ranged from $9.80 per pleul Chinese New Year, in which one! for the poorer qualities to $10.70 person for the best.
was killed and three The Kochow district,
people were taken away for ran- from som, spread panic and consterna- which importations are usually tion, and a goneral exodus to made whenever there is a Hongkong shortage elsewhere, suffered this authorities, however, have taken ensued. The local year in the partial failure of both measures for the better protection rice crops, owing to the prolonged of the port, and, with the establish- drought, and it is predicted that ment of a local militia supported It will be necessary to send supplies by voluntary contributions,
to the district to avert a famine. better feeling of security prevails, Piracy was even more, prevalent On the 25th December a steam- than usual, and the absence of launch was blown up by a mine protection to shipping in the nearLan Ta-chuan, within 5 waters of the delta tended to ham miles of Kongmoon, City, and some per trade generally. In addition 20 of the crew and passengers to the usual methods adopted by were killed outright, and, after the the pirates in their operations, it pirates had ransacked the tow, is reported that they have acquired they took away from G0 to 70 pas-
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