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HONG KONG.
WEEKLY AIR MAIL REPORT ON LOCAL SITUATION (SECRETARY OF STATE'S TELEGRAM No.233 OF 20th NOVEMBER, 1938)
1.
Cost of Living & Supplies
Report for the week ending
Friday, 10.3.39.
Fresh Vegetables)
) Supplies
Freshwater Fish ) and
Saltwater Fish
Poultry
Meat
) prices
approxi-
mately
normal.
2.
Population and Refugees
No.of persons of all kinds entering Colony during week ended
By
steamer
By
railway
By other
routes
W
in Kam Tin Camp No.of refugees on
(if known) 3
9.
3 39
No.of refugees in border and other camps
3. 39
or no changel
Trend of population
39
6 uo
37537 Nil
200
2993 8583
+
3.
Remarks on State of Industrial and Shipping Activity
See report appended
4
Remarks on Revenue Position and Prospects.
Approximate revenue for the four weeks ended 11th March was $2,729,000, equal to 112% of average of corresponding periods of three previous quarters. Approximate revenue of first ten weeks of 1939 was $7,830,000, equal to 109%
of revenue of first ten weeks of 1938.
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