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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 and Supplies
Report for the week ending Friday, 28.4.39.
Fresh Vegetables: Supplies About 85% of normal and prices up about 15%.
Freshwater Fish: Suplies about 90% of normal and prices up about 10%.
Saltwater Fish
Poultry
Meat
Supplies
and prices
normal.
The above represents no
change from last week's report.
Hostilities in Kongmoon
2
Population and Refugees.
No.of persons of all kinds entering Colony during week ended
25. 4. 39
27.4.39.
By
Steamer
3
Remarks on State of Industrial
By
railway
By other
(if known)
routes
in Kam Tin Camp on 27.4.39.
No of refugees
|(-) for week ended 25.4.39.
Trend of population. Net rise (+) or fall
No.of refugees in border and other camps on 27.4.39.
Nil
4517
3849
+5018
and Shipping Activity.
See report appended
4.
Remarks on Revenue Position and Prospects.
Approximate revenue for the four weeks ended 29th April was $3,490,000 equal to 97% of average revenue of corresponding periods of three previous quarters.Approximate revenue for first seventeen weeks of 1939 was $13,683,000, equal to 117% of revenue for first seventeen weeks of 1938.
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District are still affecting
37225
Nil
the supplies of Vegetables and
Freshwater Fish.
Cost of Firewood on 28.4.39
Average
number of
catties
per dollar
Pine (chopped)
49
11
(unchopped)
53
Singapore (chopped)
53
11
unchopped) 59
Sandakan (chopped) 55
11
(unchopped) 59
Misc. (unchopped) 58
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