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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
Fresh Vegetables:
Supplies
Friday, 28.7.-9
and prices approximately normal.
"reshwater Fish: Supplies about 75% of normal and prices up about 25%.
valtwater Fish: Supplies about 65% of normal and prices up about 20%.
Poultry:
Supplies about 85%
of normal and prices up
about 20%.
kosti Supplies approximately
normal but prices up
about 20%.
Firewood:
Pine (chopped)
Average
number of catties
per dollar
64
Pine (unchopped) 74 Singapore (chopped) 77
(unchopped) 83
Sandakan (chopped) 76
(ünchopped) 82
Misc. (unchopped)
80
2.
Population and Refugees.
No. of persons of all kinds
entering Colony during
26.7. 39 27.7
week ended
By
steamer.
25078
By
railway.
(if known)
By other
routes
No.
of
refugees
in Kam Tin Camp
on
27....7..39.
camps on .27.7.39.
No. of refugees in border and other
Trend of population. Net rise (+) or fall (−) for week ended
25...7....39.
F11
Nil
3783
2613 -1878
3. Remarks on State of Industrial
and Shipping Activity.
See report appended.
4.
Remarks on Revenue Position
and Prospects.
geek ended 29.7.39.
Approximate revenue for four weeks ended 29th July was $4,171,000, aqual to 123% of average revenue of corresponding periods of the three previous quarters. Approximate revenue for the first 30 weeks of 1939 was 3,594,000, equal to 109% of revenue for the first 30 weeks of 1938.
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