Loss of life.
Chinese.
505
Elsewhere this destruction was slight. Between 10 per centum and 20 per centum of the crops altogether are estimated to have been damaged. The embankments should all be repaired during the winter season now commencing.
Growing sugar cane, which is a crop of some importance on the Western side of the Territories, was considerably injured.
The salt pans at Sha Tau Kok were completely destroyed and those at Tün Mun much damaged.
Paragraph 37.
The total numbers of Chinese reported as missing from Ships, Launches etc., to the Police, Harbour Master, Registrar-General and Tung Wa Hospital, after eliminating duplicate entries as far as possible, work out as follows:-
From Ships... 197
Launches... 130
Junks.... 1,138
Cargo Boats... 268
Sampans... 78
Other Boats... 574
Total... 2,385
This total is very small compared with that of boats lost, especially when it is considered that some junks carry over a dozen persons and four or five are often seen in small sampans. It must be borne in mind also that while there