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The following Table shows the Junk Trade of the Colony for the years 1919 and 1920 :-
IMPORTS.
1919.
1920.
Omrit.
ye
Foreign Trade, Local Trade,
Junka, ***... 10,358 ------4,886
Tons. 1,248,389 206,326
Junks. 10,885 4,917
Tons, 1,320,745 223,101
Totsi,
15,089 1,454,715
15,802
1,543,846
Imported 559,888 tons as under :—
Cattle, 1,914 head,
Swine, 18,397 head,
General,
Earth and Stones,
Tons.
224
1,082
547,747
20,835
Total............. 569,888
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OPIOM.
Five hundred and twelve and a half (512) chests of Persian Opium and 112 cheats of Turkish opium were imported during the year; 2 chests of Persian Opium were exported to London, 510 chests to Formosa, and 100 cheats of Turkish opium to Formosa; 3 chests used for Medical purposes by A. S. Watson & Co., Ltul. of Hongkong.
Nine hundred and one (901) chests of uncertificated Indian Opium were imported; 576 chests for the Macao Opium Farmer, of which 226 chests exported by Tai Seng, the Old Farmer, and 350 chests by Lee Song, the Now Farmer, from July to December, 1920: F) chests for Kobe; and the remaining 225 chesta for the Govern- ment Opium Monopoly.
The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1912-
Stock in band an
1030. 1016. 191S. 1017, 1916. 1975, 1974, 1913. 1813. Chesta ¿Chests, Chests, Cheste Chests, Chosts., Chests. Chesto, Chestr.
7901
9774 1,9091| 2,2601| 1,5801) 3,600 | 7,587
1,525|| 1,90 1,259 1,657 1,708 1,873 3,059 9,1084:12,3614
1st January. ... 320 253 Imported during
the year,
Total.................] 1,854)| 1,549 | 2,0584|2,031|| 3,009)| 4,129|| 5,640 (14,068||19,9451 Boiled by Opin
Fatzer, cases Bolled by Govern-
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EXPORTS.
ment,
Spurions
225 377 599 352 365
36 667 1,113
340 413
+
Opium
destroyed,
33
17
19
1919.
1920.
Csal locally...HO
| *
Kiming or stolen.
2
A
Junks.
Omst.
“Twign-Trade, ........ 10,357 Local Trade, strana 4,823
Tons.
1,849,744 211,483
Junka.
10,981 .4,992
Tons.
1,297,138 229,134
Exported during
Ea year,...| 1,2974|
74
Total,
15,180
1,561,232
15,998
1,526,272
Stock awiting on $191 December.......
329
Exported 709,961 tons as under-
Kerosine, 1,129,477 cases,............
Rice and Paddy........................... Coal.......... General,
Tons,
40,604
59,769
286.799
372,599
Total 709,761
887 1.2851,400 3,687 2,469 4.901 9,419 |13,2047
Total...................... 1,595|| 1,214 (1,9054 1,835 2,093
820 253 7991 977) 1,303) 2,250|| 4.5801 6,580
Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and five thousand two hundred and fifty-eight (105,258) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1920, (59,969 in 1919). Of these, 70,234 were carried in British ships, and 35,024 in Foreigo ships.
One hundred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and thirty- eight (122,438) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had
2,826 | 5,389||10,088 |14,88%||
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