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The following table shows the junk trade of the Colony for the years 1922 and 1923 :-
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IMPORTS.
1922,
1923,
Junks.
Foreign Trade,
Local Trade,
12,927
3,616
Tons.
1,578,921
162,521
Junks.
Tons.
12,234
3,759
1,297,253
173,365
Total, ......
16,443
1,741,445
15,993
1,470,618
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Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and Twenty thousand, two hundred and twenty-four (120,224) emigrants loft. Hongkong for various places during the year 1923, (98,393 in 1922). Of these, 62,679 were carried in British ships, and 57,545 in foreign ships.
One hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and two (121,102) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this colony or from coast ports, as against 143,547 in 1922. Of these, 65,200 arrived in British ships, and 55,902 in foreign ships.
Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1919 to 1923, compared with total Chinese emigration.
No. of Emigrants
Straits Settlements,
98
Cattle, 553 head,..
Swine, 14,612 head,
Earth and Stones, General,
EXPORTS.
1922.
1923.
Tons.
Total No. of
to
Einigrants.
66
1912
84,024
122,657
860
1913
102,353
142,750
11,657
1914
44,974
76,296
1915
505,120
41,278
68,275
1916
82,797
117,653
1917
63,292
96,298
Total,.........
517,702
1918
8,019
43,830
1919
11,038
59,969
1920
43,935
105,258
1921
$7,324
156,011
1922
50,356
98,393
1923
65,584
120,924
(.)-INDUSTRIES.
Junks.
Foreign Trade,............... 13,228 Local Trade,......... 3,613
Tons.
1,616,084 160,990
Total,
16,841
1,777,074
Junks.
12,319
8,885
16,204
Tons.
1,321,750
178,085
1922.
1,499,835
(i.)-Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.—The figures are as follows for the years 1922 and 1923 :-
H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Tel... 6 vessels of 11,842 gross tons and 7.300 1.A.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co.. Ld. 7
11.087
8,550
12
W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld
3
174
340
-
"
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.
»
48
14
144
1
A King...
2
29
-
260
14
Exported 885,833 tous as under :---
Tons.
Kung Tuck Cheong Tong Lee
28
*
1
41
400 SO
:
**
!
Total
Kerosine, 1,811,526 cases,
Rice and Paddy................
62,660
22 vessels of 23,309 gross tons and 17,974 LILI.
:
241,534
1923.
Coal,.....
General,
170,155
411,484
FI.K. & Whampoa. Dock Co... Lol... 5 vessels of 9577 gross tons and 7,680 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 5
3.120 W. S. Bailey & Co.. Ld....
700 #
:
11
Total,.....
885,838
7
4,711 830
!
Total
......17 vessels of 15,118 gross tons and 11,500 J.H.P.
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