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The River Trade compared with 1923 is shown in the following Table:
1923.
1924..
Year.
Imports Tons.
Exports. Tons.
Passengers.
369,685
493,711
589,849 1,923,909
663,802 2,536,768
The following Tables show the Junk Trade of the Colony for the year 1923 and 1924 :-
:-
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Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and Twenty-nine thousand, eight hundred and fifty-nine (129,859) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1923, (120,224 in 1923). Of these, 72,259 were carried in British ships, and 57,600 in foreign ships.
One hundred and thirty thousand, one hundred and ninety- four (130,194) 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 121,102 in 1923. Of these, 68,307 arrived in British ships, and 61,887 in foreign ships.
Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1913 to 1924, compared with total Chinese emigration.
IMPORTS.
1923.
1924.
No. of Emigrants
to
Junks.
Foreign Trade,.
Local Trade,... ..
.12,234 3,759
Tous.
1,297,253 173,365
Junks.
Tonnage.
Straits Settlements.
Total No. of Emigrants.
13,661
1,644,206
1913
102,353
142,759
6,206
368,494
1914
44,974
76,296
1915
41,278
68,275
Total,
.15,993
1,470,618
19,967
2,012,700
1916
82,797
117,653
1917
63,292
96,298
1918
8,019
43,830
Cargo.
Tons.
1919
11,638
59,969
Cattle, 764 heads,
89
1920
43,935
105,258
Swine, 11,912 heads,.
700
1921
87,324
156,011
Earth and Stones,
12,178
1922
50,356
98,393
General,......
...592,573
1923
65,584
120,224
1024
75,682
129,859
Total,.....
605,540
EXPORTS.
1923.
1924.
(b.)-INDUSTRIES.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1923 and 1924 ;—
Junks.
Foreign Trade,.
.12,319
Tons.
1,321,750
Local Trade,......... 3,885
178,085
Junks.
13,864 6,559
Tonnage. 1,654,622 315,079
1928.
H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 5 vessels of 9.577 gross tous and Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 5
4,711 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld....
830
•
-
11
7
7.680 I.H.P. 3,120 700
11
"
+
**
Total, ...16,204
1,499,835
20,423
1,969,701
Total
17 vessels of l5,1 18 gross tous and 11,500 T.H,P.
Cargo.
Tous.
1921.
Kerosine,
47,596
Rice and Paddy,
.388,883
Coal,
.168,344
General,
..603,763
Total,...
.1,208,586
-
8,754
11
26
41
1,763
,
11
Kwong Sang Lung Cư, Ld.
1
53
་་
"
Ching Ngai
2
373
71
Total
H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Lil...23 vessels of 4,845 gross tous and 5.315 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 12 W. 8. Bailey & Co., L
7.000
"
310
90
*
900
.64 vessels of 15.788 gross tons and 13,615 1.H.P.
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