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MEMORANDUM FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BRITISH COMMISSION TO THE CHINA TARIFF CONFERENCE BY MESSRS. BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE AND JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LIMITED, HONG KONG AND CHINA.
The development of Hong Kong since it was ceded to
Great Britain for the purpose of British Merchants trading
with China, has been chiefly as an entrepot, and the extent
to which it has been used in this direction is magnificently
shown in the mighty tonnage figures of the annual entrances
and clearances of steamers, junks, etc., using its harbour.
These figures in recent years are as follows:-
35,615,169 tons
1919
1920
40,122,527
1921
43,420,970
1922
46,566, 764
1923
53,402,239
1924
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56,731,077
Along with this enormous development it was natural
that several industries, closely allied with the requirements
of China, should spring up, and chief amongst them is the sugar refining industry, the growth of which is largely due
to the peculiarly natural position of Hong Kong as a
refining centre as it lies in the track of the direct route
Java of the main source of supplies of raws -
and, after
the process of refining, the refined article is readily passed on to all ports of China.
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We give the imports of all classes of sugar and sugar candy into China for the years 1916-1924 along with the quantities imported from or through Hong Kong in those years:
From Hong Kong
Total Immorts
1916 1,040,036 1917 1,240,359 1918 2,160,867
Refined Sugar
2,158,879 pcls (of 133-1/3 lbs)
2,980,369
4.125.313
1919 1,657,450
2.981.242
1920 1,343,874
1,804,022
1921 2,763,394
3,571,517
1922 2,272,741
3,898,747
1923 2,144,948
3,364,047
1924 2,173,937
4,404,479
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