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Memorandum for Mr. Bilis' si quture.
Department of the Colonial Office-
APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE COLONI AL
DEVELOPMENT FUND FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG.
The Colony of liong Kong comprises the island
of that name, situated off the South China coast near
the mouth of the Canton River, together with a small
mainland territory known as Kowloon and the New
Territories coded dosis. The total area is
about 390 square miles, with a population estimated
to exceed 1,075,000. Hong Kong derives a large
entrepot trade from its position as the ocean port
of a considerable area of Southern China and important
banking, dock, steamship and insurance companies
have grown up.
There are also some manufacturing
industries, but the scale of local consumption and
production of commodities in the Colony is small in
comparison with the scale of its activities as a
distributing centre.
As Hong Kong is a free port detailed trade
statistics are not available, but the total annual
value of its trade is estimated to stand at about
200 million pounds sterling.
Hong Kong is one of the principal ports of the world. During 1928 26,039 vessels (of a total
tonnage of 18,805,978) entered and 26,239 vessels (with a tonnage of 18,834,716) cleared.
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