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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pages.
List of Members of the Commission
5
Report.
6
Chapter I, Preliminary
II, Procedure
III, General
IV, The Causes and Effects of the Depression
7
8
9
12
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V, Hong Kong's Position vis-a-vis China
15
VI,
Hong Kong's Position vis-a-vis the British Empire
19
VII, Industry
25
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VIII, Property
28
IX, High Cost of Living in Hong Kong
31
X,
The Water Problem in Hong Kong
34
XI. Financial Matters; Currency, Banking and Foreign Exchange. 40
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XII, Aviation
42
XIII, Tourist Traffic
44
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XIV,
Pigs and Poultry
46
XV,
Miscellaneous Problems:
("A") Cable Rates
("B") Price of Petrol in Hong Kong
47
48
("C") Hong Kong. Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd. 51
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XVI, Concluding Chapter
Appendices,
Appendix "A":
Table I,
19
list of
51
56
Total values, in Sterling and Hong Kong currency, of Imports
and Exports of Merchandise
57
II, Total values of Imports and Exports of Piece Goods and
Textiles and percentage table of distribution of Imports... 57
III,
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IV,
25
Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Coal... 58
Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Wheat
Flour
59
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V, Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Sugar... 60