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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
25th of December for the promises half-year (embracing the first payment account of the sales in July last, and on account of the Chungrean District, the present occupiers of which, though they purchased at the sale in January 1844, were not in possession until September) will appear in this year's column.
The volume of exports and imports as required it has been found impossible to obtain in the absence of any Custom House Establishment. The Harbour Master's books give only the vessels that have entered the port, and the general nature of their cargoes but afford no means of knowing what was shipped or unshipped on the spot, I have therefore prepared a table accordingly.