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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
HER MAJESTY'S COLONIAL POSSESSIONS.
Military Expenditure.
The military contribution paid by the Colony during the last five years has been as follows:-
1877 $101,183 15
1878 104,679 36
1879 109,754 95
1880 105,355 14
1881 108,605 17
Assets and Liabilities.
On the 31st of December 1881 the assets of the Colony exceeded its liabilities (exclusive of special fund assets) by $663,710 24. The surplus assets of the preceding four years have been as follows:-
1877 $310,103 80
1878 300,034 95
1879 190,254 11
1880 275,652 16
Currency.
The average amount of bank notes in circulation in Hong Kong during the last five years has been as follows:-
Year. Average Amount. Specie in Reserve. 1877 $85,462,239 14,267,000 1878 34,665,545 14,350,000 1879 87,501,907.33 17,000,000 1880 41,194,805 16,390,000 1881 42,660,109 16,100,000Return of lands granted during the last five years.
Year. Total Number of Grants. Total Number of Acres granted. 1877 60 37 0 251 1878 48 33 0 12 1879 12 17 1 38 1880 21 34 3 1881 40 47 2Shipping.
The total arrivals, exclusive of junks, during the year 1881, amount to 3,214 vessels and 2,853,279 tons, being an excess of 333 vessels, and 317,692 tons over the arrivals in 1880. 24,339 junks and 1,680,025 tons arrived in the colony in 1881, as against 23,920 junks and 1,650,258 tons in 1880, showing an increase of 419 junks.