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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS.—ANNUAL
23.—MANUFACTURES, &c.
Manufactories
No new manufactories have been added to those already in existence.
Steam Launches
The total number of steam launches built in the Colony in 1890 was 31, with a total tonnage of 2,377.10, as against 26 with a total tonnage of 1,172.58, in 1889. The total number of licensed steam launches of all descriptions in the Colony in 1890 were:
Licensed to carry passengers 47 Private launches 53 Colonial Government launches 10 War Department launches 5 Total 11524.—GRANTS OF LAND
The sales of land on lease during the last five years were:-
Years Total No. of Sales Total No. of Acres sold A. R. P. 88 82 2 3 14 187 76 0 0 8 202 104 0 0 4 42 65 88 1 151 6 2 3 1025.—GAOLS AND PRISONERS
On the 1st January 1890 there were 549 prisoners in Victoria Gaol; 3,444 were admitted during the year, and 3,444 discharged; the total number of prisoners on the 31st of December 1890 was 549, of whom 42 were Europeans,