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HONG KONG, 1913.
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Java, and 10 per cent. from Borneo. About one-third is exported, raw, to Canton.
General. Here an increase is reported of 688,286 tons, or 43.6 per cent. This is probably a genuine increase, when allowance is made for the itemised descriptions of cargo reported as "general." It appears to be due to the state of the freight market during the greater part of the year, and serves to show that, however much the political state of China influenced certain branches of trade, the deficit was more than made up in other branches.
Export Cargo.—Under this heading were reported 2,681,318 tons, an increase of 346,318 tons, or nearly 15 per cent.
Transit Cargo.—There is shown an increase in transit cargo of 345,848 tons, or 7.5 per cent.
Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine (142,759) emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year 1913 (122,657 in 1912).
Of these, 103,665 were carried in British ships, and 39,094 in foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements,
1908 to 1913, compared with total Chinese
Emigration, 1908 to 1913.
Year Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements Total Number of Emigrants 1908 49,639 71,081 1909 48,016 77,430 1910 76,705 111,058 1911 100,906 135,565 1912 84,024 122,657 1913 102,353 142,759One hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (166,921) returning emigrants are reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had been emigrated either from this Colony or from coast ports, as against 163,248 in 1912. Of these 130,313 arrived in British ships, and 36,608 in foreign ships.
(b.)—Industries.
(i.)—Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding. This industry improved regards tonnage during the year under review.
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