1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1916.
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year 1916, 68,275 in 1915. Of these, 86,739 were carried in British ships, and 30,914 in foreign ships.
Seventy-two thousand four hundred and five (72,405) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from coast ports, as against 109,753 in 1915.
Of these, 45,623 arrived in British ships and 26,782 in foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1909 to 1916, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. Total No. of Emigrants. 1909 .. 48,016 77,430 1910 .. 76,705 111,058 1911.. 100,906 135,565 1912 .. 84,024 122,657 1913 .. 102,353 142,759 1914.. 44,974 76,296 1915 .. 41,278 68,275 1916 .. 82,797 117,653(b) -INDUSTRIES.
(i)--Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1915 and 1916:-
1915. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ltd. 3 vessels of 2,780 gross tons and 1,400 L.H.P. Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd... 1 vessel of 2,488 gross tons Macdonald & Co... Kwong Fook Cheong 1 vessel of 30 gross tons Ah King 3 vessels of 3,240 gross tons 70 I.H.P. 72 ** + 13 vessels 30 ** 127 ** Total 23 vessels of 5,361 gross tons and 4,909 I.H.P. 1916. Hop On ... 1 vessel of 23 gross tons and 80 I.H.P. Kwong Man Sang 3 vessels of 8,814 gross tons Kwong Hop Loong 641 ** Macdonald & Co. 6,800 gross tons 752 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ltd. 4 vessels of 521 gross tons Kwong Fook Cheong 462 ** Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ltd. 1 vessel of 36 gross tons Kwong Sing Loong 7 vessels of 449 gross tons W. S. Bailey & Co. 45 I.H.P. Kwong Leo 620 ** Tung Shing 1 vessel of 1 gross ton Ah King. 43 gross tons 16 I.H.P. Sum Kee.. 56 ** Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. 24 vessels * ** ** 2 vessels of 136 gross tons ** ** 178 ** * 1 vessel of 75 gross tons 62 ** # ** 1 gross ton 32 I.H.P. 44 ** ** ** Total 54 vessels of 10,902 gross tons and 9,377 I.H.P. 23 vessels 56 ** 54 ** • 1 vessel of 28 gross tons 50 I.H.P. 32 ** 2 vessels of 32 gross tons 120 I.H.P. 54 **