HKG-CAR1920-1930

Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.

Exported 709,761 tons as under:---

Tons. Kerosine, 1,128,477 cases 40,604 Rice and Padi 59,769 Coal 236,799 General 372,589 Total 709,761

OPIUM.

Five hundred and twelve and a half (512½) chests of Persian Opium and 112 chests of Turkish Opium were imported during the year; 2 chests of Persian Opium were exported to London, 510 chests to Formosa, and 109 chests of Turkish Opium to Formosa; 3 chests used for Medical purposes by A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., of Hongkong.

Nine hundred and one (901) chests of uncertificated Indian Opium were imported; 576 chests for the Macao Opium Farmer, of which 226 chests exported by Tai Seng, the Old Farmer, and 350 chests by Lee Sing, the New Farmer, from July to December, 1920; 100 chests for Kobe; and the remaining 225 chests for the Government Opium Monopoly.

The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1912-

Stock in hand on 1st January. Imported during the year. Total Boiled by Opium Farmer. Boiled by Government. Spurious Opium destroyed. Used locally Missing or stolen Exported during the year. Total Stock remaining on 31st December 1920. 329 1,525½ 1,854½ 36 225 1 3 1,297½ 1,525½ 329 1919. 253 799 1,052 667 377 13 837 1,214 253 1918. 799 1,290 2,089 1,113 539 17 1,265½ 1,805½ 799 1917. 977 1,259 2,236 352 19 1,469 1,835 977 1916. 1,303 1,657 2,960 365 1,667 2,032 1,303 1915. 2,256 1,303 3,559 340 2,469 2,826 2,256 1914. 4,580 1,706 6,286 413 4,911 5,383 4,580 1913. 5,560 1,873 7,433 9,419 10,088 5,560 1912. 7,587 4,580 12,167 9,413 14,388 7,587

Emigration and Immigration.

One hundred and five thousand two hundred and fifty-eight (105,258) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1920, (59,969 in 1919). Of these, 70,234 were carried in British ships and 35,024 in Foreign ships.

One hundred and twenty-two thousand four hundred and thirty-eight (122,438) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 136,020 in 1919. Of these, 87,766 arrived in British ships and 34,672 in Foreign ships.

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