HKG-CAR1920-1930

Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941

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The following table shows the junk trade of the Colony for the years 1922 and 1923 :-

IMPORTS.

1922 1923 Junks Tons Junks Tons Foreign Trade 12,927 1,578,921 12,234 1,297,253 Local Trade 3,516 162,521 3,759 173,365 Total 16,443 1,741,445 15,993 1,470,618

Cattle, 553 head,

Swine, 14,612 head,

Earth and Stones

General

Tons 65 860 11,657 505,120 Total.......... 517,702

EXPORTS.

1922 1923 Junks Tons Junks Tons Foreign Trade 13,228 1,616,084 12,319 1,321,750 Local Trade 3,613 160,990 3,885 178,085 Total 16,841 1,777,074 16,201 1,499,835

Exported 885,833 tons as under :-

Tons Kerosine, 1,811,526 cases, 62,660 Rice and Paddy, 241,534 Coal, 170,155 General, 411,484 Total, 885,833

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