1920-1930
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Emigration and Immigration.
One hundred and Twenty thousand, two hundred and twenty-four (120,224) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1923, (98,393 in 1922). Of these, 62,679 were carried in British ships, and 57,545 in foreign ships.
One hundred and twenty-one thousand one hundred and two (121,102) 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 143,547 in 1922. Of these, 65,200 arrived in British ships, and 55,902 in foreign ships.
Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1912 to 1923, compared with total Chinese emigration,
No. of Emigrants toStraits Settlements. Total No. of
Emigrants. 1912
84,024 122,657 1913
102,353 142,759 1914
44,974 76,296 1915
11,278 68,275 1916
52,797 117,653 1917
63,292 96,208 1918
8,019 43,830 1919
11,038 59,969 1920
13,935 105,258 1921
87,324 156,011 1922
50,356 98,393 1923
65,584 120,224
(1.) INDUSTRIES.
(i.) Under European management,
Engineering and Shipbuilding.—The figures are as follows for the years 1922 and 1923:
1922 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. # vessels of 11,842 gross tons and 7,300 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 7 11,087 174 48 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld. 2 29 ** A King... Kung Tuck Cheong 1 ** Tong Lee 1 * 8,550 340 14 260 势 400 ft 03 ** Total 22 vessels of 23,309 gross tons and 17,074 I.H.P. 1923 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. # vessels of 9,577 gross tons and 7,680 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 5 4,711 830 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. 3,120 ** 700 17 ** Total 17 vessels of 15,118 gross tons and 11,500 I.H.P.