AnnualReport-1918

The following Table shows the Junk Trade of the Colony for the years 1917 and 1918:-

IMPORTS.

1917 1918 Junks Tons Junks Tons Foreign Trade, 13,020 12,124 11,698 Local Trade, 1,611,009 430,111 1,501,757 Total, 12,290 1,561,890 25,144 2,041,120 23,988 3,063,647

Imported 771,636 tons as under :-

Cattle, 4,185 head, 490 Swine, 19,415 1,139 General, 770,007 Total, 771,636

EXPORTS.

1917 1918 Junks Tons Junks Tons Foreign Trade, 13,047 1,596,269 12,404 1,470,609 Local Trade, 426,359 13,027 627,425 Total, 25,451 2,022,628 24,768 2,098,034

Exported 961,213 tons as under :-

Kerosine, 504,680 cases, 14,555 Rice and Padi, 392,205 Coal, 129,274 General, 425,179 Total, 961,213

Emigration and Immigration.

Forty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty (43,830) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1918, (96,298 in 1917). Of these, 18,193 were carried in British ships, and 25,637 in Foreign ships.

Seventy-four thousand one hundred and nine (74,109) 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 98,232 in 1917. Of these 35,109 arrived in British ships and 39,000 in Foreign ships.