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Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911 to 1922, compared with total Chinese emigration.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. Total No. of Emigrants. 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 1917 63,292 96,298 1918 8,019 43,830 1919 11,638 59,969 1920 43,935 105,258 1921 87,324 156,011 1922 ... 50,356 98,393(6.)—Industries.
-Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1921 and 1922 :--
1921 Taikoo Dock & Eng. Co., Ld..... 9 vessels of 7,725 gross tons and 6,900 I.H.P. 26,637 3,387 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 17,700 2,192 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld...... 280 Kwong Fook Cheong Total ......36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 I.H.P. 1922 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 vessels of 11,842 gross tons and 7,300 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 7 11,087 174 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld 8,550 340 Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld. A King...... Kung Tuck Cheung Tong Lee Total .22 vessels of 23,309 gross tons and 17,074 I.H.P.Sugar. The year 1922 saw many fluctuations in price but on the whole was an uninteresting period.
period. We still look for a more satisfactory state of affairs when normal production and consumption definitely returns. Trade in China was bad owing to the political unrest.
Yarn. The yarn trade during 1922 was very unsatisfactory from the point of view of importers but the local dealers are said to have closed the year on a profitable basis.
The total quantity of yarn imported into the colony during the year amounted to 120,000 bales and 14,000 bales were brought forward from the previous year.