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The Pilots (No. 11), Pawnbrokers (No. 16) and the District Watch Force (No. 23) Ordinances are consolidatory in character; but contain some new provisions. Licensed pilots are in general to be British subjects. Many of the provisions of the Pilots Ordinance are taken from the Pilotage Act, 1931. Provision for charging simple interest only is made in the Pawnbrokers Ordinance. Penalties are provided for the impersonation of members of the District Watch Force.
Ordinance No. 8 incorporates the Committee of the Sailors' Home and Mission to Seamen on the lines usual in such cases. No. 15 incorporates the Colonial Treasurer to facilitate the taking of securities on behalf of the Government. Nos. 2 and 31 are mixed in character as they respectively incorporate the Trustees of the Church of England in the Diocese of Victoria Hong Kong and the Tung Wah Hospital, repeal previous Ordinances relating to these subjects and establish constitutional regulations for the bodies so incorporated.
The new subjects for legislation were taxation of light hydrocarbon oils dealt with by the Motor Spirit Ordinance (No. 4) and the imposition of duties in respect of admission to entertainments (Ordinance No. 28).
XIII. Miscellaneous.
EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION.
One hundred and eighty-eight thousand nine hundred (188,900) Emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year 1930, of these 93,580 were carried in British ships and 95,320 in Foreign vessels.
Two hundred and twenty-three thousand one hundred and thirty-six (223,136) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast ports as against 185,390 in 1929. Of these 118,674 were brought in British vessels and 104,462 in Foreign vessels.
Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements 1921-1930 as compared with total number of emigrants from Hong Kong
To Straits Settlements.
1921 87,324 Total No. of Emigrants. 156,011 1922 50,356 98,393 1923 65,584 120,224 1924 75,682 129,859 1925 97,552 140,534 1926 157,285 216,527 1927 202,408 285,593 1928 169,741 257,162 1929 146,516 227,523 1930 121,385 188,900