ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG DURING THE YEAR 1931.
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CONTENTS
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I GEOGRAPHY, INCLUDING CLIMATE AND HISTORY..
1
II GOVERNMENT
3
III POPULATION AND BIRTHS AND DEATHS
4
IV PUBLIC HEALTH
6
V HOUSING
10
VI PRODUCTION
13
VII COMMERCE
14
VIII WAGES AND THE Cost of Living
18
IX EDUCATION AND WELFARE INSTITUTIONS
21
X COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPORT
24
XI BANKING, CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
28
XII PUBLIC WORKS
29
XIII JUSTICE AND POLICE
31
XIV LEGISLATION
34
XV PUBLIC FINANCE AND Taxation
36
Chapter I.
GEOGRAPHY, INCLUDING CLIMATE, AND HISTORY.
The Colony of Hong Kong is situated off the south-eastern coast of China between latitude 22° 9′ and 22° 17′ N. and longitude 114° 5' and 114° 18′ E. The island is about eleven miles long and two to five miles in breadth, its circumference being about 27 miles and its area 32 square miles was corrected to 283 square miles. It consists of an irregular ridge of lofty hills rising to a height of nearly 2,000 feet above sea level, stretching nearly east and west, with few valleys of any extent and little ground available for cultivation.