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28. The opening on the 21st November, 1934, of the Haw Par Hospital at Cheung Chau by Mrs. O. C. Borrett, wife of His Excellency the G.O.C., Major General O. C. Borrett, C.B., C.M.G., was the most important event of the year. This hospital with accommodation for 50 in-patients and 70 to 80 out-patients will, it is hoped, greatly stimulate the confidence in Western medicine already engendered by the measures above mentioned. The demand for medical attention has been satisfactory, numbers of patients coming from Lamma and Southern Lantau as well as from Cheung Chau. The hospital is about two thirds full.
Tai 0.
24. Business had a fair year, showing a great improvement on the poor conditions of 1933. Fishing catches were fair, with prices lower and much below the average.
25. The following table shows approximately the results of the fishing season.
Catch 1933 1934 Price per picul 1933 1934 Ma Yau 360 piculs 500 piculs $18.00 $14.00 Herring 400 700 $14.00 $12.00 "" 1,000 $ 9.00 $ 6.00 Wong Fa 4,000 4,000 $ 5.00 Shrimps27. The production of salt at 14,000 piculs, a low figure, was the same as last year but the value declined from $13,000 to $10,000. The greater part was exported to Chinese Territory.
28. A Portable Motor Fire Pump was provided by Government on the 5th April, 1934. The engine is operated by firemen supplied by the Kai Fong and trained by the Officer in Charge of Tai O Police Station. There was no serious damage from either fire or typhoon during the year.
Lamma.
29. Cattle and pigs were good, and fishing fair with improvement on 1933. Rice, vegetables and grass cutting did well.