# ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1938.
# CONTENTS
I | Geography, including Climate and History | Page 1
II | Government | 4
III | Population and Births and Deaths | 5
IV | Public Health | 7
V | Housing | 14
VI | Natural Resources | 16
VII | Commerce | 23
VIII | Labour | 31
IX | Wages and the Cost of Living | 33
X | Education and Welfare Institutions | 36
XI | Communication and Transport | 40
XII | Public Works | 47
XIII | Justice and Police | 50
XIV | Legislation | 55
XV | Banking, Currency, Weights and Measures | 56
XVI | Public Finance and Taxation | 57
XVII | Miscellaneous | 60
Appendix I | List of Publications, etc. | 61
Appendix II | Effects of Sino-Japanese hostilities | 62
Map of the Colony | 65