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Appendix A.

TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE (IN $'S AND £'S THOUSANDS).

511,902 31,661

AVERAGE RATE OF EXCHANGE.

H.K.$ 1s. 2.25/32d.

= 1s. 2.27/32d.

IMPORTS.

EXPORTS.

1939.. $ 594,199 £36,596 $ 533,385 £ 32,810

1938. $ 618,169 £38,233 $ 467,323 = ls. 2.13/16d. 28,843

1937....... $ 617,064 £ 38,084

Appendix B.

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL IMPORTS PROVIDED BY EMPIRE AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1939. 1938. 1937. British Empire % % % Foreign 13.8 17.2 16.1 Australia 86.2 82.8 83.9 Belgium 1.2 2.0 2.2 British Malaya 1.0 1.0 1.6 China 2.2 1.2 1.5 French Indo-China 37.6 37.7 34.2 Germany 6.8 5.6 6.6 India 2.2 6.3 5.0 Japan 1.7 1.9 1.0 Netherlands East Indies 4.6 3.0 9.4 Siam 6.6 6.6 7.6 United Kingdom 5.0 5.9 3.7 U. S. A. 6.7 9.1 7.6 All Other Countries 8.7 8.8 8.4 15.7 10.9 11.2

Appendix C.

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EXPORTS SENT TO EMPIRE AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

1939. 1938. 1937. British Empire % % % Foreign 20.0 16.3 19.7 British Malaya 80.0 83.7 80.3 China 8.6 7.2 8.5 French Indo-China 16.9 45.1 40.7 India 10.4 4.5 5.1 Japan - 1.8 1.6 Kwong Chow Wan 1.2 0.6 4.2 Macao 7.9 1.9 2.1 Netherlands East Indies 8.4 4.1 3.7 Philippine Islands 2.8 2.8 3.3 Siam 2.1 1.9 2.8 United Kingdom 2.9 3.1 3.0 U. S. A. 4.2 4.1 4.5 All Other Countries 14.4 10.2 8.8 18.4 12.9 12.2