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RETURN OF THE MANUFACTURES, MINES, AND FISHERIES.
MANUFACTURES.
SHIPS.
MINES AND QUARRIES.
Number, Name,
Number, Name, Situation,
and Description of Manufactures, Mills, Works, &c., &c.
ROPE WALKS.
Number
of Ships
Tons
Registered
Name of
Situation,
built in the
Burthen. according
the
Quantity produced
and Description of
and
Mineral
Colony.
to Law.
the Mines and
Quarries.
Substances.
Value in Sterling.
QUARRIES.
Iawan,
None.
None.
Shek-tong-taui,... 3
Granite.
£13,000.
Sai-ying-poon,
............3
Shau-ki Wan,.... 82
Shek-tong-taui,
.3
Kowloong,........100
Shau-ki Wan,
.3
Stanley,....
Ap-li-cliau,
.2
Aberdeen,
Kowloong,
SOY MAKERS.
Hawan, ....
Tai-ping-shan,
Sai-ying-poon,.
Shek-tong- taui,
PRESERVED GINGER
MANUFACTURERS.
Sheungwan,
Chungwan,....
.8
Hawan, ....
Tai-ping-shan,.
Sai-ying-poon,
.1
VERMILION MAKERS.
Sai-ying-poon,.....
1
Shek-tong-taui,
4
DRY Docks.
Aberdeen,
Kowloong,....
PATENT SLIPS.
Praya East,.....
..1
Praya West,.....
...1
SUGAR REFINERY.
East Point,
.1
DISTILLERY.
East Point,
.1
1
.2
.3
FISHERIES.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Number of Ships and Boats employed.
Description of Fish, and
Value in
Quantity of each.
Sterling.
Ships.
Boats.
Nil.
The number of Fishing and other Boats frequenting the Harbor and Bays of Hongkong in 1873 may
be estimated at 3,500.
No means of ascertaining.
No means of ascertaining.
The number of Boats licensed in 1873, under Ord- inance No. 8 of 1858, to ply for hire within the Waters of the Colony, was 2,453.
The number of Cargo Boats licensed for the same
year, under Ordinance No. 15 of 1860, was 316.