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RETURN OF THE MANUFACTURES, MINES, AND FISHERIES.
MANUFACTURES.
Number, Name, Situation, and Description of Manufactures, Mills,
Works, &c., &c.
ROPE WALKS.
SHIPS.
Number
of Ships
built in the
Tons Burthen.
Registered according to Law.
Colony.
MINES AND QUARRIES.
Number, Name,
Situation,
and Description of
the Mines and
Quarries.
QUARRIES.
Shek-tong Tsui,... 3 Shu-hi Win,
..
98
3
Kowloon,...121 Há Wún,-
Name of the
Mineral
Quantity produced and Value in
Substances.
Sterling.
Granite.
£20,515.
Há
Ha Win,.....
2
None.
None.
Sai Ying-pún,...
2
Shek-toug Tsui,
.2
Shu-hi Win,.
Stanley..........
Ap-lí Chau.
Aberdeen,
Kowloon,.....
.9
SOY MAKERS.
Chung-win, ...
.3
Há Wan,
Tai-ping Shán,
Sai Ying-pán,.
..8
Shek-tong Tsui,..........
.2
Sheting Win,.......
..3
PRESERVED GINGER
MANUFACTURERS.
Sheung Wúng.
.5
Chung-vắn,
.4
Hi Wings
..I
Tai-ping Sháu,..
Sui Ying-pin,..
..2
Shek-tong Tsai,
..1
VERMILION MAKERS.
Bai Ying-pun,......
.2
Shek-toug Tsui,..
.4
DRY DOCKS.
Aberdeen,..........
2
Kowloon,
•
.3
PATENT SLIPs,
Praya Eust,.
.1.
Prava West,
Belcher's Bay,
.1
SUGAR REFINERY,
East Point,.............................]
DISTILLERY.
East Point,................1
ICH WORKS.
East Point,.
..1
FISHERIES.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Number of Ships and Boats employed.
Description of Fish, aud
Value in
Slipe.
Quantity of each.
Boats.
Nil
The number of Fishing and
other Boats frequenting the Harbour and Bays of Hong- kong in 1876 may be estimat ed at 3,000.ş
No means of ascertaining.
Sterling.
No means of ascertaining.
The number of Boats licensed in 1875, under Ordinance No. 8 of 1858, to ply for hire within the Waters of the Colony, was 2,320.
The number of Cargo Boats licensed for the same year, under Ordinance No. 15 of 1860, was 839.