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ments, two at Kowloon, the other at Aberdeen. The Docks of this company are fitted with all the best appliances lor engineering and carpenter's work, and are seldom empty. Their docks are of the following dimensions:-Kowloon :-No. 1 dock-Length over all, 340 feet; breadth at entrance, 74 feet; depth over sill at ordinary spring tides, 18 feet. No. 2 dock-Length over all, 245 feet; breadth at entrance, 49 feet; depth, 13 feet. Patent Slip-Length over all, 250 feet; breadth, 60 feet; depth, 11 feet. Tai Kok Tsui: Cosmopolitan dock-Length over all, 465 feet; breadth at entrance, 85 feet; depth, 20 feet. Aberdeen: Hope dock-Length over all, 433 feet; breadth at entrance, 84 feet; depth, 24 feet. Lamont dock-Length over all, 340 feet; breadth, 64 feet; depth, 16 feet. Another fine and commodious dock is now nearly completed at Kowloon, in which the largest ironclads can be received. It is 500 feet in length, 86 feet in brea Ith at entrance at top and 70 fee: at bottom, and 29 feet deep. There are other establishments at which shipbuilding and foundry work are carried on, and some good sized steamers have been launched in the Colony. Her Majesty's Naval Yarl likewise contains machine sheds and fitting shops on a large scale, and repairs can be effected to the machinery of the British men-of-war with great expedition.
There are three good hotels in the Colony. They are, the Hongkong Hotel, close to the Clock Tower, the Victoria Hotel, facing the Queen's Road and the Praya, and the Sta: Hotel, in Queen's Road, all of which are centrally situated.
There are three dailyapers published in English: the Hongkong Daily Press, which appears in the morning, the China Mail an the Hongkong Telegraph, issued in the evening. There is a weekly paper, the Overland China Mail, and one fortnightly paper, which is published on the morning of he departure of the English mail, namely, the hina Overland Trade heport (the commercial journal of the Far East). A mail issue o the Daily Press is also printed weekly. The Hongkong Catholic Register is a religious piper published weekly. O Extremo Oriente, a Portuguese journal, is issued weekly. The Chronicle and Directory for hina, Japan, dc, appers annually, and is p: int d at the Daily Press office. The China Review, which is devoted to reviews and papers on Chinese topics, is published once every two months. The native Press is represented by five daily papers-the Chung Ngoi Sun Po, which is the oldest and most influential, published at the Daily I ress Office; the Wa Tez Yat Po, or Chinese Mail; the Tsun Wan Yat Po, the Yut Po, and the Wai San Yat Po. The Government Gazette is published once a week.
Manufactures are yearly increasing in importance. There are three large sugar refineries: the China Sugar Refining Co.'s establishments at East Point and at Bowrington, and the Taikoo Sagar Refinery at Quarry Bay. In connection with the first-named Company tere is also a large Distillery, where a considerable quantity of rum is manufac ured. There is an Ice Factory, a lar. e Rope Factory in Belcher's Bay, and Glass Works in the same locality which are temporarily closed. Large Steam Saw Mills are in active work at Bowrington, where also is situate a Ginger Prepara- tion factory. The works of the Hongkong Brick and Cement Company are situated in Deep Bay, on the south si le of the island. Among the industries pursued by the Chinese are glas, blowing, opium boiling, vermillion and soy manufacture, tanning, dyein; leancurd, to hp wder, match, cigar making, &c., &c.
There are several villages on the island, the largest of which is Shau-ki Wan, situate in a bay in the Ti-ü Mun Pass. Aberdeen, on the south of the island, possesses a w йl sheltered little h rbour, much frequented by fishing craft. Two large docks of the Hongko g and Whampoa Dock Company are situated there, and add to the importance of the place. Poktolum, on the road to Aberdeen, about four miles from Victoria, is a place of resort for European re-idents in the hot weather, and some elegan. bungalows have been erected in pleasant and picturesque situations, commanding fine sen views and cool breez s. The sanitarium of the
French Missions is located at Pok olum, and is a fine build ng with an elegant chapel attached. The Dairy Farm is also situate there. Stanley, situated in a Ball bay on the sou h-east of the island, was once the sit of a mil try station, but most of the barra.k buildings were pulled down a few years back, and the village is