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from Au Hei to the Gap below Sha Tau Kok Police Station. The whole section from Fan Ling to Sha Tau Kok Station was during the year utilised for the laying of a light railway line which was duly opened for the public traffic on December 20th and well patronised from the commencement.
The pier at the end of the road at Castle Peak was completed and opened to traffic; there is not however sufficient depth of water for launches to call there except at high tide.
IX.-GENERAL.
The year 1911 was a prosperous one for the Territory until the Autumn; business was good and the first rice crop was better than usual in most districts; but the second crop was as a rule not so successful, and the conditions of trade became more unsettled owing to the disturbances in Kwang Tung Province.
The rainfall, as measured in the rain-gauge at Tai Po, was 106.74 inches. The average for the preceding five years was 97.93 inches.
Among the other crops, sugarcane came on very well in the winter, owing to the damp weather; in dry years it is apt to suffer from a kind of blight, but owing to the plentiful supply, sugar was cheap. Sweet potatoes were good throughout the Territory: there was rather a scarcity of peanuts, which affected the price of oil. Of the fruits, the pineapple crop was good, but growers complained of poor market: the lichee crop at Fan Ling was also good.
Notable improvement took place during 1911 in two trades, firstly bricks and tiles, and secondly bean-stick manufacture. The chief brickworks are situated in the North of the Territory near the border, and good export trade has developed to Canton and Hongkong: while in addition there was an increased demand for the erection of brick-houses in the Territory.
Bean-stick is manufactured out of imported beans; mostly in the Pat Heung and Tsün Wan districts. An increasing quantity was exported in 1911, chiefly from two firms in Tsün Wan.
The railway ran successfully throughout the year, and on October the through line to Canton was opened to general traffic. The service of trains was not at first such as to permit of residence in the New Territory and work in Hongkong, but has since been improved, and it may be expected that many Hongkong residents will before long take advantage of its facilities to seek the greater freedom and economy of a country life. The Hongkong Golf Club acquired during the year an area of 55.62 acres in the valley stretching West from Fan Ling, and commenced the laying out of a golf course, which promises to be one of the best, if not the best, in the East.
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from Au He to the Gap below Sha Tau Kok Police Station. The whole section from Fan Ling to Sha Tau Kok Station was during the year utilised for the laying of a light railway line which was duly opened for the public traffic on December 20th and well patronised from the commencement.
The pier at the end of the road at Castle Peak was completed and opened to traffic; there is not however sufficient depth of water for launches to call there except at high tide.
IX.-GENERAL,.
The year 1911 was a prosperous one for the Territory until the Autumn; business was good and the first rice crop was better than usual in most districts; but the second crop was as a rule not so successful, and the conditions of trade became more unsettled owing to the disturbances in Kwang Tung Province.
The rainfall, as measured in the rain-gauge at Tai Po, was 106-74 inches. The average for the preceding five years was 97-93
inches.
Among the other crops, sugarcane came on very well in the winter, owing to the damp weather; in dry years it is apt to suffer from a kind of blight, but owing to the plentiful supply, sugar was cheap. Sweet potatoes were good throughout the Territory: there was rather a scarcity of peanuts, which affected the price of oil. Of the fruits, the pineapple crop was good, but growers com- plained of poor market: the lichee crop at Fan Ling was also good.
Notable improvement took place during 1911 in two trades, firstly bricks and tiles, and secondly bean-stick manufacture. The chief brickworks are situated in the North of the Territory near the border, and good export trade has developed to Canton at Hongkong: while in addition there was an increased demand for the erection of brick-houses in the Territory.
Bean-stick is manufactured out of imported beans; mostly in the Pat Heung and Tsün Wàn districts. An increasing quantity was exported in 1911, chiefly from two firms in Tsün Wắn.
The railway ran successfully throughout the year, and on October the through line to Canton was opened to general traffic. The service of trains was not at first such as to permit of residence in the New Territory and work in Hongkong, but has since been im- proved, and it may be expected that many Hongkong residents will before long take advantage of its facilities to seek the greater freedom and economy of a country life. The Hongkong Golf Club acquired during the year an area of 55,62 acres in the valley stretch- ing West from Fan Ling, and commenced the laying out of a golf course, which promises to be one of the best, if not the best, in the East.
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