Ninety-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-two (98,232) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 72,405 in 1916. Of these, 55,028 arrived in British ships and 43,204 in foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1909 to 1917, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. Total No. of Emigrants. 1909, 48,016 77,430 1910, 76,705 111,058 1911, 100,906 135,565 1912, 84,024 122,657 1913, 102,353 142,759 1914, 44,974 76,296 1915, 41,278 68,275 1916, 82,797 117,653 1917, 63,292 96,298(b.)—INDUSTRIES.
(i.)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1916 and 1917:-
1916 1917 Macdonald & Co. 1 vessel of 23 gross tons and 80 I.H.P. 4 vessels of 8,919 gross tons and 5,850 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld., 8,814 14,954 Kwong Fook Cheong, 79 112 Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld., 6,800 42 Kwong Sing Loong, 3 65 W. S. Bailey & Co., 641 9,400 Hop On, 752 96 Kwong Lee, ** "" Kwong Man Sang, 4 56 Tung Shing, 521 1 Kwong Hop Loong, 462 16 Ali King, 22 24 Sun Kee, 1 19 Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., 54 vessels of 10,902 gross tons and 9,377 I.H.P. 2 26 vessels of 24,092 gross tons and 15,507 I.H.P. Total,The increase of tonnage built by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co., Ltd., is due to the building of vessels for the Straits Steamship Co. The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. had several large vessels building, which are not shown in the return.
Ninety-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-two (98,232) re- turning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 72,405 in 1916. Of these, 55,028 arrived in British ships and 43,204 in foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1909 to 1917, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants
to
Straits Settlements.
Total No. of
Emigrants.
1909,
48,016
77,430
1910,
76,705
111,058
1911,
100,906
135,565
1912.
84,024
122,657
1913,
102,353
142,759
1914,
44,974
76,296
1915,
41,278
68,275
1916,
82,797
117,653
1917,
63,292
96,298
(b.)—INDUSTRIES.
(i.)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for
the years 1916 and 1917:-
Macdonald & Co.........
Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld.,... 6
Kwong Fook Cheong,
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.,
Kwong Sing Loong,.
W. S. Bailey & Co.,
Hop On,..
Kwong Lee,
Kwong Man Sang,
Tung Shing,
Kwong Hop Loong,
Ali King,
Sun Kee,
1916.
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23 gross tons and
80 I.H.P.
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Sum Kee,
W. S. Bailey & Co.,
54 vessels of 10,902 gross tons and 9,377 I.H.P.
1917.
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The increase of tonnage built by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co., Ltd., is due to the building of vessels for the Straits Steamship Co. The Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co. had several large vessels building, which are not shown in the return.
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