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emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 136,020 in 1919. Of these, 87,766 arrived in British ships, and 34,672 in Foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1910 to 1920, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. Total No. of Emigrants. 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 1918,.. 8,019 43,830 1919,. 11,638 59,969 1920,... 43,935 105,258(b.)—INDUSTRIES.
(i.)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1919 and 1920-
1919 1920 Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld..... 6 vessels of 22,311 gross tons and 14,450 I.H.P. 5 vessels of 37,935 gross tons and 11,500 I.H.P. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., 9 " 21 " 17,415 " 700 " 5 " 13,660 " 1,197 " W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.,. 8 " 2 " 948 " 59 " 50 " Kwong Tuck Cheong, 17 " 13,975 " 1,750 " Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld., 11 " 9,700 " 1,336 " Kwong Fat & Co.,.. 1 " 356 " 1,374 " Kwong Sang Loong,. Hung Fat, 73 " 800 " 30 " 71 " A King, 11 " 85 " Total,..... 25 vessels of 41,374 gross tons and 30,975 I.H.P. 62 vessels of 54,656 gross tons and 22,975 I.H.P.Sugar Refineries.-1920 was a phenomenal year. Prices of Raw Sugar fluctuated but very little during the first few months of the year, but in April news was received of a very large reduction in the estimate of the Cuban Crop, which caused a rapid rise in prices the world over, raws in Java rising from 40 to 75 Guilders per
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emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 136,020 in 1919. Of these, 87,766 arrived in British ships, and 34,672 in Foreign ships.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1910 to 1920, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants
to
Straits Settlements.
Total No. of
Emigrants.
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
1918,..
8,019
43,830
1919,.
11,638
59,969
1920,...
43,935
105,258
(b.)—INDUSTRIES.
(i.)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1919 and 1920-
Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld..... Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.,. Kwong Tuck Cheong,
1919.
6 vessels of 22,311 gross tons and 14,450 I.H.P.
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Total,.....
25 vessels of 41,374 gross tons and 30,975 I.H.P.
1920.
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ld., Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld.,
W, S. Bailey & Co, Ld.,
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.,
Kwong Fat & Co.,..
Kwong Sang Loong,. Hung Fat,
A King,
5 vessels of 37,935 gross tons and 11,500 I.H.P.
5
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9,700 1,336
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.62 vessels of 54,656 gross tons and 22,975 I.H.P.
Sugar Refineries.-1920 was a phenomenal year. Prices of Raw Sugar fluctuated but very little during the first few months of the year, but in April news was received of a very large reduction in the estimate of the Cuban Crop, which caused a rapid rise in prices the world over, raws in Java rising from 40 to 75 Guilders per
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