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Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911 to 1921, compared with total Chinese emigration.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. Total No. of Emigrants. 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 1921 87,324 156,011(b)-INDUSTRIES.
(i.)--Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.--The figures are as follows for the years 1920 and 1921:
1920 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. 4 vessels of 37,935 gross tons and 11,500 L.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 5 vessels of 13,660 gross tons and 1,197 I.H.P. W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. 9,700 gross tons and 1,336 I.H.P. Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld. 50 gross tons Kwong Fat & Co. 356 gross tons and 30 I.H.P. Kwong Sang Loong 1,374 gross tons and 85 I.H.P. Hung Fat 11 vessels A King 7 vessels and 48 I.H.P. Total 62 vessels of 54,656 gross tons and 22,975 I.H.P. 1921 Taikoo Dock & Eng. Co., Ld. 9 vessels of 7,725 gross tons and 6,900 I.H.P. H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld. 6 vessels of 26,637 gross tons and 8,387 I.H.P. W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld. 200 gross tons and 17,700 I.H.P. Kwong Fook Cheong 2,192 gross tons and 280 I.H.P. Total 36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 I.H.P.Sugar Refineries.-The year 1921 saw the gradual adjustment of prices to a normal level and although sellers were successful in maintaining prices until May, they eventually dropped to about Guilders 10. A period of adjustment was unavoidable after the very high prices ruling in 1920 and the dislocation of stocks resulting, but a more satisfactory state of affairs may be looked for on the return of normal production and consumption.
Yarn. The yarn trade during 1921 was not unsatisfactory and the few native dealers who survived the collapse of the previous year, closed the period profitably.
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Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911
to 1921. compared with total Chinese emigration.
No. of Emigrants
to
Straits Settlements.
Total No. of
Emigrants.
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
1921
87,324
156,011
(b)-INDUSTRIES.
(i.)--Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.--The figures are as follows for the years 1920 and 1921 :---
1920.
H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... à vessels of 37,935 gross tons and 11,500 L.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Lal. 5
:
22
13,660 1,197
9,700
"
1,336
50
!!
**
M
356
30
>
1,374
85
11
7
48
77
276
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W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld..
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.
Kwong Fat & Co.
Kwong Sang Loong
1
Hung Fat
→
A King..
25
*
Toral
......62 vessels of 54,656 gross tons and 22.975 I.H.P.
Taikon Dock & Eng. Co., Ld. H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... W. S. Bailey & Co.. Ld..... Kwong Fook Cheong
1921.
9 vessels of 7,725 gross tons and 6,900 I.H.P.
6
20
"
26.637 8,387
200
17,700
++
2,192 280
!!
Toral
36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 1.K.P.
Sugar Refineries.-The year 1921 saw the gradual adjustment of prices to a normal level and although sellers were successful in maintaining prices until May, they eventually dropped to about Guilders 10. A period of adjustment was unavoidable after the very high prices ruling in 1920 and the dislocation of stocks resulting, but a more satisfactory state of affairs may be looked for on the return of normal production and consumption.
Yarn. The yarn trade during 1921 was not unsatisfactory and the few native dealers who survived the collapse of the previous year, closed the period profitably.
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