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Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911 to 1922, 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 1922 ... 50,356 98,393(6.)—Industries.
-Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1921 and 1922 :--
1921 Taikoo Dock & Eng. Co., Ld..... 9 vessels of 7,725 gross tons and 6,900 I.H.P. 26,637 3,387 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 17,700 2,192 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld...... 280 Kwong Fook Cheong Total ......36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 I.H.P. 1922 H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 vessels of 11,842 gross tons and 7,300 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 7 11,087 174 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld 8,550 340 Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld. A King...... Kung Tuck Cheung Tong Lee Total .22 vessels of 23,309 gross tons and 17,074 I.H.P.Sugar. The year 1922 saw many fluctuations in price but on the whole was an uninteresting period.
period. We still look for a more satisfactory state of affairs when normal production and consumption definitely returns. Trade in China was bad owing to the political unrest.
Yarn. The yarn trade during 1922 was very unsatisfactory from the point of view of importers but the local dealers are said to have closed the year on a profitable basis.
The total quantity of yarn imported into the colony during the year amounted to 120,000 bales and 14,000 bales were brought forward from the previous year.
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Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911 to 1922, 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
1922
...
50,356
98,393
(6.)—Industries.
-Under European management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1921 and 1922 :--
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 W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld...... Kwong Fook Cheong
Total
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20
1
26,637 3,387
200
19
12
*
"
17,700 2,192 280
#
17
......36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 I.H.P.
1922.
H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 vessels of 11,842 gross tons and 7,300 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld. 7
W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.
A King......
Kung Tuck Cheung
Tong Lee
3
11,087 174
11
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JS
11
J:
8,550 340
"
2
48
141
37
+
17
2
29
"}
51
1
1
88 41
JJ
"
260 400
"
80
"
31
Total
.22 vessels of 23,309 gross tons and 17,074 I.H.P.
Sugar. The year 1922 saw many fluctuations in price but on the whole was an uninteresting period.
period. We still look for a more satisfactory state of affairs when normal production and consumption definitely returns. Trade in China was bad owing to the political
unrest.
Yarn. The yarn trade during 1922 was very unsatisfactory from the point of view of importers but the local dealers are said to have closed the year on a profitable basis.
The total quantity of yarn imported into the colony during the year amounted to 120,000 bales and 14,000 bales were brought forward from the previous year.
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