1935
C 8
PASSAGE MONEY FUND.
(Table XXX).
TRANSLATION.
35. The total number of translations made in the department during 1935 was 860 as compared with 821 in 1934. 478 of these were from Chinese into English and 382 from English into Chinese. In addition a large number of translations made in other Government departments were sent to this office for revision.
LABOUR.
36. Inspector Elliott, Assistant Inspector of Labour, went on leave on 22nd March, 1935, his place being taken by Inspector Phillips who continued to act until the end of the year.
37. It is with the deepest regret that I have to record the death of Inspector Francis Meade, Inspector of Labour, Factories and Workshops, which occurred on 19th June, 1935. Inspector Meade was first appointed to this department as Inspector of Juvenile Labour on January 1st 1923.
He was made Inspector of Factories on April 14th 1927 and Inspector of Labour, Factories and Workshops, on August 19th 1932. He leaves behind him a splendid record of good work and loyal and devoted service.
General.
38. Labour conditions in the Colony were quiet during the year under review. The effects of the world-wide economic depression continued to be felt and there was an increase in unemployment, most marked perhaps in the skilled and semi-skilled trades. A reflection of this is to be found in the decrease, as compared with 1934, of the average wages of skilled labourers and artisans other than those employed by Government or by the larger European firms.
39. This decrease in wages level does not appear to have extended to unskilled labour and it is probable that the tendency of unemployed Chinese coolies to return to their native districts has operated to preserve the ratio between supply and demand.
40. During the earlier months of the year there was a rapid rise in the value of the Hong Kong dollar in terms of sterling while the last four months of 1935 witnessed an even more rapid decline. The relative advantage to the general trade of the Colony of a high and a low dollar is the subject of much controversy, but it is generally admitted that purely local
1935
C 8
PASSAGE MONEY FUND.
(Table XXX).
TRANSLATION.
35. The total number of translations made in the depart- ment during 1935 was 860 as compared with 821 in 1934. 478 of these were from Chinese into English and 382 from English into Chinese. In addition a large number of translations made in other Government departments were sent to this office for revision.
LABOUR.
36. Inspector Elliott,. Assistant Inspector of Labour, went on leave on 22nd March, 1935, his place being taken by Inspector Phillips who continued to act until the end of the year.
37. It is with the deepest regret that I have to record the death of Inspector Francis Meade, Inspector of Labour, Factories and Workshops, which occurred on 19th June, 1935. Inspector Meade was first appointed to this department as Inspector of Juvenile Labour on January 1st 1923.
He was made Inspector of Factories on April 14th 1927 and Inspector of Labour, Factories and Workshops, on August 19th 1932. He leaves behind him a splendid record of good work and loyal and devoted service.
General.
38. Labour conditions in the Colony were quiet during the year under review. The effects of the world wide economic depression continued to be felt and there was an increase in unemployment, most marked perhaps in the skilled and semi- skilled trades. A reflection of this. is to be found in the decrease, as compared with 1934, of the average wages of skilled labourers and artisans other than those employed by Government or by the larger European firms.
39. This decrease in wages level does not appear to have extended to unskilled labour and it is probable that the tendency of unemployed Chinese coolies to return to their native districts has operated to preserve the ratio between supply and demand.
40 During the earlier months of the year there was a rapid rise in the value of the Hong Kong dollar in terms of sterling while the last four months of 1935 witnessed an even more rapid decline. The relative advantage to the general trade of the Colony of a high and a low dollar is the subject of much controversy, but it is generally admitted that purely local
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