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12. Fish sold better than in the two previous years, and the dealers were further encouraged by a reduction in the duty on dried fish entering China. The oyster business also showed an improvement.
13. The rainfall at Tai Po was nearly 93 inches, as against an average for the last ten years of 84 inches. August accounted for nearly 25 inches. At Fanling Golf Club only 70 inches fell. Next year statistics for the rainfall at Ping Shan Police Station will be available. The rainfall there is believed to be considerably less than at Tai Po, and probably less than at the Golf Club, Fanling.
14. The health of the inhabitants was on the whole good, not being seriously affected by any epidemic outbreak of disease. The Police suffered more from malaria than in 1936. There was a slight decrease in the number of registered births, but an increase in the number of registered deaths, not wholly accounted for by the death-roll of the typhoon.
15. The influx of refugees due to abnormal conditions in China was not such as to cause a "problem", and rents did not rise as much as in Kowloon or Hong Kong.
16. Local unemployment was slightly relieved by the opportunities offered by the Lin Ma Hang Mine and by expansion of the establishment of Chinese in the Royal Engineers, and the enlistment of Chinese in the Royal Artillery.
The large body of unemployed seamen continued their attempts, corporate and individual, to get jobs in ocean-going ships, without much success. A man will spend a surprisingly large sum to get one of these jobs.
17. The Coronation was widely celebrated, with great joy. For several nights Tai Po and Yuen Long Markets were brilliantly lit, and thousands of people came to enjoy themselves in these important centres. The China Light and Power Company were especially congratulated on the effects achieved in Yuen Long by lighting the trees. Tai Po, Yuen Long, and Sai Kung, where the Officer in Charge of the Police Station showed much enterprise in making the most of the materials entrusted to him including, it is understood, liberal use of every form of alarm signal, all had firework displays, but the theatres at Tai Po and Yuen Long were the greatest attraction. The theatre matshed at Tai Po was said to be the tallest ever put up in the New Territories, and was extraordinarily beautiful in shape. Many of the smaller places were brightly lit, including Shan Ha Wai, at Sha T'in, the Land Offices at Tai Po and Ping Shan, and Sha T'au Kok, Shek Wu Hui, Kam T'in, Ha Tsuen, and Castle Peak. Strafford House, Tai Po, was most properly flood-lit.
J 11
GENERAL
12. Fish sold better than in the two previous years, and the dealers were further encouraged by a reduction in the duty on dried fish entering China. The oyster business also showed an improvement.
13. The rainfall at Tai Po was nearly 93 inches, as against au average for the last ten years of 84 inches. August accounted for nearly 25 inches. At Fanling Golf Club only 70 inches fell. Next year statistics for the rainfall at Ping Shan Police Station will be available. The rainfall there is believed to be con- siderably less than at Tai Po, and probably less than at the Golf Club, Fanling.
14. The health of the inhabitants was on the whole good, not being seriously affected by any epidemic outbreak of disease. The Police suffered more from malaria than in 1936. There was a slight decrease in the number of registered births, but an increase in the number of registered deaths, not wholly accounted for by the death-roll of the typhoon.
15. The influx of refugees due to abnormal conditions in China was not such as to cause a "problem", and rents did not rise as much as in Kowloon or Hong Kong.
16. Local unemployment was slightly relieved by the op- portunities offered by the Lin Ma Hang Mine and by expansion of the establishment of Chinese in the Royal Engineers, and the enlistment of Chinese in the Royal Artillery.
The large body of unemployed seamen continued their attempts, corporate and individual, to get jobs in ocean-going ships, without much success. A man will spend a surprisingly large sum to get one of these jobs.
17. The Coronation was widely celebrated, with great joy. For several nights Tai Po and Yuen Long Markets were brilliantly lit, and thousands of people came to enjoy themselves in these important centres. The China Light and Power Com- pany were especially congratulated on the effects achieved in Yuen Long by lighting the trees. Tai Po, Yuen Long, and Sai Kung, where the Officer in Charge of the Police Station showed much enterprise in making the most of the materials entrusted to him including, it is understood, liberal use of every form of alarm signal, all had firework displays, but the theatres at Tai Po and Yuen Long were the greatest attraction. The theatre matshed at Tai Po was said to be the tallest ever put up in the New Territories, and was extraordinarily beautiful in shape. Many of the smaller places were brightly lit, including Shan Ha Wai, at Sha T'in, the Land Offices at Tai Po and Ping Shan, and Sha T'au Kok, Shek Wu Hui, Kam T'in, Ha Tsuen, and Castle Peak. Strafford House, Tai Po, was most properly flood-lit.
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