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23. Pigs, cattle and poultry did well. All of these were consumed locally. The rice crop was rather poor.
24. The total output of salt for the year was 17,200 piculs - an advance of 8,700 piculs over last year. Prices were well sustained.
Lamma Island.
25. Cattle had a fair year. Pigs, rice and vegetable crops also did well. There was a severe epidemic of gapes among poultry. The fishing industry was fair but the shrimp industry showed a slight decrease on previous year.
Cheung Chau and Southern Lantau.
26. Conditions were fair. The fishing industry, the mainstay of Cheung Chau, did well. The prices were a great deal higher than last year. Other items, lime kilns at Ping Chau excepted, also did well. Vegetables had a good year and both crops at Lantau Island were reported satisfactory.
27. The stalls in Cheung Chau Market were not all occupied during the year. Business was generally bad.
28. A fire broke out in Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, damage being estimated at about $11,000. Considerable damage was caused during the typhoon of 2nd September.
Tsun Wan.
29. Conditions in Tsun Wan were generally good. Pineapples had a very bad year but vegetable crops, firewood, pigs, cattle etc. did well.
30. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Company, the Texas Oil Company and the Hongkong Brewery were busy throughout the year. A new water catchment for the Shing Mun Reservoir was being built, giving work to about 500 people.
31. There was an increased number of new buildings erected in Tsun Wan. Three new blocks of modern flats were built near the new market, consisting of 27 tenement flats. Further building is expected in the neighbourhood. Land values continue very high.
S. F. BALFOUR, District Officer, South.
19 March, 1938.
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23. Pigs, cattle and poultry did well. All of these were consumed locally. The rice crop was rather poor.
24. The total output of salt for the year was 17,200 piculs- an advance of 8,700 piculs over last year. Prices were well sustained.
Lamma Island.
25. Cattle had a fair year. Pigs, rice and vegetable crops also did well. There was a severe epidemic of gapes among poultry. The fishing industry was fair but the shrimp industry showed a slight decrease on previous year.
Cheung Chau and Southern Lantau.
26. Conditions were fair. The fishing industry, the main- stay of Cheung Chau, did well. The prices were a great deal higher than last year. Other items, lime kilns at Ping Chau excepted, also did well. Vegetables had a good year and both crops at Lantou Island were reported satisfactory.
27. The stalls in Cheung Chau Market were not all occupied during the year. Business was generally bad.
28. A fire broke out in Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, damage being estimated at about $11,000. Considerable damage was caused during the typhoon of 2nd September.
Tsun Wan.
29. Conditions in Tsun Wan were generally good. Pine- apples had a very bad year but vegetable crops, firewood, pigs, cattle etc. did well.
30. The Hume Pipe (Far East) Company, the Texas Oil Company and the Hongkong Brewery were busy throughout the vear. A new water catchment for the Shing Mun Reservoir was being built, giving work to about 500 people.
31. There was an increased number of new buildings erected in Tsun Wan. Three new blocks of modern flats were built near the new market, consisting of 27 tenement flats. Further building is expected in the neighbourhood. Land values con- tinue very high.
S. F. BALFOUR, District Officer, South.
19 March, 1938.
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