REPORT ON THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939.
Chapter I.
GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND HISTORY.
[Please see Chapter I. of the 1938 Report.]
For 22° 37′ N. in line 13 of Chapter I of the Report for 1938, read 22° 17′ N.
Chapter II.
GOVERNMENT.
[Please see also Chapter II. of the Report for 1938.]
No outstanding changes in the system of Government in the Colony occurred during the year 1939, other than changes consequent upon the outbreak of the war with Germany in September of that year. Appointments were made to various temporary wartime posts which included: Custodian of Enemy Property, Controller of Trade, Controller of Food, Censor and Detaining Officer. In addition a Prize Court was established in the Colony shortly after the outbreak of war.
On 5th September, 1939, the Commodore in charge of Naval Establishments, Hong Kong, was appointed to be a member of the Executive Council.
Chapter III.
POPULATION AND BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Hong Kong is a free port and this and its geographical position renders it impossible to exercise effective control over emigration and immigration. It is difficult, in consequence, to give accurate estimates of the population of the Colony. The mid-year population in 1939, based on the results of the censuses of 1921 and 1931, amounted to 1,050,256. During 1939 approximately 90,000 more persons entered the Colony by steamships than left by the same route. This figure does not take into account all those arriving by junk or sampan. In addition, it does not include those who crossed over from Chinese territory by land. It is probable that the population of Hong Kong increased by about 650,000 during 1938 and 1939, the greater proportion of this increase being in respect of refugees from areas involved in the hostilities with Japan.
Hostilities between Chinese and Japanese forces close to the Kwangtung border towards the end of February, 1939, and again later in the year in this area, in the Chung Shan district between Canton and Macao, in the Island of Hainan and on the mainland of Western Kwangtung resulted in an influx of refugees amounting to many tens of thousands.
REPORT ON THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC PROGRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COLONY OF HONG KONG FOR THE YEAR 1939.
Chapter I.
GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND HISTORY.
[Please see Chapter I. of the 1938 Report.]
For 22° 37′ N. in line 13 of Chapter I of the Report for 1938, read 22° 17′ N.
Chapter II.
GOVERNMENT.
[Please see also Chapter II. of the Report for 1938.]
No outstanding changes in the system of Government in the Colony occurred during the year 1939, other than changes consequent upon the outbreak of the war with Germany in September of that year. Appointments were made to various temporary wartime posts which included: Custodian of Enemy Property, Controller of Trade, Controller of Food, Censor and Detaining Officer. In addition a Prize Court was established in the Colony shortly after the outbreak of war.
On 5th September, 1939, the Commodore in charge of Naval Establishments, Hong Kong, was appointed to be a member of the Executive Council.
Chapter III.
POPULATION AND BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Hong Kong is a free port and this and its geographical position renders it impossible to exercise effective control over emigration and immigration. It is difficult, in consequence, to give accurate estimates of the population of the Colony. The mid-year population in 1939, based on the results of the censuses of 1921 and 1931, amounted to 1,050,256. During 1939 approximately 90,000 more persons entered the Colony by steamships than left by the same route. This figure does not take into account all those arriving by junk or sampan. In addition, it does not include those who crossed over from Chinese territory by land. It is probable that the population of Hong Kong increased by about 650,000 during 1938 and 1939, the greater proportion of this increase being in respect of refugees from areas involved in the hostilities with Japan.
Hostilities between Chinese and Japanese forces close to the Kwangtung border towards the end of February, 1939, and again later in the year in this area, in the Chung Shan district between Canton and Macao, in the Island of Hainan and on the mainland of Western Kwangtung resulted in an influx of refugees amounting to many tens of thousands.
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