Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
In imports there is an increase reported of 167,229 tons. In exports there is an increase reported of 360,742 tons.
In transit cargo there is an increase reported of 276,976 tons.
The total reported import trade of the port for 1904 amounted to 26,588 vessels of 11,205,516 tons, carrying 7,889,978 tons of cargo, of which 4,738,052 tons were discharged at Hong Kong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of junks or steam launches employed in local trade.
Similarly, the export trade from the port was represented by 26,639 vessels of 11,199,850 tons, carrying 3,436,726 tons of cargo, and shipping 670,811 tons of bunker coal.
Seventy-six thousand three hundred and four (76,304) emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year; of these, 52,496 were carried by British ships and 23,808 by Foreign ships; 149,195 were reported as having been brought to Hong Kong from those places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 121,735 were brought in British ships and 27,460 by Foreign ships.
The total revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $300,933.95, being an increase of $15,645.53 on the previous year:
1. Light dues
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2. Licences and internal revenue 3. Fees of Court and office
Total
Amount.
72,330.16
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62,418.00
166,185.79
300,933.95
(B.) INDUSTRIES.
For the first ten months of 1904 the cotton-spinning industry suffered severely from the abnormally high price of raw cotton, and during the whole of that period short-time was resorted to. From November onwards a good demand was experienced for yarn and full-time again adopted, but it was not until the middle of December that, as a result of large crops of cotton in the chief producing countries, the cost of the raw material declined to a figure that permitted of spinning being carried on at a profit. At the end of 1904 the outlook for the industry was encouraging, and, provided the price of cotton keeps at a reasonable level, the result of the working for 1905 is expected to be highly satisfactory.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
In imports there is an increase reported of 167,229 tons. In exports there is an increase reported of 360,742 ions.
In transit cargo there is an increase reported of 276,976 tons..
The total reported import trade of the port for 1904 amounted to 26,588 vessels of 11,205,516 tons, carrying 7,889,978 tons of cargo, of which 4,738,052 tons were discharged at Hong Kong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of junks. or steam launches employed in local trade.
Similarly, the export trade from the port was represented by 26,639 vessels of 11,199,850 tons, carrying 3,436,726 tons. of cargo, and shipping 670,811 tons of bunker coal.
Seventy-six thousand three hundred and four (76,304) · emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year; of these, 52,496 were carried by British ships and 23,808 by Foreign ships; 149,195 were reported as having been brought to Hong Kong from those places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 121,735 were brought in British ships and 27,460- by Foreign ships.
The total revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $300,933.95, being an increase of $15,645.53 on the previous year:-
1. Light dues
***
***
2. Licences and internal revenue 3. Fees of Court and office
Total
Amount.
72,330.16
***
62,418.00
166,185.79
300,933.95
(B.) INDUSTRIES.
-For the first ten months of 1904 the cotton.spinning industry suffered severely from the abnormally high price of raw cotton, and during the whole of that period short-time was resorted to. From November onwards a good demand was experienced for yarn and full-time again adopted, but it was not until the middle of December that, as a result of large crops of cotton in the chief producing countries, the cost of the raw material. declined to a figure that permitted of spinning being carried on at a profit. At the end of 1904 the outlook for the industry was encouraging, and, provided the price of cotton keeps at a reasonable level, the result of the working for 1905 is expected to be highly satisfactory.
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