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COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL
Exported 2,514,331 tons, including River Trade, as compared with 2,606,264 tons in 1916.
1916 1917 Increase Decrease Steamers Bunker Coal Strs. Bunker Coal 3,758 457,580 3,571 407,395 River Steamers.. 4,666 84,096 4,153 76,582 Total 8,424 541,676 7,724 483,977 Not Decrease 187 50,185 :: 503 7,514 690 57,699 690 57,699Exports show a decrease of 7,142 tons.
Transit Cargo.-A decrease of 809,984 tons is shewn under this head.
Emigration and Immigration.
Ninety-six thousand two hundred and ninety-eight (96,298) emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year 1917, 117,653 in 1916. Of these, 59,285 were carried in British ships, and 37,013 in foreign ships.
Ninety-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-two (98,232) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from coast ports, as against 72,405 in 1916. Of these, 55,028 arrived in British ships and 43,204 in foreign ships.
No. of Emigrants to Straits Settlements. 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Total No. of Emigrants. + 48,016 77,430 76,705 111,058 ** 100,906 135,565 84,024 122,657 102,353 142,759 44,974 76,296 41,278 68,275 82,797 117,653 63,292 96,298(6)-INDUSTRIES.
(i)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding. The figures are as follows for the years 1916 and 1917 :-
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COLONIAL REPORTS- -ANNUAL
Exported 2,514,331 tons, including River Trade, as compared with 2,606,264 tons in 1916.
1916.
1917.
Increase.
Decrease.
Bunker
Bunker
Bunker
Strs. Coal. Stra. Coal. Strs. Bunker Strs. Coal.
Steamers
3,758 457,580 3,571 407,395
River Steamers.. 4,666
Total
84,096 4,153 76,582
8,424 541,676 |7,724 483,977
Not Decrease
187 50,185 :: 503 7,514
690 57,699
690] 57,699
Exports show a decrease of 7,142 tons.
Transit Cargo.-A decrease of 809,984 tons is shewn under this head.
Emigration and Immigration.
Ninety-six thousand two hundred and ninety-eight (96,298) emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year 1917, 117,653 in 1916. Of these, 59,285 were carried in British ships, and 37,013 in foreign ships.
Ninety-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-two (98,232) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong Kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from coast ports, as against 72,405 in 1916. Of these, 55,028 arrived in British ships and 43,204 in foreign ships.
Stutement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1909 to 1917, compared with Total Chinese Emigration.
No. of Emigrants
to
Straits Settlements.
1909
1910
*
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
Total No. of
Emigrants.
+
48,016
77,430
76,705
111,058
**
100,906
135,565
84,024
122,657
102,353
142,759
44,974
76,296
41,278
68,275
82,797
117,653
63,292
96,298
(6)-INDUSTRIES.
(i)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding. The figures are as follows for the years 1916 and 1917 :-
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