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RETURN OF THE MANUFACTURES, MINES, AND FISHERIES.

MANUFACTURES.

SHIPS.

MINES AND QUARRIES.

Number, Name,

Number, Name, Situation,

and Description of Manufactures, Mills, Works, &c., &c.

ROPE WALKS.

Number

of Ships

Tons

Registered

Name of

Situation,

built in the

Burthen. according

the

Quantity produced

and Description of

and

Mineral

Colony.

to Law.

the Mines and

Quarries.

Substances.

Value in Sterling.

QUARRIES.

Iawan,

None.

None.

Shek-tong-taui,... 3

Granite.

£13,000.

Sai-ying-poon,

............3

Shau-ki Wan,.... 82

Shek-tong-taui,

.3

Kowloong,........100

Shau-ki Wan,

.3

Stanley,....

Ap-li-cliau,

.2

Aberdeen,

Kowloong,

SOY MAKERS.

Hawan, ....

Tai-ping-shan,

Sai-ying-poon,.

Shek-tong- taui,

PRESERVED GINGER

MANUFACTURERS.

Sheungwan,

Chungwan,....

.8

Hawan, ....

Tai-ping-shan,.

Sai-ying-poon,

.1

VERMILION MAKERS.

Sai-ying-poon,.....

1

Shek-tong-taui,

4

DRY Docks.

Aberdeen,

Kowloong,....

PATENT SLIPS.

Praya East,.....

..1

Praya West,.....

...1

SUGAR REFINERY.

East Point,

.1

DISTILLERY.

East Point,

.1

1

.2

.3

FISHERIES.

GENERAL REMARKS.

Number of Ships and Boats employed.

Description of Fish, and

Value in

Quantity of each.

Sterling.

Ships.

Boats.

Nil.

The number of Fishing and other Boats frequenting the Harbor and Bays of Hongkong in 1873 may

be estimated at 3,500.

No means of ascertaining.

No means of ascertaining.

The number of Boats licensed in 1873, under Ord- inance No. 8 of 1858, to ply for hire within the Waters of the Colony, was 2,453.

The number of Cargo Boats licensed for the same

year, under Ordinance No. 15 of 1860, was 316.