Of the several varieties of opiun imported, Malwa decreased by 454 chests or 92%, Patna by 6,443 or 397%, Benares by 1,249 or 199%. Persian by 1,090 or 276%.
Of the several varieties of opiuni exported, Malwa decreased by 2,000 chests or 435%, Patna by 4,196 or 297%, Benares by 926 or 149 %. The export of Persian opium increased by 56 chests or 2.5%.
The trade in compounds of opium shows a decrease, the imports being 388% less than in 1910 and the exports 14:5% less. In morphine there is also a decrease of 39% in the imports and 19-5% in the exports. The figures for cocaine show a considerable increase, the imports being 451 lbs. as compared with 145 lbs. in 1910, and the exports being 445 lbs. as compared with 201 Ibs in 1910. During the latter half of the year, however, there has been very little trade in either morphine or cocaine owing to further restrictions placed on the import of these drugs at the varions ports in China and the neighbouring countries.
Sugar. The imports of sugar show a decrease 42,076 tous or 167%.
Cotton and Cotton Yarn.-Here is shown a large decrease amouni- ing to 34,730 tous or 87.5% chiefly due to high prices ruling for coften during the year, which made it prohibitive to the pooror Chinese and so checked business. The last two or three months of the year were particularly bad for business owing to the Revolution.
Flour. Our returns show a great increase of 49,679 tons or 153 8% due to the poor rice and whent crops in China throughout the year. Districts, which were supplied last year from the abundant crops of China. have this year heen compelled to fall back on the American products. The price of rice has also enhanced the demand for American flour, this being used as a substitute for rice and rice- flour. The prices of rice throughout the year have practically stood at about 40% over normal prices, and possibly the high prices of flour in Australia have to sonte exteal inflated our imports of flour here, inasmuch as such high prices have curtailed that country's shipments to ports south of Hongkong which are large consumers (Java, Straits, Burmah, &c.), and the southern ports have come to us for their supplies. Hongkong is the distributing centre of American flour for these ports.
Rice--Here our returns show a falling off of 152,224 tous or 20.6%. The failure of the southern crops in general, as evidenced by the high prices which have ruled on the markets for the last half year, has, of course, been the reason of the decline.
Summary. The total reported imports during the year amounted to 3,095,793 tons, as against 4,202,104 tons in 1910, a decrease of 996,401 tons or 74%. Experts show an increase of 71,672 tons, or 31%. Transit cargo shows an increase of 66,109 tons or 16%. These figures are not howover reliable, there being no means of collecting accurate information in the absence of any Customs StalE
Emigration and Immigration.
135,565 emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1911, (111,058 in 1910). Of these 92,691 were carried in British ships and 42,874 in foreign ships. These figures show a substantial increase of 24,507 (or 22 %) over 1910, and can be accounted for in the same way as last year, namely, by the demand for labour in the rubber plantations of the Malay States.
Statement of Number of Emigrants to Straits Settlements 1907 to 1911 compared with Total Chinese Emigration 1907 to 1911.
1907,
1908,
1909,
1910,
(911,
No. of Emigrants
Total No. of
ኑ
Straite Settlements.
Emigrants.
83,048
106,967
49,639
71,081
48,010
77,430
76,705
111,058
100,906
135,565
149.894 returning emigrants are reported to have been brought
to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated, either from this Colony or from coast ports, as against 149,564 in 1910. Of these 112,328 arrival in British ships, and 37,566 in foreign ships.
(b) INDUSTRIES.
(1)-Under European Management.
Engineering and Shipbuilding-This industry has improved during the year under review.
: 1911.
Taikoo Dockyard and Eng. Co., Ld., 9 vessels of 2,281 gross tons and 3,650 1,H.F. Hongkong & Whaupos Rock Co., Ld, 13
W. S. Palloy & Co.,
Macdonald & Co...
Ulderup & Schluter,
Tung Hing Long,
W. C. Jack & Co.,
Kưỡng Tal Hung
Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.,
Total..
860
8:
30
552 206
703
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37
413
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50
173
5
+
103:
551
250
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13
11
210:
192
13
1
45:
42
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76
320
11
73 vossela of 3,883 gross tons and 6,609 LH.P.
1010.
Taikoo Dockyard and Eng., Co., Ld..... 8 vessels of 2,231 gross tons and 1,718 LR.P. Hongkong & Wharepca Dock Co., L., 14
W. S. Bailey & Co.,
Macdonald & Co..... Ulderup and Schluter,
Total,...
715
4
121
3
189
>
2
317
2,070
200
160
ます
150
11
31 vessels of 3,553 gross tons and 4,299 I FLP.
Sugar Refinery.--Various circumstances combined to cause the year 1911 to be an unfavourable one for this industry. In the early part of the year the world's prices assured a strong downward
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