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the consortium could be asserted, and if such pledges could be given as would satisfy China and the rest of the nations that the alliance aims at unification and not at dismemberment, then its renewal would undoubtedly promote the peace of the Far East and the further development of economic relations in one of the world's most promising markets.
F. ASHTON-GWATKIN.
1. Hong Kong
Appendix.
PART III-Appendices.
I.-British Industrial Concerns in China.
IT-British General Merchants in Hong Kong.
III-British General Merchauts in China
IV-Railways.
Y-Shipping in Chinese Ports.
VL-Shipping: Percentage of Tounage. VII.-Shipping Lines.
VIII.- Banks.
IX.-Loans.
X.-Trude with China: Total Values.
XL-Trade with China: Percentages,
XII-British Newspapers in Hong Kong and China.
XII-British Missionary Societies.
XTV.-British Education in China.
XV.-Trade of Principal Treaty Ports.
APPENDIX I.
British Industrial Concerns in China,
Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company (Limited). Shipbuilding and
engineering.
Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company. Shipbuilding and engineering.
Green Island Cement Company, Cement works.
W. S. Bailey and Co. Engineers and shipbuilders.
Macdonald and Co. Engineers and shipbuilders.
China Light and Power Company (Limited). Electric light works.
Hong Kong Electric Company. "Electric light works.
Hong Kong and China Gas Company. Gas works.
Hong Kong Ice Company. Ice factory.
Kowloon Canton Railway Company. Railway works. Hong Kong Rope Manufacturing Company. Rope works.
The Hong Kong Saw Mills. Saw mills,
The China Mining and Smelting Company (Limited). Smelting works.
China Sugar Refinery Company, Sugar refinery.
Taikoo Sugar Refinery Company. Sugar refinery.
China and Japan Telephone and Electric Company. Telephone service.
The Hong Kong Tramway Company. Tramway.
The Peak Tramway Company. Tramway (funicular).
Wei San Knitting Company. Woollen factory.
A. S. Watson and Co. Aerated water factory,
Hong Kong Iron Mining Company. Iron mining (undeveloped).
Messrs. Kelly and Walsh. Printing works.
Noronha and Co. Printing works.
Guedes and Co. Printing works.
Hong Kong Printing Press. Printing works.
South China Morning Post (Limited)
Printing works.
Hong Kong Daily Press (Limited). Printing works.
China Mail (Liniited). Printing works.
There is also in Hong Kong a cigarette factory, a glass factory, a soap and andle factory, a match factory, a biscuit factory and a tannery. Lard is produced in large quantities under Government inspection. The dairy farm has one of the best-equipped dairies in the world, with cold storage and other accessories. chief meat, dairy and produce company in Hong Kong is undertaking the packing
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of meat in tins and otherwise for export, and promises to become an important, if not a controlling, factor in the tinned meat trade of southern Asia.
So Hong Kong is a very perfect small industrial centre, and its large concerns are entirely in British hands. Two soap factories on American lines have been projected, one by the Standard Oil Company. Our only local competitors are Chinese, who have not yet developed any big industrial concerns in South China, though examples such as the Kwantung Government cement works at Canton and the Nanyang Tobacco Company at Hong Kong show that the Chinese are no longer oblivious to their opportunities.
2. Shanghai-
Ewo Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company. Cotton mills. International Cotton Manufacturing Company. Cotton mills. Oriental Cotton Manufacturing Company. Cotton mills.
Kung Yik Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company. Cotton mills. Laon Kung Mow Spinning and Weaving Company. Cotton mills. Shanghai Cotton Manufacturing Company (two milis). Cotton mills. Yangtzepoo Cotton Mill Company. Cotton mills.
Ewo Silk Filature. Silk filature.
Ewo Yuen Press Packing Company. Wool cleaning and press-packing factory. Liddell Brothers and Co. Wool cleaning and press-packing factory.
Mackenzie and Co. Wool cleaning and press-packing factory.
Shanghai Dock and Engineering Company. Shipbuilding and engineering. New Shipbuilding and Engineering Works. Shipbuilding and engineering. Marine Motor Works. Shipbuilding and engineering.
China Soap and Candle Company. Scap and candle works.
British Cigarette Company. Cigarette factory.
Kiangsu Chemical Works. Sulphuric acid works.
A. Butler and Co. Cement and tile works.
Shanghai Mutual Telephone Company. Telephone service.
Shanghai Electric Construction Company. Tramway.
Shanghai Waterworks Company. Waterworks,
Shanghai Gas Company. Gas works.
Shanghai Ice and Cold Storage Company. Ice and cold storage.
China Import and Export Lumber Company. Saw mills.
Lih Teh Oil Mill Company Oil mill.
S. Moutrie and Co. Piano and organ factory.
China Pencil Company (Limited). Pencil factory.
Shanghai Horse Bazaar and Motor Company (Limited).
carriage factory.
Motor car and
Eastern Garage and Star Garage Company. Motor car and carriage factory.
Central Garage. Motor car and carriage factory.
Hall and Holtz. Furniture factory.
Weeks and Co. Furniture factory.
Arts and Crafts (Limited). Furniture factory.
A. S. Watson and Co. Aerated water factory,
Llewellyn and Co. Aerated water factory.
Aquarius Company (Limited). Aerated water factory.
Sparklis Aerated Water Factory (Limited). Aerated water factory.
Mercantile Printing Company (Limited). Printing works.
Messrs. Kelly and Walsh (Limited). Printing works.
Messrs. Brewer and Co. (Limited). Printing works.
North China Daily News and Herald. Printing works. Shanghai Mercury (Limited). Printing works.
Shanghai Times. Printing works.
The Anglo-Chinese Steel Rolling Mills propose shortly to erect a steel works at Shanghai.
Its
It can be seen from the above that Shanghai has developed from being merely a port into becoming the most progressive manufacturing centre in China. staple product is cotton goods, which is the most promising of the new industries of China. A 1918 report gave the total number of cotton mills in China as forty-one with 1,300,000 spindles. Of these, twenty-two are in Shanghai and thirteen in the surrounding district. Of the Shanghai cotton mills, eight were British (capital
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