CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7] — Page 253

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The following table shows the junk trade of the Colony for the years 1921 and 1922:-

IMPORTS.

1921.

1922.

Junks.

Foreign Trade,...... 13,742 Local Trade,

5,495

Total,

19,237

Tons.

1,755,153 244,730

1,999,883

Junks.

12,927 3,516

16,443

Tons.

1,578,924

162,521

1,741,445

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OPIUM.

Four hundred and seventy-one (471) chests of Persian opium were imported during the year. 471 chests were exported to Formosa.

Six hundred and five (605) cheets of uncertificated Indian Opium were imported; 475 chests for the Macao opium farmer, and the remaining 130 cheats for the government opium monopoly.

The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1914:-

Imported 788,294 tons us under :-

Cattle, 945 head.....................................

Swine, 9,309 head, ...............................

Earth and Stones,

Tons.

111

541

27,127

760,515

Total.........

788,294

EXPORTS.

1921.

1922.

Foreign Trade,...... 13,783 Local Trade,......... 5,655

Tons.

1,736,583 258,516

Junks.

19,228 3,613

Tons.

1,616,084

160,990

Total,

HIMA

19,438

1,990,099

16,841

1,777,074

Exported 1,138,280 tons as under :—

Tons.

Kerosine, 1,658,035 cases,......................................0.........nom....................

55,417

439,409

231,702

Generat,

411,752

Total.............1,138,280

Stock in hand on

1922. 1021. 1920. 1910. 1018. 1017. 1018. 1975. 1014. Cheats. Chests. Chests. Chests Chests Chests Chests. Chests. Chests.

Ist January, ..... 226+ 3:29 329 253 7901 9771,309 2,350 4,5801 Imported during

658 1,525 1,290 1,259 1,657 1,706 1,879 3,059

the year, SER 1,076

Tutal, 1,802

Boiled by Oplam

Farmer,

Boiled by Govern.

ment,

Spurious Opium

destroyed,

Used locally...-----| Missing or stolen, Sold to Govern.

ment.

Exported during

the year,

987 1,61 1,543 2,068 2,884 8,009 4,129 7,640

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811+ 2001 226 377 539

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Stock remaining oal

81st December,..!

518 1,2971 837 1,265 1,469 1,867 2,469 | 4.911

7601 1,525 1,214 1,805 1,835 2,082 2,836 5,8834

2261 329

320 283 7901 977 1,308 2,266

Emigration and Immigration.

Ninety eight thousand three hundred and ninety-three (98,393) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1922. (156,011 in 1921). Of these, 52,038 were carried in British ships, and 45,755 in foreign ships.

One hundred and forty-three thousand five hundred and forty- seven (143,547) returning emigrants were 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 159,064 in 1921. Of these, 85,057 arrived in British slips, and 58,400 in foreign ships.

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