CO129-554-5 Commission of Enquiry into the Hong Kong trade depression- correspondence and report 27-3-1935 - 11-8-1935 — Page 17

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Pages.

List of Members of the Commission

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Report.

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Chapter I, Preliminary

II, Procedure

III, General

IV, The Causes and Effects of the Depression

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V, Hong Kong's Position vis-a-vis China

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VI,

Hong Kong's Position vis-a-vis the British Empire

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VII, Industry

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VIII, Property

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IX, High Cost of Living in Hong Kong

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X,

The Water Problem in Hong Kong

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XI. Financial Matters; Currency, Banking and Foreign Exchange. 40

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XII, Aviation

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XIII, Tourist Traffic

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XIV,

Pigs and Poultry

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XV,

Miscellaneous Problems:

("A") Cable Rates

("B") Price of Petrol in Hong Kong

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("C") Hong Kong. Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ltd. 51

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XVI, Concluding Chapter

Appendices,

Appendix "A":

Table I,

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list of

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Total values, in Sterling and Hong Kong currency, of Imports

and Exports of Merchandise

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II, Total values of Imports and Exports of Piece Goods and

Textiles and percentage table of distribution of Imports... 57

III,

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IV,

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Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Coal... 58

Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Wheat

Flour

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V, Total quantities and values of Imports and Exports of Sugar... 60