CO129-570-3 Sino-Japanese War- proposed refugee camp in demilitarised area of South China 1-6-1938 - 11-1-1939 — Page 101

Tel gram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Dated 11th. June, 1938. Received 8.57 a.m. 11th. June.

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No.167.

Addressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies

telegram No.167 11th. June repeated to Tokyo

telegram No.63. Sir A.Clark Kerr's telegram No.98 Canton telegram No.15 my telegram No.150. Refugees. Following is for your information. Surplus Hong Kong immigrants over immigrants by steamer and railway during 1937 was 111,000 which was

approximately 100,000 more than the average for the previous ten years. Surplus figures for 1938 are as follows: January to April inclusive 21,000, May 42,000, June 1st 6 days 11,000. Total surplus 1938 74,000.