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TRADE IN KWANG TUNG

REPORT FOR KOWLOON.

A SATISFACTORY RECOVERY.

THE SMUGGLING PROBLEM.

No Gogart Barvice......

The Maritime Customs Service is revenue collecting administration which functions in the treaty porta and, so far as the Native Customs are concerned, within a 50-75 radius of certain treaty parts; but ont side these restricted areas there is,

Me

at present, no preventive organisa. Just arrived the New Orthophonic

tion or coast-guard service to cope with this new type of amuggling which is growing up. The problems The China Maritime Customs

of enforcing increased Customs Report for Kowloon and the Can tariffs, therefore, and of dealing tou-Kowloon Railway tradle for the with the malpractices inseparable year 1027 signed by Co. F. Hayley from an increased internal taxa- Bell, Commissioner of Customs, tion system is a grave one and calls gives quite a satisfactory account for serious attention from the Gov of recovery following the end of ernment. The difficulties, confront the 1925 boyeptt. Piracy has de ing the South are greater than those creased but smuggling has grown which confront the North. In this to the dimensions of a very grate South there are great trading problem for the Customs Service

depota close to the Chinese coast. The Commissioner states:

or having long conterminous Iron- The value of trade which, by tiers-Hong Kong, Macao, the junk and railway, passed through French Colonics, Formosa all of the Kowloon Customs stations in which must be "reckoned with, as 1994 was 87) million Haikwan talk the Government concerned mas, Foreign imports into China he despite the best intentions, be un- count for nearly 47 millions; able to prevent their subjects from millions and 13 millions represent, taking a hand in an illicit traffic respectively, Chinese imports (which offers large profits. imports from other parts of China) and exports.

The figure for 1927 is three times the Bgure for 1923 (the year which felt the fullest effect of the dia astrous boycott and strike) and in- dicates a recovery to a fair äverage reckoned over the last 10 years. Increase has been general in all the principal articles, and there is little that calls for special men

tion.

DETAILS OF TRADE AND TRANSPORT.

RATERNO. JUNKS.-The revenue derived from junk-borne cargo amounted to Hk. Tis 290,645, an increase of Hk. Tia. 118,737, one-third-on the pre- vious year's receipts. "The improve ment is shown in all inward head- figure for the last 10 years, due Ass. Exports record the lowest

to unsettled conditions on the cast coast.

·HALLWAY (CANTON-KOWLOON).—Im- provement in the amount of duty collected is shown here also, the total collection being Hr. TIL 9,291, which is the highest since 1923,

Shipping.

The Kowloon Customs stations are barriors through which pase goods which have, for the most part, reither their origin nor their dis tination in the immediato.neigh bourhood. With both buyer and seller out of reach, information on trada conditions is difficult to

UNDER GENERAL REGULATIONS—A collect; but in the strong upward tendency of the junk trade gares large increase is shown in the there is indication of an increase number of vessels entered and clear- in "confidence and promise of aéd under these regulations, viz., general revival in businem general- 2,733 launches and 6,097 junks enter- ly. The greater part of trade ined and cleared, the aggregate ton Chine looks to junk and other nage being 9,414,802 tone this year, small craft for its distribution,

as compared with 199,825 tons in and it is here that the continued 1998, prevalence of piracy, often on a pettý scale, but so constant that it seems inevitable and all too seldom punished, paralyses the local distribution and leads to the cessa- tion of demand and consequent stagnation of business.

A Check On Piracy,

It is satisfactory to be able to record that during this year the Canton Government laid down in Hong Kong yards to armed motor bosts, at a. cost of 880,000 each, and two armed, steamers, to cost some $200,000 each, which are to be tied in the suppression of piracy; at the time of writing theas four vessels are nearing completion, While, however, this will put a check on piracy on the larger scale, at sea and, on the river, the above poins remains that it is the con- stant robberies on the land waterways that are such a ménses to travelling and to small traders, and for this nothing but goo internal policing of the country can

have effect,

Growth Of Smuggling.

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UNDER INLAND WATERS STEAM. NAVIGATION RULES.-The number of vessels extered and cleared under these regulations shows a return to normal Egures, there being 2,203 vessels entered and cleared during the year whereas last year the figure dropped as low 382.

Foreign Goods. IMPORTS, DIRECT AND COASTWISE2.- JUNK-BORNE-A contrast is shown of 43 million Haikwan taels against the 62 million tacls of 1926. The 1927 gure is the highest recorded since 1924.

RAIL-BORNE The value for rail- borne imports also shows a son- siderable gain over the two pre- ceding years, the total net value being H. Ts. 2,237,954. The rail- way has not been running con tinuously during the year.

RE-EXPORTS. No remarka.

Chiñase Goods.

EXPORTS ADROID —JUNK-BORNZ. -**

VICTOR RECORDS

for

SEPTEMBER

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The Dance of the Blue Danube

(Fisher) Fips Organ

I Can't Do WMhout You (Berlin)

VERSE CRAWFORD

No. 21.502, 10-lock

Blue Danube Waltz (Strauss) Wedding Dance-Waltz (Lincke)

INTERNATIONAL CONCEIT ÖRCHESTRA.

No. 35927, 12inch

Fantasia and Fugue on “B.A.C.H.” Part 1 (Lfest) (Recorded in Europe) Fentasin and Fugue on “BA.CH."

·Part 2 Organ N

GUY WEITZ

No. 3isko, 12-Inch Honolulu Sweetfrenet Of Mine

{Davin-Stanley} {* Along Miami Shore (Warren-Snodgrass)

HILO HAWAIIAN, ORCHESTRA Prikšt, 10-Lüch“

Rosette (Newman-Lombardo) Pipe Organ „For Old Timek' Sakó- -(De Sylva-

Brown-Henderson)

JESSE CRAWFORD No. 21505, 10-inch

POPULAR DANCE AND VOCAL RECORDS

Doing Things Violin and Guitar with Piano Wild Cat

Jos Vest-EDDIE LANG No. 31561, 10-inch The Sidewalka of New York-Hedley Harmonion with Guitar and Mandolin In the Good Old Suminer Time

Medley Harmonico with Guitar and Bells

EDLCE JORDAN AND HIS EAST SIDE ROYA

No. 21568, 10-inch = Daffy Mitties-Part 1 and Part 2

With Piano

No. 21460, 10-inch Chloë (Song of the Swamp) Male Quartet With Pand Ready for the River

CLIFY FRIEND

Male Quartet With Plano THE ROUNDERS

No. 21383, 10-Inch

Oh! You Have No Idea JOHNNY MARVIN I'm Tired of Making Believe Wuk

Pistin, "Catio and Frano HABOLD YATES

No. 21502, 10-inch Was It a Dream? With Piano

THE REVELLES Beautiful Malo Quartet With Piano

NATIONAL CAVALIERS No. 21516, 10-inch Memories of France Old Pals Are the Best Fala After All

GENE AUSTIN

No. 21845, 10-fuck That's my Weakness Now "Get Out And Get Under the Moon

No. 21557, 10-inch

HERËN KANK

Giggling Gertie With Piano Must Yon Wear a Moustache?

With Piano

THE HAPPINESS BOTE No. 1529, ID-cu

Too Busy!

Male Quartet With Violin, Harp and Piano Waitin' For Katie With Harp and Piano

THE FOUR RAaraua

No 21550, 10-Inch

A-Mother's Plen With Vialism and Gutine Since Mother's Gone

With Violins und Guitar Bud BILLINGS

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Dusky Stevedore--Fox Trot

Wish Vocal Refrain

When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By ̈

Fox Frot NAT SELLERET AND THE VICTOR ORCHES

No. 21515, 10-Inch

Pickin' Cotton-Fox Trot

(from George White's Scandala) With Vocal Refrain

GEORGE OLSEN AND BÜS MUSIC Blue Grass-Fox Trot-

(from George White's Scandals) With Vocal Refrain

JOHNNY HAMP'S KENTUCKY SEEKŃADERS

No. 21512, 10-inch

You're A Real Sweetheart--Fox Trot,

With Vocal Refrain

Lately Little Bluebird-Fox Trot

With Vocal Refrain

ROGER WOLFE KARN AND HIS ORCHESTRA

-No. 21510, 10-inch

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HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN FORTS.

Encouraging increase is scen under this heading, the export trade The hesith bulletin of Eastern value belag Hk, Tls. 13,076,480 for Ports for the week ending Septem 1927 as compared with H Tuber 13th gives the following record 5,221,721 for 1920, an increase of of cares?— approximately 8 million tele.

RAIL-BORNE.The total value, "is HL Tis. 401,772, as compared with Ek. T. 76,443 in 1926 and Ek Tis. 18,810 in 1925. The principal. increases are in gunny bags, poultry, timber» (pales and softe wood), pigs, rice and paddy, and fresh and preserved ginger.

Inland Transit And Treasure. No remarks.

Passenger Trame.

Plague.

Bombay 3 deaths. Caleutta: death. Rangoon 1 death.

Colombo: 1 case, 1 death. Prom Penh 2 cases, 1 death. Tungliao: 1 case."

Cholers, Calcutta: 10 death. Madras: 16, "deaths," Negapatam: 5 deaths. Rangoon 1 death. Pondicherry: 1 death. Shanghai: 3 deatha.

Small-box. Bombay: 1 case, 2 deaths. Madras 29 cases,

Negapatam 5 cases, 3 death. Pondicherry 5 deaths. Belawan Deli: 6 cases, 2 deaths. Pontianak: case.

Bourabaya: 3 cášes, · Pnom Penh 3 cakes, 3 deaths.

It is necessary-if unconventional in a trade report to call. atten- tion this year to the growth of amuggling on the south coasts of China.

Due to increases in in- ternal taxation of recent years and to the likelihood of near increase in the Customs tariff, systematic smuggling bids fair to become an industry which is already affecting the revenue and opposes the in- terests of bona fide. merchants.. Take kerosene cil, one of the most indispensable to Chinese in the in- terior of all articles imported from A total of 689,781 passengers foreign countries. The taxes and travelled by land and water during duty now levied on kerosene amount the year, an increase of 890,088 over, to over 20 per cent. ad valorem of last year's figures. The railway the importer's price. In places carried 077,087 of these, a figaro where the new taxation is effectually which compares, very favourably applied, and Canton is, in reality, with those of the last 10 years. The the only one, there is a definite number of persons travelling by decrease observable in the amount water shows an increase of 100,893 | imported, and this when kerosene is as compared with last year. The cheaper than it has been for reara | withdrawal of pickets employed to On the other hand, sales from Hong enforce the boycott is responsible Kong and Macao to places where for travellers moving to and fro taxation is not so efficiently enforced in,greater numbers. Large numbers are largely on the increase. The of overseas Chinese were repatriat- known shipments to Kwang Chowed by Chinesa charitable institutions Wan show the following Higurce for in the Straits Settlements and re- instance: 1924, 1,680,000 gallons; turbed to surrounding districts in 1926, 2,670,000 gallons; 1927, 3,505,000, the interior. gallons. The amount of kerosene actually consumed at Kwang Chow

•No remarks Wan must be trilling, and of the kerosene-not consumed there it may be confidently asserted that not a A terrible tragedy cocurred almost gallon page either duty or any tax within the harbour on the 9th whatever. All along the southern May. The Kongmoon river steamer coast-line Sshing-boats and other Lengkuang, lesting Hong Kong craft, many of which are provided collided with the launch Moonshine with auxiliary motora, carry on s in this Capsuimur The Leang Tucrative tramo. And the smuggling wong sank while attempting to is hot confined to kerosene Tobacco beach and a hundred lives were and cigaretice, spirits of wine, bet rule bze for long time had full sement, and other articles are being On the 7th December the Brat way. These districts are on the handled clandestinely together with agricultural show over held in east coast above Bainub, and in contraband goods such as salt, Hong Kong was inaugurated. The bormal times a considerable volume szms, opium, and drugs. Where quality of the exhibits and the of trade posses Betwish there and faxes and duties are raised there interest taken yarrants the hope Hong Kong, through the Kowloon should be corresponding prepara that the New Territories will in Castom tion to cope with, the illicit, tradic time grow suficient produce to u in merchandise, which inevitably supply the Colony entirely e Follows inch increaser.

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Ophim.

Mudellaneous

(Victor Distributors) Chater Road.

LIFE" SAVING.

MORE SO.A.A. SUCCESSES.

TIENTSIN POLICE-

TRAGEDY." CITY'S: TRİBUTE TO VICTIM OF GUNMEN

TIETBIN, Sept. 2nd.

An examination for the Pro- |ficiency Certificate and Bronze

An imposing funeral took place Medallion of the Royal Life Saving on Saturday afternoon in the Society was held at the Y.MC.A. Erench Concession in the case of Swimming Bath on Saturday after the Chinese constable of the French Police Force who was shot dead, apon. Twenty-nine candidates were whilst in the execution of his duty, presented for examination, of whom | by a robber on September 2nd. twenty-four completed the tests to will be recalled that the constable, the satisfaction of the Examiner, Mr. F. K. Ewart of the King's College.

No. 35, Liu Feng Hsiang, succeeded In catching hold of one of six armed robbers who had taken to fight after committing a robbery in the Rue Chabaneir

The classes were as follows:

The funeral procession was a Mr. Wong Ping Fab's Class remarkable testimony to the feel- Ching Pak Yuen, Hui Cheung Fook, ings aroused by the policeman's Ho Ping K, Cheung Shin Kwai, courageous devotion to his duty and Ho Leung Chie, Yelling Kim Cho, included members of all the Police Fortes in Tienbiin, French, British, Wong Ki Leung, Chan Ki Chuge falian, all the Special Areas, and Kwok Huk Hoi and Ip Evai Hunghe Chinese City. The streets were There were four others in this, lined with thousands of spectators class who did not qualify, and many leading foreigners took

part

Mr. Ho Pak Ping's Cha-Chan King Bha Clian Bai Ping, Ip Wreaths were sent by the various ".. Wah Sub Hot Ping Fog Cheung police forces and public bodies in The Choi, Wong Man I, Cheuk the town, a well as from private The Bias Bay pirates were very Yuk Chuen, Fang Kim Wah, Weng individuals and Chinese organisa active throughout the year, many Chi. Hoi, Ypeng Shoa Te, Young Lions-Peking and Tienenn Times. & steamer being captured, the cargo Hang Wa, Teang Chi Man, Wong looted, and passengers hold for Ken Yeang Tài Wa and Wils Fansom. --The detalls, bowover, ars

MISS HELEN WILLS.

L.8. ELECTIONS.

NEW YOBL

tion in this report. A large num.The classes were well up to the ONE OF WOMEN ORATORS IN too well known to require repeti- cadidate who failed, fo ber of junts were also attacked by standard of previous Cikinen from - Pirates, the most notable cases of the South China Athletic Assona, curring in

Ma's

August and Bep- tion, who now hold the record for tember there has been, almost the number of successful candidates indelunatly, minor trouble on the for the Society's awards Both The Republicans and the De- Kowloon border, with attacks on Mr. Wong Ping Fan and Mr. Hemocrats have both Abcided to en. torent villages by armed robbers Pak Ping have been recommended gage various known women to of disbanded soldiers and con- for the Honorary Intrater speak on their behalf in the coming

fight for the Presidency. tinual trouble in the Haing and Certificate.

althe service of Miss Helen

Willk Lufeng districte where Chinmunist

Tuo Brerate dichange the for the year wil 1, 1.29/394, loking on the 31st December at 22. of.

the ikën, tennis champión, Anú Miss Maribh Talley, the younk The hearing of the case against Prims Donna, have been retained. the No. 1 boatswain of the by the Republicans, while the Do- Perry on a charge of assaulting a mocrats announce that Miss Tosa caterer on board the ship has been mund Pinchot (Mr William Gar hxed for hearing at the Kowloon ton) starred as the nun in

um Miracle?! Magistracy, on Saturday morninga, 143,

preparing Mr. Leg d'Almada is appearing for speeches on Latir behalf-Ventral the defence.

News.