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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.

HONG KONG TRADE FIGURES.

DECREASES IN BOTH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

FAVOURABLE COMPARISON WITH LAST YEAR:

Hong Kong. Trade Returns for the month of May, issued by the Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports Department, show that the total value of the imports of merchandise amount. ed to $59,117,240, n decrease of 80,804,343 as compared with the pre- coding month, and an increase of $3,811,860 as compared with May of last year.

Exports were valued at 842,040,034 a decrease of $3,381,700 as compared with April, and an increase of $4,364,107 as compared with May of last year.

QUESTION OF RE-EXPORTS.

The trade figures for any one Chinn 8....... 5,043,000 15,591,188 given month are able to accidental)

variations other than those caused

Cubn

by fluctuations in the exchange | C. Americn. value of Hong Kong currency; 18 an

instance, importers and exporters Denmark

are allowed a period of seven days

in which to declare their goods. It Franco

should be borne in mind, therefore;

that no definite conclusion as to the Indo China.. expansion or contraction of tindo

can be drawn from the monthly re- Germany

turns,

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It should also be noted when Holland computing the value of the whole, trade of the Colony that this is Italy. not represented by the sun total of the value of imports and exports: by far the major portion of the ex- ports from Hong Kong being in the nature of re-exports.

The figures for May, including treasure, are as follow, the totals for the corresponding period of last year, being shown in brackets:-

Imports.

Merchandise

Japan

R. C Wan, Macao.

Norway

$68,117,246, (834,305,387) Siam Treasure...83,000,814 (89,424,381)

Total...881,183,730 (803,729,708)

(4,498,741) (15,743,052)

6,250

· (4,950)·

MOTOR FATALITY

SEQUEL.

LORRY DRIVER CENSURED:

LICENCE MAY BE CANCELLED.

An inquiry was held yesterday before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Police Court into the death of Lau Hok, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a motor." Jorry accident, which occurred on May 31.

Dr. P. F, S. Court, giving med!- cal evidence, stated that death was due to hemorrhage and shock,

Yau Yeung Kang, the driver of the lorry, said that at 7.30 pm, on May 31, he got his own lorry (2107) 43,800 (8,291)

out of a garage in Shantung Street. 295,570 The engine would not start, ro he

12,080410,031) got into another lorry (2008) and

(3,803)

(28,634) pushed No. 9197 out from behind 348,742 37,303 into Shantung Street, Eventually (275,320) (0,619) the engine of lorry 2107 was started,

5,808.028 2,078,548

932,462

(178,112)

83,794

(6,162,995) (3,042,897) and was driven off by a friend. 2,310,800 273,573 He thought he would drive lorry (2,299,009) (115,307)

1059, but a man ran out in front 407,444 (122,749) (14,120) of him from the right. He swerved" 1,403 to the left, put on the brake and (371) the car skiddod. It went up a 0,130,081 1,800,132 (8,601,274) (1,325,391) mound of gravel stones and toppled

721,334 1,203,408

over on its right eide. He was (-)

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thrown out, and when he got up, he saw, the deceased under the front right wheel, the man was alive,

(--).

3.204

." (218) 1,002,500

and witness went to the Police

(737242) Station for help. Witness said that

-918,257 he had been driving for a month. (712,183)

4,688,435 1,830,002 When the accident occurred he was (3,829,176) (2.141,979) doing about 12 miles per hour.

806,782 1,019,873

Philippines...

() €3,854 (04,054) N." E. Indies 4,010,702

(4,068,739) 274,600 (281,041)

8.. America...

Sweden

18,058 210,238

(3,258)

187,370

Merchandise

Exports.

$42,040,034 (838,284,807)

(234,828)

Switzerland

74,934

Treasure...87,270,202

Total...849,028,325

(87,841,063) Spain"........ |(848,126,520) | U.SIA.

(128,737) 146,199

(8,535) (20,167) 0,245,141

888,582

(325) 1,795

"

Monthly Fluctuations, Since May of last year imports, excluding treasure, have fluctuated from the lowest dollar value, (38,8 millions)in June, 1930, to the highest (71.8, millions) in March, 1031; while exports fluctuated from 832.1 millions to 854.4 millions in the same periods. The figures are given below with the sterling equivalents, at, average rates of exchange, in brackets:-

Imports, Exports.

Others

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Ng Ying, married woman,

(17,282)

7,079 stated that she saw no one cross (10,589) the street before the lotry swerved:

Dead Man Did Not Hear Her!

Asked by the Magistrate if she enlled out for help, after the acci- (2,736,571) (1,054,449) dent, witness replied in the effirma-

81,589 102,710

(93,033) (43,392) *Included under South China in

May, 1830.

below:

Group Figures.

The total values by main groups of commodities, with the figures for May, 1930, in brackets are given

Imports. Exports.

*

B 971,998 (788,013)

Materials. 1,470,394

(001,403)

Animals Live

May

$54,305,387

(£3,917,342)

838,284,807 Building (£2,761,005)

June

$38,882,830

$32,143,275

...

July

860,607,877

(£2,431,522) (£2,023,008) Chemicals & $34,305,347

Drugs

030,603 (523,016)

August

·

Live, but stated, that the dead man

did not hear her l

Chiu Kin, driver of torry 1038, said he had not given Yau Young Kang permission to drive his lorry.

Sergeant, Serim said he tected- lorry 1008 and found that the steera ing gear was wobbly. Both brakes were in good working condition.

35,383

The jury returned a verdict of (40,811) accidental death caused by shock.

and hemorrhage, and recommend- 798,172 (338,440) ed that the driver should be severe- ly censured, but did not consider 421,308

that driver's carelessness sufficient (223,140)

to warrant a charge of mans- 1,222,401 laughter being brought against him. (1,530,339) (1,475,300)

They suggested that the standard of efficiency of old-type cars be (234,770) raised by the Police Traffic Depart

(£3,183,054) (£2,158,067) .849,133,181 $40,139,166 Chinese

(£3,183,950) (£2,002,770) Medicines 1,898,717 September 856,772,414 230,957,652

Materiala 1,350,292 400,5874

(541,545) Foodstuffs 18,694,088 18,708,024

(26,415,397) (18,328,303) ment.

(£3,710,005) (2,802,702) Dyeing October.. 853108,170 $46,594,831

(23,433,778) (£3,009,940) November 95,110,372- 842,039,903 (£3,510,157) (£2,484,153) December $59,110,100 848,509,820 Fuels

(£3,386,520) (£2,770,215)

February 855,802,416 837,721,867 Liquor

January 259,389,025.

$47,073,829 Hardware (£2,031,913) (£2,301,912)

March

(22,502,103) (£1,738,742)

871,773,140

April

884,701,588

(£3,167,882)

May

846,030,734 (£2,253,688) Metals $59,117,246 842,049,034

854,434,250 Machinery & (£3,632,564) (22,870,180) Engines

(£8,700,010) (£2,054,706) Minerals Moan rate of exchange for May, 1 103), H.K. 11.9-10d.

Values by Countries.

and Ores

Nuts and

Seeds

1,099,424 261,713 Mr. Hamilton, addressing the (1,193,085) (32,487) driver, said: "The jury find that

494,600 287,034 *(843,184) 431,078 (381,210)

465,102 175,535 (187,741) (87,600) 4,011,372 2,285,591 (2,051,503) (1,053,605)

...

(180,279) you should be severely censured, 129,575 but they don't find your carelese (132,182) nes' amounts

tomanslaughter. That is a matter of opinion. I' think the jury have taken a very merciful view of your case. In. view of the fact that you made a 654,757 226,314 mechanical alteration and drove (48,465) 171,800)

someone else's car in the circum- 665,010: 416,205 stances we have heard this after- The total values of imports and

(508,611). (433,720)

noon, I recommend to the con- : exports of merchandise are shown Oils and Fats 7,876,453

3,183,004

sideration of the I.G.P. for the com- below by countries, the figures for

(2,894,886) || (1,784,410) Paints

220,707. May, 1930, being given in. brackets;

194,138 plete cancellation of your licence. (177,840) (163,330) Imports. Exports. Piece Goods., 0,502,412 · 4,537,732- (0,380,050) (4,587,874) Railway 454,721

Materials 52,059

60,823 (4,415,770) (903,197)

834,538 125,715

(9,201) (8,120) 685,014 723,358 (380,089). (180,407) 483,929... 108,718 (2,319,333) (209, 209);

Canada

Tobacco Treasure

202, 206 147,628 Vehicles

31,600

U.K. ........... 4,248,005

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(99.016) 65,968

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(092,460) (4,070) 6,009,651 4,950,043

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ADMISSION,

Armed with revolvers, four men paid visit to the second floor et (821,783) 30, Third Street, on Sunday morning, where they committed n 814,276 robbery,, their haul being made up (426,209) of jewellery and clothing to the

value of $254.

437,312- Nows of the affair was communi 279,317) oated to the Police by Yip Ming, 302,920 married woman, who said that (270,220)be was in the front circle when. There she heard a look at the door, and 145,477 a voice said, "Becond floor have (123,554) you a cubicle to let 1

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(452,103) 1,652.241 827,040 As the rear room was vacant. (877,451) (546,057) the woman opened the door, and 202,788 250,029 four men entered. Thythen (431,797) (364,474) produced revolvers and indicated 413,255 705,300 that they had combines make a *12,460,850), (1,818,185) Bearch for arms. The winn

4,393,000. 3,640,007 her mother, daughter and a tema e (3,185,242) (2,004,100), fellow-lodger wore bound and gagged with walnuts after, which they were driven into a room and covered with blankotella'y only, managed to free thomse ved after the men had left with their booty!

Total 01;183,760 48,028,328 (63,729,768): (40,120,620)

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