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HONGKONG.

GOVERNORS.

Revenue.

Expenditure.

1843. Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., G.C.B. 1844. Sir John F. Davis, Bart., K.C.B. 1848. Sir George Bonham, Bart., K.C.B. 1859. Major-General Jervois (acting).

1853

24,700

36,418

1864

27,046

34,635

1865

47,973

40,813

1866

35,500

42,426

1853. Sir George Bonham, Bart,, K.C.B. 1851. Sir John Bowring, Kut.

1857

58,842

65,407

1858

62,476

62,979

1854. Lieut.-Colonel Caine (Lieut.-Governor).

1859

65,225

66,100

1869. Sir Hercules (F. R. Robinson, Knt.

1800

94,182

72,390

1862. William T. Mercer (acting).

1861

127,241

109,632

1864. Sir Hercules Robinson, Knt.

1862

131,512

122,423

1885. W. T. Mercer (acting).

1863

120,028

121,888

1866. Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, C.B.

1864

132,884

169,022

1865

176,717

195,376

Revenue.

Expenditure.

1888

163,359

196,458

1846

£27,046

£60,351

1867

179,143

162,780

1847

31,078

50,969

Population.

1848

25,091,

62,658

European and American.

Chinese, &c.

Total.

1949

23,617

38,986

1862

1,804

121,907

123,511

1860

23,526

34,314

1883

1,844

123,206

124,850

1851

23,721

34.115

1864

1.963

119,535

121,498

1852

21,331

34,765

1805

2,034

123,470 125,001

Trade and Commerce.

The commercial intercourse of Hongkong-virtually a part of the commerce of China-is chiefly with Great Britain, the United States, and Germany, Great Britain absorbing about one-half of the total imports and exports. There are no official re- turns of the value of the imports and exports of the colony, from and to all countries, but only mercantile estimates, according to which the former average four, and the latter two millions sterling.

The imports from Hongkong into the United Kingdom have been registered only since the year 1861, being formerly included with those of China. The value of these imports amounted to £137,864 in 1861; to £154,721 in 1862; to £1,288,907 in 1863; and to £2,881,929 in 1864. In 1865, the imports suddenly fell to £773,068 ; in 1866 to £282,288, and in 1867 to £183,373.

The subjoined table gives the value of the exports of British and Irish produce and manufactures from 1848 to 1867, exhibiting separately the exports to China and to Hongkong, and jointly to both, so as to show the share of Hongkong in the com- merce of the Chinese empire :-

To China and

Years.

To China.

To Hongkong. Hongkong con-

jointly.

I

1818

£795,465

£650,494

£1.445,959

1849

885.140

651.969

1,537,109

1850

975.954

598,191

1.574.145

1851

1.528.869

632.399

2,161,268

1852

1,918,244

585,355

2,503.599

1853

1,373.689

375,908

1.749.597

1854

532,639

468,077

1,000.716

1855

888,679

389.265

1.277.944

1856

1,415.478

800,645

2.216.123

1857

1.728,885

721,097

2.449.982

1858

1,730,778

1,145,669

2,876.447

1859

2,525,997

1,931,576

4.457.573

1860

2,872,045

2,445,991

5,318,036

1861

3,114,694

1,733,963

4.848.657

1862

2,024,118

1.113,224

3.137.342

1863

2,416.705

1,473,222

3,889,927

1864

3,093,865

1,618,867

4,711,478

1865

3,603,595

1,548.698

5,152,293

1866

5,090,074

2.387,933

7,478,007

1867

5,005,190

2,486,017

7,491,207

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