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HONGKONG

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The actual number of individual ocean-going vessels of European construction during 1925 was 1,015, of which 371 were British and 644 foreign. In 1924 the corresponding figures were 1,123 of which 416 were British and 707 foreign. These 1,015 ships measured 3,171,253 tons. They entered 4,776 times and gave a collective tonnage of 11,810,938 tons. Thus 108 less ships entered 1,708 less times and gave a collective tonnage less by 1,999,036 tons, an average of 1,170.4 tons per entry.

A Parliamentary paper issued in August, 1905, showed Hongkong to be, in respect of tonnage, the largest shipping port in the world. The trade chiefly consists of cotton, sugar, salt, flour, oil, cotton and woollen goods, cotton yarn, opium, matches, metals, earthenware, amber, ivory, sandalwood, betel, vegetables, granite, etc.

There is an extensive Chinese passenger trade, chiefly restricted, however, to the Straits Settle- ments, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, Siam, and Indo-China,

Hongkong possesses unrivalled steam communication and there are frequent and regular mail services to Europe, America, Australia and Africa. Regular steam com- munication between Java and Hongkong is maintained by the Java-China-Japan Line and the Nederland Royal Mail Line. Between the ports on the east coast of China, Formosa and Hongkong the steamers of the Douglas S.S. Co. and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha ply regularly, and there is constant steam communication with Hoihow, Manila, Saigon, Haiphong, Tourane, Bangkok, Borneo, etc. The British-India and Apcar lines sail between Hongkong Calcutta and intermediate ports. With Shanghai, Tientsin, and the ports of Japan there is frequent communication by steamers of the Indo-China S.N. Co., China Navigation, and other lines, in addition to the English, American and French mail steamers. Between Hongkong, Macao, and Canton there is a daily steam service, and in normal times steamers run as far as Wuchow on the West River.

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DIRECTORY

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT

Governor, Commdr.-in-Chief, and Vice-Admiral-Sir CECIL CLEMENTI, K.C.M.G. Aide-de-Camp-Capt. C. H. Steele, M.C., Royal Irish Fusiliers

Private Secretary-B. R. Forster

Hon. Aide-de-Camp-Captain H. B. L. Dowbiggin, V.D.C.

Do. Do.

Subadar Maj. & Hon. Lieut. Fazal Khan Bahardur, 5th/2nd Punjabis

-Acting Subadar Major Piran Ditta, D.C.M., H.K.S.B., R.A.

His Excellency The Governor

局政議 I Ching Kuk

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

His Excellency General Officer Com-

manding

Hon. Colonial Secretary

Hon. Attorney-General

Hon. Colonial Treasurer

Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, Secretary for

Chinese Affairs

Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, Dir. of Public Works

Hon. Sir H. E. Pollock, K.C.

Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow

Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang

Ting Lai Kuk

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

President: His Excellency The Governor Official Members:

His Excellency Genl. Officer Commanding Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn (Colonial

Secretary)

Hon. Sir. J. H. Kemp, K.C., C.B.E. (Attorney-

General)

Hon. Mr. C. McI. Messer, C.B.E. (Colonial

Treasurer)

Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax (Secretary for

Chinese Affairs)

Clerk of Councils:

Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy (Dir. of Pub. Works) Hon. Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe (Capt. Supt. of

Police)

Unofficial Members: Hon. Sir H. E. Pollock, K.C. Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang

Hon. Mr. H. W. Bird

Hon. Dr. R. H. Kotewall, LL.D. Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard D. W Tratman