KONGMOON
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Owing to the frequent piracies in the delta, the cocoon market hitherto established at Yungki has been transferred to Kongmoon, and during the season the numerous- steam launches and boats employed in this line of business give the port in front of the settlement a lively and animated appearance. There is a silk filature in the town which affords employment to about 300 women; the total out-turn of silk amounts to about 100 catties per day. An interesting local industry is the dredging of large shells, from which a good quality of lime is made. The annual production of these shells is estimated at 200,000 piculs, worth about $40,000. Quite an important industry has sprung up in Kongmoon, namely, the preserving and canning of Chinese fruit for export abroad, where it is consumed by the numerous Chinese in America, Australia and the Straits Settlements. Paper, which finds a ready market in Hong- kong, is manufactured by the Kongmoon Paper Mill.
The unique opportunities presented for transport by the unrivalled waterways of the delta have been well developed by native enterprise, and there is a large and lucrative passenger trade with Canton, Fatshan, Sancheong, Hongkong, Macao, etc. Large, roomy native passenger boats towed by powerful launches are engaged in this trade.
The surrounding country is picturesque, fertile and highly cultivated, and the inhabit- ants are prosperous and industrious. Rice is, of course, the principal crop, and it is milled locally, but mulberry shoots are very extensively cultivated for sale in the silk- producing centres, and large quantities of fresh vegetables are exported to supply the Hongkong inarket. During the past few years, however, trade in all directions has suffered severely owing to labour strikes and the general unrest prevalent throughout South China. The net value of the port's trade in 1928 was Hk. Tls. 9,009,888, as com- pared with Hk. Tls. 9,092,077 in 1927, Hk. Tls. 1,768,444 in 1926, Hk. Tls. 6,617,495 in 1925, and Hk. Tls. 15,308,424 in 1924.
DIRECTORY
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Consul-General-(residing at Canton)
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
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Dr. Nellie Ham
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Chen Shao, Lo Man chung and Shih Eng How Tidesurveyor and Harbour Master-
J. Mahood
Examiners--A. J. Cox and K. Miura Tidewaiter-E. J. Clark
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