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20;-IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

There being no Custom House, it is not possible to furnish an account of all Imports and Exports, but a record of Kaw Opium imported and exported during 1890 has been kept, and is as follows:-

Imported, Exported,

21.-SHIPPING.

Arrivals exclusive of Junks.

.62,4631 35 chests. ..58,0231

The total arrivals, exclusive of Junks, during the year 1890, amounted to 4,114 vessels and 5,093,733 tons, being 575,119 tons over the arrivals in 1889.

Junks.

23,512 Junks measuring 1,795,261 tons arrived in the Colony in 1890, as against 22,926 Junks and 1,716,922 tons in 1889, showing an increase of 586 Junks and 78,339 tons.

The total arrivals for the last 5 years were:--

EXCLUSIVE OF JUNKS.

JUNKS.

GRAND TOTAL. Years. Number of Vessels. Tons. Number of Vessels. Tons: Number of Vessels. 1886,...... 4,251 4,571,296

Tons.

22,971 1,752,868

27,222 6,324,164

1887,...

4,078

4,607,914

23,521

1,793,923

27,599

6,401,837

1888...................

3,821

4,536,442

23,958

1,863,968 27,779

6,400,410

1889,...... 3,820

1890,..... 4,114

4,518,614 22,926 5,093,733 23,512

1,716,922

26,746

6,235,536

1,795,261

27,626

6,688,994

Immigration and Emigration from and to Ports other than in China and Japan.

The following will show the number of Chinese who, arrived in, and the number who departed from the Colony during the last 5 years :-

Years.

1886,

1887,

.1888,

1-889,

1890,

Arrived.

Departed.

88,704

64,522

92,375

82,897

98,800

96,195

99,315

47,849

.101,147

42,066

22.-AGRICULTURE.

The lands of the Colony being limited and not favourable for agricultural purposes, there is no inducement for this industry here. The produce is quite nominal, and is for local consumption only.

23.-MANUFACTURES, &c. Manufactories.

No new Manufactories have been added to those already in existence.

Steam-Launches.

The total number of Steam-Launches built in the Colony in 1890, was 31, with a total tonnage of 2,377.10, as against 26 with a total tonnage of 1,172.58 in 1889. The total number of licensed Steam-Launches of all descriptions, in the Colony, in 1890, were:—

Licensed to carry passengers,

Private Launches,

Colonial Government Launches,

War Department Launches,.

.47

**.53

.10

5

115

24.-GRANTS OF LAND.

The sales of land on lease during the last 5 years were:-

Years.

1.

1886, 1887,

,,

1888,

Total No. of Sales

Total. No, of Acres sold.

A.

R.

P.

88

187

202

1889

1890,.......

65

6

82. 2. 31

76. 0: 8

104. 0. 43

88. 1. 15

2. 3. 19