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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 Raw Opium imported and exported during 1891 has been kept, and is as follows:-

Imported, Exported,

.58,4192 chests. ...57,998

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21.-SHIPPING.

Arrivals exclusive of Jurks.

The total arrivals, exclusive of Junks, during the year 1891, amounted to 4,351 vessels and 5,138,627 tons, being 244,894 tons over the arrivals in 1890.

Junks.

22,806 Junks measuring 1,634,616 tons arrived in the Colony in 1891, as against 23,512 Juuks and 1,795,261 tons in 1890, showing a decrease of 706 Junks and 160,645 tons.

The total arrivals for the last 5 years were-

EXCLUSIVE OF JUNKS. Number of Vessels. Tons.

JUNKS.

GRAND TOTAL. Number of Vessels. Tons. Number of Vessels.

Tons.

Years. 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

4,518,614

22,926

1,716,922

-26,746

6,235,536

1890,.....

4,114

4,893,733

23,512

1,795,261

27,626

6,688,994

1891,

4,351

5,138,627

22,806 1,634,616

27,157

6,773,243

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:

Fears.

1887,

1888.

1889,

1890,

1891,

Arrived.

92,375

98,800

99,315

101,147

105,199

Departed.

82,897

96,195

47,849

42,066

45,162

22.—AGRICULTURE.

The lands of the Colony being inducement for this industry here.

limited and not favourable for agricultural purposes, there is no The produce is quite nominal, and is for local consumption only.

23.-MANUFACTURES, &C.

Manufactories.

Several new Manufactories have been added to those already in existence.

Steam-Launches.

The total number of Steam-Launches built in the Colony in 1891 was 25, with a total tonnage of 2,324.03, as against 31 with a total tonnage of 2,377.10 in 1890. The total number of licensed Steam-Launches of all descriptions, in the Colony, in 1891, were:-

Licensed to carry passengers, •

Private Launches,....

Colonial Government Launches, War Department Launches,

.48

..44

8

5

105

24. GRANTS OF LAND.

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

No, of Grants. “No, of acres sold. No. of acres re-granted.

A. R. P. 21.3.161

Years.

1887,.... -1888..

187

202

44.0.31

A. R. P. 54.0.313 59.3.13

1889,

65

44.1. 93

11.0. 55

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1890..

29

9.3.17

15.3.303

1891,......

37

26.0.331

43.0. 51

Total No. of acres

granted.

A. R. P. 76.0. 8 104.0. 4

88 1.15 25.8. 74 69.0.38

Note. The Returns in the Blue Book report for 1890 stated for that year lands sold by auction only viz. :—2 A. 3. R. 10 P. and did not include lands sold by way of extension to Lots already existing, the addition of the latter increasing the number of acres sold in that year to 9 A. 3 R. 17 P. as above.

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