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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931.

COLONY'S TRADE

STATISTICS.

A

FIGURES FOR NINE MONTHS

OF 1930.

EFFECTS OF DOLLAR.

prices reprenanted a decrans of about 25% as compared with 1924. but even so the volume of trade was very substantially less than in 1924.

British Trade.

AN ARMED ROBBERY FRUSTRATED.

A DAYLIGHT AFFAIR IN PEEL STREET.

COURT INCIDENT.

CHINESE WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MAGISTRATE.

The United Kingdom Agures

Men's ambitions generally sour suffered in common with others, the percentage of the total Import: Plucky resistance by Chinese high, and in the case of a Chinese bontman who entered the Harbour trade recorded, too, falling from women inmates, who struggled Office yesterday, junt before the 14.11% in 1924 to 9.48% in 1930, with six robbers, frustrated an lunch hour, to disturb the usually Exports from Hongkong to the armed raid which was made on a imperturbable calm of that Govern- United Kingdom have never ronch- el any great proportion, the per- Chinese residenco at No. 41, first ment department, it wa

ception. Judging by his behaviour,

no ex-

Tho aix desperadoes gained an-at the Marine Court was his highest The British Empire as a whole

ambillon in life. nceninted for 17.26% of the Im-trance by pretending that they port trade in 1950 as compared came to rent a room, and, once

To all appearances a member of the local floating fraternity, he with 23.63% in 19524, and 12.09% Inside the premises, they attempt untered coolly into the Marine of the exporta as compared with ed to overpower the inmates in-Court, which at that time was not 9.93%. In 1924,

Imports fluctuated from $38cluding the principal tenant, Mrs. sitting,

walked up to the

Hongkong trade figures for the nine months ended December 1. 1930 have now been issued by the centage figure in 1924 heing 1.29 Hoor, Peel Street, yesterday shortit appeared, to those who witnessed | Statistical Branch of the Imports as compared with last year's figurely after one o'clock.

hls netion, that to sit on the Bench The of 88. and Exports Department. totals for this period are included h the December Issue of the official Trade Returns, it not being the intention of Government to publish

a special volume covering the uncompleted statistical year of 1930.

The returns show that during the period April--December In-million to $59 millions a month Mak. The latter struggled with Magistrate's Bench, sat down and, and exports from $32 millions to the robbers and shouted for as-with due solemnity, demanded that, the prisoners be brought in for ports of merchandise into the

trial! Colony amounted to a vaine of 48 millions, as shown in the fol- sistance. $456.464,599 18 compared with lowing table: $443,078,342 in the corresponding period of 1924, while exporta April totalled $356,821,278 as compared May with $380.163,720. The year 1924

June has been selected for purposes of July comparison inasmuch as it was the last completed year in which trade September

August statistics were collected by Government.

October November December

The robbers then bolted, leaving Imports Exports behind them a toy pistol and two 28,105,208 35,431,719 iron bars. The Police arrived 64,305,397 38.284.867 subsequently and made investiga- 38,582,830 #2.143.275tions. 60,876,877 34,395.347

At Brat sight the 1936 figures would appear to compare very. favourably with those of the year 1924, which was above the avers nge, but it should be noted that in 1930 Hongkong dollar values were entirely fictitious and out of all proportion to the volume of mer

The chief importing and export- chandise handled in the porting countries during 1930 were as Silver slumped disastrously, dur- ing the year, and the sterling ex-

rake change

of the Hongkong dollar averaged anly 18, 194d, over the nine months of 1930, as com- pared with 24, 44d. in the corres ponding period of 1924.

In

was anti-

follow:

same quarters it elpated that a low value dollar N. Fast Indies

It was some moments before the

Court clerk, who was the only man the room, could recover himself suffelently to demand an explana- tion of the man's most amazing be haviour. The man, however, stend- fastly refused to answer questiona put to him, but kept on demanding for the prisonera to be brought into Court.

Physically, he was a big man and the Court clerk was small. Words were of no avail, so the Court Ser- geant won summoned,

Other members of the staff of the Harbour Department had by this time been attracted by the commotion in the Court room and quite a crowd saw the attempts of the Indian Sergeant to eject this man from the Court.

That is my cap!" he criei, pointing to the Crown above the is my

Imports and Exports of treasure Magistrate's seat. "This were considerably under-declared seat and I will not move." $61,630,147 by the local banking institutions The Indian, was by no means (£7,350,679) | during the nine months of 1930, weak but it required the assist- and the following revised state-ance of a few others before the $62,639,456 ment has now been prepared for Chinese could forcibly be removed (17,469,133) that period:

from the Court. Imports Exports

66,772,414 39,207,652 Paints 49.133,181 40,139,196

53.168,170 46,594,831 | Piece Goods 65,110,372 42,069,993 Tobacco 69.110.160 48,609,929 Treasure

1,400

78,684

1,522 50,000

7,287

141.111

7.172 90.464

Tola]

Vehicles 455,464,599 356,821,278 | Wearing

1,700

807

Apparels

4,983

8.399

Principal Countries,

Sundries.

Bags

6,882

7,241

Electrical

Apparatus

4.641

2.782

Imports.

Hides Leather

1,798

1,970

3,861

1,792

China

Japan $ 66,108,120

1930 $121,546,982

1924 868,040,720 | Paper

Matches

3,718

4,040

8,180 6.098

(£6,922,565) $60,788,000 (£7.260.239)

Treasure Movements,

would stimunte the export trade

$ 47,071,433

of the Colony, but this end does

not seem to have been achieved. United Kingdom the ratio of exports to imports be-

$43,157,942

Dinner

ing less than in 1924.

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World wholesale prices droppedindo China benvily at the beneft to Hong-

$39,028,311

kong and China as importers was

rendered practically nugatory USA.

mainly

021

Account of the

de- of

$32,962,248

Siam $26,072,068

Germany

$21,078.088

811,710,801 (£1,396,767)

$10,736,516

$10.863.335 (£1,295,679)

$ 7,192,238

$12,845,23G

08

(£1,632,062) Trade not re-

Exports.

1930 China $189,002.237

$31,519.641

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Heavy Falling Off.

The following comparative Stralte tables show at a glance the heavy falling of in the actual trade of the Colony during the nine months India of 1930 as compared with the nine months' figures of 1924, the ster!- • South China ing equivalents, at the prevalling corded in 1924. rates of exchange, being given in hrneketa:

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Total

Importe

1924.

1930. $443,078,342 $455,464,599- (£52.846,323) (229,889,864) Indo China Br. Empire.

$104,686,349 $78,602,388 (£12,486,028) (£5,158,282) Straits

L. K.

$62,539,456 $43,197,942 (£7,469,133) (£2,834,860) Siam

Exports,

1924.

1930.

Japan Total $380,153,720 $356,824.278

($45,341,261) (£23.416,593) | U.S.A. Br. Empire.

U. K.

$58.672.392 (£6,986,978) Gold leaf hars $36,312,936 and Ingots (£4,331.074) Gold Coins $33,268,124 Silver Bars (£3,848,646)

$

xport

"He very strong man, but he not All right in the head," said the In- 126,607 37.720,014 dinn afterwards,

and those who 7,386,003

incident witnessed the 38,214,010 clined to agree.

810,017

and Ingots 104,585,113 Silver Dollara 33,495,126 Other Tronstare 2,088,146

Tola]

9,730,024 3,407,527

141,111,000 96,454,478

December Figures

The figures for December were

follow, the November appearing in brackets:

Importa

Merchandise

Treasure

1921 $235,770,894 (£28,120,691) Tatal

$32,659,234 (E 3,895.294)

totals

were in-

KWANGSI PEACE MOVE,

ALL EYES ON NANKING CONFERENCE.

Canton, Jan. 22.

The ex-Kwangsi Military $59,110,160 ($55,110,372) Governor, General Wong Shac

hung, has written two personal $ 4,683,548 (3 1,232,455)lotters to His Excellency the Civil! Governor of Canton, General Chan $63,793,708 ($66,342,827) | Ming-shu, and General Chan Chal- tong, suggesting that as he is on Exports,

his way to Nanking to confer with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek on a $48,509,929

settlement of the war between Kwangtung and Kwangst it would $ 9,563,845 (8,794.0411 be beneficial to trade if the would Kwangtung Commanders

Merchandise

Treasure

$ 23,618,677 $18,017.490 (£ 2.148,561) $ 17,598,777 $16,369,692

(£1,833.156) Total $14.716.969. $19,464,742 (£2,321,576)

$ 11,876,400 $14,208,268

(£ 1,694,632)

$37,851,814 843,136,113 | Philippines (4,614,021) (£2,830,742)

$4,579,175 $2,971,404

(

546,162) (£ 194,999)

($42,069,993)

Import Figures.

from

$58,073,774 (860,864,034) shorten their defensive lines to permit a partial resumption of communication between Nanning, Liuchow, Wuchow and Canton. The principal countries

The letter further requests the refrain $6,774.879 $30,813,172 which imports were recorded were Kwangtung leaders to

taking as follow, the figures for Novem-from

any offensive (£ 1,289.690)

bee being given in brackets; measures, and to atop further Group Figuren.

China $19,096,932 (314,318,648) aerial bombardment at Nanning The principal groups of trade Japun $ 7,747,214 ($ 7.462,472) and Liuchow pending the outcome

of the Nanking conference. 1924 no statisties were available during the nine months of 1930 N. East Indies

$ 7,048,749 ($ 6,697,999) Canton official circles are hope- of the import trade from South were as follow:

United Kingdom

ful of the success of the Nanking Chinn. Kwong-Chow-Wan and

$ 4,674,463 ($ 4,532,612) Conference. U.S.A. $ 4,304,179 ($ 6,210,540) Indo-China

I should here he noted that in

biacao. These three countries

constitute a very important source Animals

of supply to Hongkong, and dur-Building

the nine months of 1930 the

ins

Materials total import of merchandise was Chemicals valued at approximately $58,000,- Chinese

000.

rials

$ 2,661,667 Siam $ 2,513,248 Germany

000's omitted.

Imports Exports 8.670 332

8,189

4,694 2,410 4,439

17,714

Mate-

160,461 139,763

Medicine... Presuming the import trade Dyeing from South China, Kwong-Chow- Wan and Macno in 1924 to ap- Foodstuffy proximate the 1930 figure the ne-Fuels tual reading of the comparative import figures would be:

.1924.

$501,399,214

1930,

$455,464,599

12.436 India

($ 3,830,550)

($ 1,279,372)

$ 2,069,602 ($ 2,488,099) $ 1,470,560 ($ 1,501,134) Straits 1,177,414 ($ 1,910,770)

4.124 5,201

8,241 1,351

3,017

Hardware

3,480

Liquor Machinery

2,180. 1,360 3,287 1,019

Manures

Metals

Minerals

13,608

13.667 21,204 18,667 1,653 1,016 6,296 4,707 28,769 20,138

(£59,802,302) (£29,889,864)

Against this has to be set the Nuts etc.

1930 fact that

world wholesale Oils etc,

The percentage of the total im- port trade recorded by United Kingdom, fell from 8.22% in No- vember to 7.74% in December, as compared with an average month. ly figure of 948% since April and 13% in 1924. Exports amounted to 79% as compared with .88% in November, .83% since April and 1.2% in 1024.

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