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HONG KONG.

WEEKLY AIR MAIL REPORT ON LOCAL SITUATION (SECRETARY OF STATE'S TELEGRAM No.233 of 20th NOVEMBER, 1938).

1

Cost of Living and Supplies

Report for the week ending Friday, 28.4.39.

Fresh Vegetables: Supplies About 85% of normal and prices up about 15%.

Freshwater Fish: Suplies about 90% of normal and prices up about 10%.

Saltwater Fish

Poultry

Meat

Supplies

and prices

normal.

The above represents no

change from last week's report.

Hostilities in Kongmoon

2

Population and Refugees.

No.of persons of all kinds entering Colony during week ended

25. 4. 39

27.4.39.

By

Steamer

3

Remarks on State of Industrial

By

railway

By other

(if known)

routes

in Kam Tin Camp on 27.4.39.

No of refugees

|(-) for week ended 25.4.39.

Trend of population. Net rise (+) or fall

No.of refugees in border and other camps on 27.4.39.

Nil

4517

3849

+5018

and Shipping Activity.

See report appended

4.

Remarks on Revenue Position and Prospects.

Approximate revenue for the four weeks ended 29th April was $3,490,000 equal to 97% of average revenue of corresponding periods of three previous quarters.Approximate revenue for first seventeen weeks of 1939 was $13,683,000, equal to 117% of revenue for first seventeen weeks of 1938.

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District are still affecting

37225

Nil

the supplies of Vegetables and

Freshwater Fish.

Cost of Firewood on 28.4.39

Average

number of

catties

per dollar

Pine (chopped)

49

11

(unchopped)

53

Singapore (chopped)

53

11

unchopped) 59

Sandakan (chopped) 55

11

(unchopped) 59

Misc. (unchopped) 58

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