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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.

2.

Population and Refugees.

Report for the week ending Friday, 16. 6. 39.

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

Fresh Vegetables,

Supplies

Freshwater Fish

and prices

Saltwater Fish

Foultry

Keat

Firewood

approximately

normal.

By

railway.

By other

routes

(if known

No.

of

refugees

in Kam Tin Camp

on ..

15.-6. 39.

No. of refugees in border

camps on

and

other 15.6.39.

∙13.6, 39,

Trend of population. Net rise (+) or fall (−) for week ended

13. 6. 39. 15.6.20

By

steamer.

39282 Nil

Nil

•

4199

2666

3959

3.

Remarks on State of Industrial and Shipping Activity.

See report appended.

4.

Remarks on Revenue Position and Prospects.

week ended 17. 6. 39.

Approximate revenue for last four weeks was $2,499,000, equal to 95% of average revenue of correspond- ing periods of three previous quarters. Approximate revenue for the first 24 weeks of 1939 was $18,227,000, equal to 109% of revenue for the first 24 weeks of 1938.

Pine (chopped)

Average number of

cattles

per dollar

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61

Pine (unchopped)

66

Singapore (chopped)

69

Singapore (unchopped) 74

Sandakan (chopped)

68

Sandakan (unchopped) 75

kisc. (unchopped)

73

73

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