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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

Fresh Vegetables:

Supplies

Friday, 28.7.-9

and prices approximately normal.

"reshwater Fish: Supplies about 75% of normal and prices up about 25%.

valtwater Fish: Supplies about 65% of normal and prices up about 20%.

Poultry:

Supplies about 85%

of normal and prices up

about 20%.

kosti Supplies approximately

normal but prices up

about 20%.

Firewood:

Pine (chopped)

Average

number of catties

per dollar

64

Pine (unchopped) 74 Singapore (chopped) 77

(unchopped) 83

Sandakan (chopped) 76

(ünchopped) 82

Misc. (unchopped)

80

2.

Population and Refugees.

No. of persons of all kinds

entering Colony during

26.7. 39 27.7

week ended

By

steamer.

25078

By

railway.

(if known)

By other

routes

No.

of

refugees

in Kam Tin Camp

on

27....7..39.

camps on .27.7.39.

No. of refugees in border and other

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

25...7....39.

F11

Nil

3783

2613 -1878

3. Remarks on State of Industrial

and Shipping Activity.

See report appended.

4.

Remarks on Revenue Position

and Prospects.

geek ended 29.7.39.

Approximate revenue for four weeks ended 29th July was $4,171,000, aqual to 123% of average revenue of corresponding periods of the three previous quarters. Approximate revenue for the first 30 weeks of 1939 was 3,594,000, equal to 109% of revenue for the first 30 weeks of 1938.

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