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1.

and

Cost of Living Supplies.

HONG

KONG.

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

2.

Population and Refugees.

Report for the week ending Briday, 17. 3. 39.

Fresh Vegetables

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

By

•

-

routes

other

(if

known

No. of

16. 3. 39. in Kam Tin' Camp

refugees

on

Trend of popula-

other camps on

16. 3. 39.

No. of refugees in border and

tion +,

or no

change.

14. 5. 39.

16.3.39

<+•r9uIB93.s

By

railway.co

By

Freshwater Fish

Supplies

Saltwater Fish

and prices

Poultry

normal.

36326 Nil

300

Meat

3128 18988

Remarks on State of Industrial and Shipping Activity.

See report appended.

A

Remarks on Revenue Position and Prospects.

Approximate

revenue for the four weeks ended 18th March, 1939 was $2,768,000, equal to 114% of the average of corres- ponding periods of the three previous quarters. Approximate revenue for the first eleven weeks of 1939 was $8,634,000, equal to 111% of revenue for first eleven weeks of 1938.

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