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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1921

Table of Contents

1 Finances

2 Shipping and Trade, industries, Fisheries, agriculture and Land

3 Legislation

4 Education

5 Public Works

6 Government and aided institutions

7 Institutions Not Supported By Government

8 Criminal and Police

9 Vital Statistics

10 Postal and Telegraph Services

A Financial Returns

A(1) Finances

B Assessment

C Secretariat for Chinese affairs

D Harbour office

E Imports and Exports office

F Royal Observatory

G Supreme Court

H Police Magistrates' Courts

I Land office

J New Territories

K Police and Fire Brigade

L Prison

M Sanitary

M(1) Medical

N Botanical and forestry

O Education

P Volunteer Corps (Not Published)

Q Public Works

R Post office

S Railway

I.-FINANCES.

The revenue for the year amounted to $17,728,132 being $2,391,782 more than the estimate and $3,038,460 more than the revenue for the previous year.

Compared with the returns for 1920 there were increases under every head.

The expenditure amounted to a total of $15,739,652 inclusive of a sum of $3,053,525 spent on Public Works Extraordinary.

The detailed figures for 1921 are set out in the following

statements :-

Light Dues

HEADS OF REVENUE.

Light Dues, Special Assessment -

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise

specified

Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements in Aid -

106,417.09

115,710.44

11,644,243.90

1,194,673.94

Post Office

663,914.42

Kowloon-Canton Railway

603,980.77

Rent of Government Property, Land, and

Houses

1,158,188.80

Interest

359,473.33

Miscellaneous Receipts

247.431.70

TOTAL, (Ordinary)-

$16,094,034.39

Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)

TOTAL

1,634,097.55

$17,728,131.94

The total expenditure brought to account amounted to $15,739,652 being $1,609,498 less than the estimate, and $1,250,058 more than the expenditure in 1920. Compared with the estimates there were increases under 18 heads as against 8 heads where there were decreases. The excess amounting to $196,971 under Miscel- laneous Services was due to transport of Government servants, and $210,530 in the case of Kowloon-Canton Railway due to two motor coaches and motor trailer. Military Expenditure was less than the estimate by $202,100 due to recovery of amount overpaid in 1920. Imports and Exports Department shows a saving of $254,086 due to less purchase of Opium and Public Works Extraordinary was less by $1,913,874 than the amount estimated. The item Charge on account of Public Debt was responsible for an excess over the estimates of $108,244 due to lower exchange.

EXPENDITURE.

Governor

91,035.19

Cadet Service

239,948,92

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legis-

lature

58,415.07

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

18,705.03

Audit Department

51,440.87

Treasury

72,676.59

Harbour Master's Department

350,025.53

Imports & Exports Department

591,756.04

Royal Observatory

32,700.51

Miscellaneous Services

845,413.82

Judicial and Legal Departments -

271,948.20

Police and Fire Brigade

1,527,097.55

Prison Department

299,746.56

Medical Department

378,128.77

Sanitary Department

536,438.13

Botanical and Forestry Department

61,428.11

Education

589,323.92

Military Expenditure -

Public Works Department

Do.

Recurrent

Do.

Extraordinary

Post Office -

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Charge on account of Public Debt

Pensions

Charitable Services

TOTAL

2,318,654.02

651,599.00 938,582.38

3,053,525.11.

293,710.10

1,108,838.99

890,336.88

389,845.50

78,331.61

- $15,739,652.40

The balance to the credit on the year's working was $1,988,480 and the assets and liabilities account showed on the 31st December a credit balance of $6,478,746.

The following is a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the Colony for the five years 1917-1921 :-

Revenue.

Expenditure.

1917

15,058,105

14,090,828

1918

18,665,248

16,252,172

1919

16,524,975

17,915,925

1920

14,689,672

14,489,594

1921

17,728,132 15,739,652

The amount of the consolidated loan stands at £1,485,733. Against this there is at credit of the Sinking Fund a sum of £368,403. The Local Loan under Ordinance No. 12 of 1916 amounts to $3,000,000 and there are the sums of $664,495 and £89,093 at credit of the Sinking Fund.

A new valuation for Assessment was made for the year com- mencing 1st July, 1921, resulting as follows:-

Increases:

The City of Victoria

$872,540

The Hill District

8,150

Shaukiwan, Saiwanho and Quarry Bay

9,700

Hongkong Villages

36,924

Kowloon Point

124,615

Yaumati

86,705

Mongkoktsui

79,630

Hunghom and Hok Un

40,285

Kowloon Villages.

15,606

13,546

New Territories

The rateable value of the whole Colony amounted to $18,696,660 having increased by $1,287,701.

During the period 1912-1921 the assessment of the whole Colony has risen from $12,312,306 to $18,696,660, an increase in rateable value of $6,384,354.

The circulation on the 31st December of notes of the three Banks having authorised issues was as follows:-

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Cor-

poration

Chartered Bank of India, Australia, &

China

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited

.$ 40,395,225

9,074,137

1,321,503

$ 50,790,865

The currency of the Colony consists, in addition to the notes of these Banks, of British, Hongkong, and Mexican Dollars and of subsidiary coin, which continued at par throughout the year.

The total issue of subsidiary coins less those demonetized, now amounts to $20,789,370 nominal value, and they were up to the year 1905 readily absorbed at par, large quantities being taken by the neighbouring provinces of China. During 1916 ten cent pieces of the face value of $5,028,000 were shipped to Calcutta for purposes of demonetization. The discount which prevailed be- tween 1905 and 1916 may be attributed to the immense quantity of

similar coin which was minted at Canton as well as to the amount of Hongkong coin minted largely in excess of the needs of the Colony by itself In 1905 the Hongkong Government ceased to issue any subsidiary coin and in 1906 it began a policy of demonet- ising all its subsidiary coin received as revenue.

This policy was continuously followed till 1918 except during a brief period in 1911. Coin to the face value of $23,235,459 has thus been redeemed. The total issue by the Hongkong Government was of the face value of about $44,000,000.

II--SHIPPING AND TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES,

AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.

(a.) SHIPPING.

The total of the shipping entering and clearing at ports in the Colony during the year 1921 amounted to 672,680 vessels of 43,420,970 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1920, shows a decrease of 10,816 vessels, with an increase of 3,298,443 tons.

Of the above, 52,222 vessels of 27,852,616 tons were engaged in foreign trade, as compared with 43,364 vessels of 24,194,022 tons in 1920 and were distributed as follows :-

1920.

Numbers. Numbers.

1921.

1920.

Tonnage.

1921.

Tonnage.

British Ocean-

going Ships,

9.6%

8.9%

34.5%

33.3%

Foreign Ocean-

going Ships,

12:5

11.1

38.1

38.8

British River

Steamers, ...

11.9

110

13:5

126

Foreign River

Steamers,

3.5

2.4

Steam Laun-

ches (under

60 tons),

116

12.8

0.7

Trading Junks,

50:4

52.7

10.8

12:5

100'0

100.0

100·0

N.B.-The movements of fishing junks are not included in this Table.

Of vessels of European construction, 5,226 ocean steamers, 3,775 river steamers, and 3,336 steamships not exceeding 60 tons, entered during the year, giving a daily average of 33-8 ships, as compared with 294 ships in 1920 and 29-1 ships in 1919.

II--SHIPPING AND TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES,

AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.

(a.) SHIPPING.

Of the above, 52,222 vessels of 27,852,616 tons were engaged in foreign trade, as compared with 43,364 vessels of 24,194,022 tons in 1920 and were distributed as follows :-

1920.

Numbers. Numbers.

1921.

1920.

Tonnage.

1921.

Tonnage.

British Ocean-

going Ships,

9.6%

8.9%

34.5%

33.3%

Foreign Ocean-

going Ships,

12:5

11.1

38.1

38.8

British River

Steamers, ...

11.9

110

13:5

126

Foreign River

Steamers,

3.5

2.4

Steam Laun-

ches (under

60 tons),

116

12.8

0.7

Trading Junks,

50:4

52.7

10.8

12:5

100'0

100.0

100·0

N.B.-The movements of fishing junks are not included in this Table.

The average tonnage of individual ocean vessels entering the Port has increased from 1,8310 to 1,919 8 tons, that of British ships has decreased from 2,002 3 to 1,997'5 tons while that of foreign ships has increased from 1,699 2 to 1,857.9 tons.

The average tonnage of individual river steamers entering during the year has decreased from 425'8 to 460·5 tons.

That of British river steamers has increased from 5161 to 570 5 tons, and that of foreign river steamers has decreased from 3243 to 3167 tons.

A comparison between the years 1920 and 1921 is given in the following table :

Class of Vessels.

1920.

1921.

Increase.

No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

Decrease.

No. Tonnage.

British

going,

Foreign Ocean-

going,

Ocean-

4,173 8,351,084

4,630

9,247,198

457

896,114

5,418: 9,223,552 5,827

10,817,413

409

1,593,861

British

River

Steamers,

5,138 3,256,985 5,743

3,519,294

605

262,309

Foreign River

Steamers,

1,741

577,270 1,810

580,088

2,818

Steamships under

60 tons (Foreign Trade),

5,028 167,248 6,687

195,727 1,659

28,479

Junks, Foreign

Trade,

21,866 2,617,883 27,525

3,491,736 5,659 873,853

Total, Foreign

Trade,

43,364 24,194,022 52,222

27,852,616

8,858 3,658,594

Steam Launches plying in Wa-

ters of the

Colony,

619,068 14,636.848 597,386

14,174,320

21,682

462,528

Junks,

Local

Trade,

*21,065 †1,291,657 *23,072 †1,394,034 2,007

102,377

Grand Total,

683,497 40,122,527 672,680 43,420,970 10,865 3,760,971 21,682 462,528

Net Increase,.

3,298,443 10,817

Including 11,156 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 839,422 tons.

11,922

895,788

In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in foreign trade, there is an increase of 1,659 ships with an increase in tonnage of 28,479 tons or 330 per cent. in numbers and 170 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to 19 newly licenced launches plying in 1921.

Junks in foreign trade show an increase of 5,659 vessels and an increase of 873,853 tons or 25.9 per cent. in numbers and 33·4 per cent. in tonnage.

In local trade, (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in steam-launches of 21,682 and a decrease of 462,528 tons or 3.5 per cent. in numbers and 3.2 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to bigger launches being employed in local ferry services, making fewer trips.

Junks in local trade show an increase of 2,007 vessels and an increase of 102,377 tons or 9.5 per cent. in numbers and 7·9 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to more junks being employed on reclamation.

This table shows an increase in British ocean-going shipping of 457 ships or 109 per cent. and an increase of 896,114 tons or 10.7 per cent.

This increase is due to newly-built ships and enemy ships transferred to the British flag and various steamship lines running their eastern trade which were elsewhere employed during war times.

British river steamers have decreased by 605 ships with an increase in tonnage of 262,309 tons or 117 per cent. in numbers and 80 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to the s.s. Chuen Chow, which was laid up being again put on the Macao run.

Foreign ocean-going vessels have increased by 409 ships with an increase of 1,593,861 tons or 75 per cent. in numbers and 172 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to the large amount of new American, Norwegian and Chinese vessels frequenting the Port and enemy vessels being transferred to other nationalities.

Foreign river steamers show an increase of 69 ships with an increase in tonnage of 2,878 tons or 38 per cent. in numbers and 0.5 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to two Chinese ships which were added to the Wuchow service at the end of last year making regular trips throughout the year.

The actual number of individual ocean-going vessels of European construction during the year 1921 was 988 of which 343 were British and 645 foreign. In 1920 the corresponding figures were 927 of which 330 were British and 597 foreign.

These 988 Ships measured 2,713,098 tons. They entered 5,232 times and gave a collective tonnage of 10,044,422 tons.

Thus 61 more ships entered 425 more times and gave a collect- ive tonnage greater by 1,242,802 tons, an average of 2,924-2 tons per entry.

Thus :-

Steamers.

No. of times entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1920. 1921. | 1920. 1921. 1920.

1921.

British,

330

3432,090 2,319 4,184,927 4,632,195

Japanese.....

279

351

925 1,298 2,059,712 2,870,394

U.S.A.,

129

286

241

953,443 863,673

Chinese,

912 864

595,989 586,122

Brazilian,

3,041

Steamers

43,410 56,172

Danish

Sailing..

580

Dutch,

117

176

313,312 484,152

French,

156

149

276,962 282,834

Greek

1,882

Italian,....

21 !

54,512 78.372

Inter Allied,

30,980 19,738

Norwegian,

131

102

136,616 102,349

Portuguese,..

38.269

8.664

Russian,

55,468

4,479

Sarawak,

892

2,676

Siamese,

40,224 24,096

Swedish,

7 13,863 26,044

Total,....

927 988 4,807 5,232 8,801,620 10,044,422

The Nationality of the crews in British and in foreign ships were as follows:-

AMERICANS

VESSELS.

BRITISH CREW.

AND OTHER EUROPEANS.

ÁSIATICS.

1920. 1921. 1920. 1921.

British, 330

34326,284 28,262 1,214 600 140,882 176,476

Foreign,. 597

645 1,750 1,722 24,542 22,927 150,617 171,168

Total,

927 988 28,034 29,984 25,756 23,527 291,499 347,644

Hence in British ships ཡ--

And in Foreign ships :-

1920.

1921.

1920.

1921.

15.61%

13.76 % of the crews

0·99 %

0.73 %

were British. 0.29% of the crews

13.87 %

0.88 % of the crews were British. 11.71% of the crews

83.66 %

were other Europeans. 85-95% of the crews

were Asiatics.)

were other Europeans.

85.14 %

87.41% of the crews

were Asiatics.

100.00

100-00

100.00

TRADE.

Detailed and accurate statistics of imports and exports are collected and published by the imports and exports department.

IMPORTS.

The number and tonnage of ships of European type construc- tion carrying cargo for import and transit, compared with 1920, were as follows:-

Steamers.

1920.

No.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

4,807 8,801,620 | 5,231 |10,043,842 424 1,242,222

River Steamers, 3,441 1,918,064 | 3,778 Sailing Vessels,

2,050,791 337 132,727

580

Total,. 8,248 10,719,684 | 9,010|12,095,213 762 1,375,529

Nett Increase....... 762 1,375,529

EXPORTS.

The corresponding figures relating to ships of European type of construction, shipping bunker coal, are as follows:-

1920.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

No. Tonnage. No. Tounage.

Steamers,

4,784 8,773,016 5,226 10,020,769

River Steamers, 3,438 1,916,191 3,775 2,048,591

Sailing Vessels,

442 1,247,753

337: 132,400

580

Total,... 8,222 10,689,207 9,002|12,069,940

780 1,380,733

Net Increase,

780 1,380,733

1920.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

Bunker Coal.

No.

Bunker Coal.

No.

Bunker Coal.

No.

Bunker Coal.

Steamers,

4,784

River Steamers, 3,438

464,707 | 5,226

63,486 3,775

508,793 442 44,086

69.906 337

6,420

Total,... 8,222

528,193 9,001

578,699 779

50,506

Net Increase,................... 779 50,506

The River Trade, compared with 1920, is shown in the following Table :----

Year.

Imports.

Exports.

Passengers.

1920,

345,514

317,512

1,686,306

1921,

412,274

353,683

1.790,062

The following table shows the junk trade of the Colony for the years 1920 and 1921 :—

IMPORTS.

1920.

1921.

Junks.

Tons.

Junks.

Tons.

Foreign Trade, ...... 10,885

1,320,745

13,742

1,755,153

Local Trade,

4,917

223,104

5,495

244,730

Total,

.....

15,802

1,543,846

19,237

1,999,883

Imported 706,671 tons as under :---

Cattle, 1,607 head,

Swine, 20,359 head,

Earth and Stones, General,

Tons.

211

1,172

23,078

682,210

Total,.......

706,671

EXPORTS.

1920.

1921.

Junks.

Tons.

Junks.

Tons.

Foreign Trade,..... 10,981

1,297,138

13,783

1,736,583

Local Trade,

4,992

229,134

5,655

253,516

Total,

15,973 1,526,272

19,438

1,990,099

Exported 1,247,170 tons as under :——

Kerosine, 2,073,953 cases,

Rice and Paddy,

Coal,.......

General,

Tons.

67,809

457,094

257,821

464,446

Total,.....1,247,170

ÜPHEM.

Two hundred and twenty-three (223) chests of Persian opium were imported during the year. 29 chests were exported to Formosa.

Four hundred and thirty-five (435 chests of uncertificated Indian Opium were imported; 325 chests for the Macao opium farmer, and the remaining 120 chests for the government opium monopoly.

The table below shows the total imports and exports since 1913-

1921. 1920. 1919. 1918 MIT. 1916 1915. 1914. 1913. Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests Chests, Chests. Chests. Chests. Chests.

Stock in hand on

1st January,

329

Imported during

the year,

658

Total,....

987

329 253 7994 977 1.3034 2,256 4,580 5,560

1,525 1,290 1.259 1.637 1,706 1,873 | 3,059 9,1081

1,8543 1,543 2,05832.634) 3,009) 4,129 7.640 14,6681⁄2

Boiled by Opium

667

Farmer,

Boiled by Govern.

ment,

2004

377

539 352

365

340

413

Spurious Opium

destroyed,

Used locally..

Missing or stolen, Sold to Govern-

ment,

Exported during

the year,

Total.......

548 1,2971 837

760 1,525, 1,211

1,2653 1,469 1,667

1.8054 1,835 2,032

2,469 4.9114 9,419

2,826 5,383; 10,08%

Stock remaining on; 31st December....

2263

329

253 7091 9773 1,303 2,256, 4,580

Emigration and Immigration.

One hundred and fifty-six thousand and eleven (156,011) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1921, (105,258 in 1920). Of these, 98,382 were carried in British ships, and 57,629 in foreign ships.

One hundred and fifty-nine thousand and sixty-four (159,064) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this colony or from coast ports, as against 122,438 in 1920. Of these, 107,301 arrived in British ships, and 51,763 in foreign ships.

Statement of number of emigrants to Straits Settlements, 1911 to 1921, compared with total Chinese emigration.

No. of Emigrants

Straits Settlements.

Total No. of

Emigrants.

1911

100,906

135,565

1912

84,024

122,657

1913

102,353

142,759

1914

44,974

76,296

1915

41,278

68,275

1916

82,797

117,653

1917

63.292

96,298

1918

8,019

43,830

1919

11,638

59,969

1920

43,935

105,258

1921

87,324

156,011

(b)-INDUSTRIES.

(i.)--Under European management.

Engineering and Shipbuilding.-The figures are as follows for the years 1920 and 1921 :-

H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... vessels of 37,935 gross tons and 11,500 I.H.P. Taikoo Dockyard & Eng. Co., Ld.

W. S. Bailey & Co., Ld.... Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ld.

Kwong Fat & Co.

Kwong Sang Loong

Hung Fat

A King...

1920.

13,660

1,197

356

1.374

9,700

1,336

276

Total

.62 vessels of 54,656 gross tons and 22.975 I.H.P.

1921.

9 vessels of 7,725 gross tons and 6,900 I.H.P.

Taikoo Dock & Eng. Co., Ld. H.K. & Whampoa Dock Co., Ld... 6 W. S. Bailey & Co.. Ld...... Kwong Book Cheong

26.637 3,387 200

17,700

2,192 ""

280

Total

36 vessels of 37,949 gross tons and 27,072 I.H.P.

Sugar Refineries.-The year 1921 saw the gradual adjustment of prices to a normal level and although sellers were successful in maintaining prices until May, they eventually dropped to about Guilders 10. A period of adjustment was unavoidable after the very high prices ruling in 1920 and the dislocation of stocks resulting, but a more satisfactory state of affairs may be looked for on the return of normal production and consumption.

Yarn. The yarn trade during 1921 was not unsatisfactory and the few native dealers who survived the collapse of the previous year, closed the period profitably.

The total quantity of Indian yarn imported into the colony during the year amounted to 110,000 bales and 25,000 bales were brought forward from the previous year.

bales.

Clearances totalled 121,000 bales leaving a carryover of 14,000

Cotton-Middling American cotton was quoted in Liverpool on 1st January at 8:65d. for spot. It advanced until the 17th idem, when 10'69d. was reached then slumped to its lowest point for the period under review, viz., 6'38d. on 28th February.

A fairly even position was maintained between 7d. and 8d. for 4 months, until the end of August, when the U.S.A. Cotton Bureau estimates reported a shortage in crop which brought in heavy buyers with the result that on 29th September, 1570d, was registered. Later it became apparent that the bureau's figures were incorrect and the rate gradually sagged away until on 31st December, the quotation was 11:36d.

Rope Making.-Trade during 1921 was very much the same as in 1920. Exchange ruled more favourably and bigger business should have resulted had it not been for increased competition with lower quality rope in some of the markets.

Cement Manufacture. The demand for cement continued unabated for the first 8 months of the year, but there was a material falling off in exports to India, Java, etc., during the last 4 months, due chiefly to the importation there of large quantities of cheap cement principally from Belgium, Germany and Italy. The total turnover, however, was almost exactly the same as that of the previous year.

(ii).-Under Chinese Management.

Tin. This line of business was not nearly as good as 1920, chiefly owing to the unsettled state of affairs in the interior of China, especially in the Kwangsi Province; also lack of demand from both Europe and America. Therefore, the local prices only varied from $5 to $7 per picul for the whole year round, in spite of a fair quantity having been seized by the Kwangtung military authorities from Fu-Roo of the Kwangsi Province after the civil war between the two provinces, and which were offered to be disposed of at a cheap rate. At the beginning of the year prices seemed to be very much stronger.

Imports and Exports for the year, in approximate figures,

were:

IMPORTS.

From Straits,.

EXPORTS.

700 Tons. To United Kingdom, 2,000 Tous.

United States, 1,000

China,

Yunnan,

Kwangsi,.

50 8,000 200

China,

Japan,

8,950 Tons.

2,100

1,000

6,100 Tons.

Native Tobacco.-Practically nothing was done during the whole year.

Prices were down more than 50% and all houses lost heavily.

Leather and Hides.-Some improvements had been made in these lines and dealers made some money with a fair amount of business transacted, but, imports of hides from Kwangsi were scarce on account of the trouble in the interior of China.

Ginger and Preserves.-The export of these commodities increased a good deal and dealers made money on account of cheap prices of ginger and sugar.

Soy.-There was not much change in this line on that of the previous year.

Paper.-Owing to heavy stocks and small demand losses are

reported.

Vermilion. Very little business was done and was worse than 1920.

Lard. This line of business was very much behind 1920, owing to lack of demand from foreign countries.

Tinned Goods.--General improvement has been made in these lines, as cost of tin-plates, sugar and raw materials was less.

Shamshoo-Spirit of wine and sugar were cheaper, therefore, profits to native brewers were better, but exportation was about the the same as the previous year.

doue.

Vinegar.-Mollasses were low in price and good business was

Knitted Vests and Socks.-Up to date machinery is now being used, and these industries are progressing day by day. Great demand was made from the interior and from Australia, and pro- fitable business resulted.

Rattan and Fibre Furniture. These was not much improve- ment on the previous year. Local prices advanced 5% only on account of labour. Seagrass and rattan core were also slack.

(c.)-FISHERIES.

A considerable proportion of the boat population of Hongkong supports itself by deep-sea fishing, in which pursuit a large number of junks are engaged. The villages of Aberdeen, Stanley, Shauki- wan, and also many in the New Territories, are largely dependent upon this industry for their prosperity. Fresh water fish is im- ported from Canton and the West River. There are oyster beds of considerable value in Deep Bay.

(d.)-FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, AND BOTANY.

At Kowloon Tsai, 2,500 one year old trees of pinus massoniana were planted.

On the hills between Cheung Sha Wan and the Taipo road, 50,000 sites were sown with pine seeds.

All sites in which seeds had failed to germinate at Cheung Chau and Fan Ling were resown with pine seeds, altogether 45 pounds of pine seeds were used.

294 pounds of pine seed was sown broad-cast on grass banks above and below roads at the following places. Taipo road, Tsin Wan road, Chai Wan gap to Tytam, Tytam to Stanley, Stanley road, Findlay road, Lagard road, Sai Kung gap to Ha Chan gap and roads on Cheung Chau.

On the grass slopes below Severn road 394 one year old trees of Pinus Massoniana were planted.

Broad leaved trees planted.

In the vicinity of Aberdeen reservoir, 186 young trees of

(Artocarpus integrifolea) were planted.

185 Tristanias and 45 Eucalyptus were planted on grass banks below Severn road.

The trees used for roadside planting were principally camphor, tristania, albizzia, melaleuca, poinciana, ficus, aleurites and bauhinia; these were used at the following places, Tytam road 20, Shaukiwan 12, Shaukiwan to Tytam 59, Bowen road 2, Pokfu- lam road 2, Barker road 6, Plantation road 13, Conduit road 2, Albany road 2, Nathan road 46, Mody road 3, Taipo road 422, Tsin Wan road 738 and 24 near the market on the Sham Shui Po reclamation.

Trees removed.

In connection with general improvements to and widening of roads in various parts of the Colony, large shade trees had to be felled at the following places. Queen's road east 9, Arsenal street 2, Caine road 4, Eastern street 2, Pokfulam road 1.

At Taipo police station a number of large specimens of tristania which were entirely shutting out the view of the railway station and the adjoining public road, were removed.

In connection with extensions at Kowloon and Yaumati reservoirs and the formation of the site for new cemeteries at Fo Pang Hang, numbers of pinus massoniana had to be removed from adjoining plantations.

The principal items were $563,000 for Marine Lots Nos. 430 and 431, (North Point), $124,000 (part premium) for Inland Lots Nos. 2316 and 2319, (Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street sites), $94,000 (part premium) for Inland Lots Nos. 2317 and 2318 (Queen's Road Central and Pedder Street sites), $71,000 for Kow- loon Inland Lot No. 1432, $41,000 for Kowloon Inland Lot No. 1439, $8,370 for Pier No. 6 and $1,067 for Pier No. 51.

In the New Territories the net amount received for premium on sales of land was $85,591.01, the principal items being $9,295.70 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 317 and $6,550 for New Kowloon Inland Lot No. 339, being $144,858.04 less than the year 1920, in which year New Kowloon Marine Lots Nos. 6 and 7 sold for $150,660 and New Kowloon Marine Lot No. 8 for $51,418.

The number of deeds and documents registered in the Land Office was 4,466 and exceeded the total of any previous year by 1061; the aggregate consideration set out in deeds registered was $107,855,703.10 as against $67,493,394 in 1920.

Resumptions include portion of Marine Lot No. 65 (Praya East). Inland Lot No. 358 (Caroline Hill) and Kowloon Farm Lot No. 9.

Development at Shamshuipo continues.

With one exception agreements relating to the Praya East Reclamation were entered into by all entitled to participate.

The total area of land sold or granted during the year was 564a. 3r. 7.91p. of which 523a. Or. 78p. (including 361 acres for camphor growing) were dealt with by the District Officers. The total area of land resumed was 116a. 1r. 18.74p.

In the New Territories the demand for land was steady with upward tendency.

HI. LEGISLATION.

Thirty-two (32) Ordinances were passed during 1921 of which fifteen were amendments of previous Ordinances.

The most important matters with which these Ordinances dealt

were:--

The Treaty of Peace (Amendment) (No. 2) Order, 1920, (No. 7).

The Treaty of Peace (Hungary) Order, 1921, (No. 29).

These two Ordinances were for the purpose of modifying certain provisions of the Orders in Council, and of adapting the provisions of the said Orders to the circumstances of the Colony,

The Holts Wharf, (No. 3).

The Mercantile Bank note issue, (No. 26).

The St. Joseph's College incorporation, (No. 27).

These are private enactments. The object of the first one was to give the Governor in Council power to make by-laws for the maintenance of order and safety in the conduct of the business carried on at Holts Wharf, while the second one was passed to extend the period in which the Mercantile Bank of India was empowered to make, issue, re-issue and circulate bank notes. The object of the third was to incorporate the Christian Brothers School in Hongkong known as St. Joseph's College.

The Custodian, (No. 6)—The object of which was to make it clear that property, rights and powers vested in, or conferred upon, any holder of the office of custodian passed to his successors in office.

The Stamp, (No. 8)—The objects of this ordinance were (a) to increase the revenue from stamp duties (b) to facilitate the collection of these duties and prevent evasion, and (c) to correct various defects in the law which had long been known to exist.

The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement), (No. 9) -The object being to facilitate the enforcement in the Colony of maintenance orders made in England or Ireland and vice rersâ.

The Criminal Procedure, (No. 10)—The object of this ordi- nance was to effect several improvements in the criminal procedure of the Supreme Court.

The Non-Ferrous Metal Industry, (No. 11)-This was to repeal the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Ordinance, 1919. It was recog- nised that the licence system introduced was of no practical use in Hongkong, which, as regards the metal industry, was a trans- shipping centre and not a producing country.

The Companies, (No. 12)-The object of this ordinance was to introduce into the Companies Ordinances, 1911-1915, some amend- ments which experience had shown to be advisable, and to bring the law of the Colony into conformity with the China (Companies) Amendment Order in Council, 1919.

The Rents, (No. 13)-The object of this ordinance was to protect the tenants of domestic tenements from unreasonable in- crease in rental and from arbitrary termination of their tenancies.

The Praya East Reclamation, (No. 17)—The object of this ordinance was to legalise and to provide for the reclamation of the eastern praya.

The Stocks, (No. 31)-The object of this ordinance was to abolish the penalty of stocks except for the offences of kidnapping. traffic in women and girls for the purposes of prostitution, and living on the proceeds of prostitution.

The Judgments (Facilities for Enforcement), (No. 32)-This ordinance was passed with a view to provide for the reciprocal enforcement of judgments and awards in the Colony and other parts of His Majesty's dominions and in territories under His Majesty's protection.

IV.-EDUCATION.

No important changes have taken place in the Education Department during the year under review. The staff, depleted by causes due to the war, is being gradually brought up to normal strength again.

The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Terri- tories are:-

Number of Pupils.

Total.

English

Vernacular

Schools.

Government Schools

3,386

3,405

Military Schools -

140

Excluded Private Schools

281

293

Grant Schools

2,401

3,736

6,137

Controlled Private

Schools

4,882

15,854

20,736

Controlled

Private

Schools, New Terri-

tories

3,989

Technical Institute

582

Total

11,672

23,610

35,282

The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance now housed in a new building pre-

sented to the Colony by Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of 171. There is also a school for the children of the Peak District with an average attendance of 38. The Diocesan School and Orphanage and St. Joseph's College are important boys' schools in receipt of an annual grant. The Italian, French, and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School, are the most important of the English Grant Schools for girls.

The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education of students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1921 in Building Construction, Chemistry (Practical and Theoretical), Physics, Electricity, Commercial English, French, Shorthand, Book-keeping, Cookery and Translation. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London. Classes for men and women teachers, both "English" and Vernacular" are a feature of the Institute.

The lecturers are recruited from the members of the Medical and Educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The Institute is furnished with a well equipped Chemical Laboratory and excel- lent Physical apparatus.

The University of Hongkong, incorporated under the local University Ordinance, 1911, and opened in 1912, is a residential University for students of both sexes, the object of which is declared by the said Ordinance to be "the promotion of Arts, Science and Learning, the provision of higher education, the con- ferring of degrees, the development and formation of the character of students of all races, nationalities, and creeds, and the main- tenance of the good understanding with the neighbouring country of China."

The inception of the University was primarily due to the initiative of Sir Frederick Lugard, Governor of the Colony from 1907 to 1912, and to the liberality of benefactors of varied national- ity and domicile, first amongst whom should be mentioned the late Sir Hormusjee Mody, by whom the entire expense of the erection of the main building was borne.

The University includes the three Faculties of Medicine. Engineering and Arts. Admission to all faculties is conditional upon passing the matriculation examination of the University or some examination recognised as equivalent thereto.

The Faculty of Medicine provides a five year course of study in the usual pre-medical and medical sciences, supplemented by clinical work in the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals, leading to the degree of M.B., B.S. The degrees of M.D., and M.S., may be obtained for post-graduate work. The degrees above-mentioned are recognised by the General Medical Council for registration in Great Britain.

The Faculty of Engineering provides a four year course in practical and theoretical engineering, leading to the degree of B.Sc., (Eng). Fourth year students specialize in civil, in mechanical or in electrical engineering. The degree for post- graduate work is that of M.Sc., (Eng).

The Faculty of Arts includes departments of pure Arts and Science, Education (including practical teaching) and Commerce. The course is in all cases one of four years and leads to the degree of B.A. The degree for post-graduate work is that of M.A.

With a view to better securing the maintenance of the desired standard--which in the Faculty of Medicine is that of an English University degree and in the Faculty of Engineering that of the corresponding degree in the University of London-external examiners are, in all Faculties, associated with the internal examiners in all annual and final examinations. In the Faculty of Engineering, but not in other Faculties, degrees with honours are granted, the standard being assessed by special examiners chosen from amongst the external examiners in the University of London.

The degree of LL.D., is also granted, honoris causa.

The site of the University was given gratuitously by the Colonial Government. As subsequently enlarged by minor grants and by purchase, it includes an area of some 25 acres, looking out upon the harbour over the City of Victoria.

The main buildings, as already stated, were the gift of the late Sir H. Mody. In them are housed the Chemical, Physical and Biological Laboratories, the University Library and portions of the Engineering Laboratories. They further include a Great Hall, a Senate Room and the Lecture and Class rooms used by the Faculty of Arts and for general purposes.

Special medical buildings include schools of Anatomy, Phy- siology, Pathology and Tropical Medicine, erected at the cost of Chinese gentlemen resident in the Colony. In the case of each of the three schools last mentioned a larger or smaller sum still remains available for further equipment.

Special engineering buildings include:-

(a) a Power Station, generating light and power for the estate, energy being supplied by internal combus- tion engines of varied types which are available for instructional purposes:

(b) a Prime Movers (steam) and Hydraulics Laboratory, at present housed in a converted Pumping Station, formerly the property of the Government; and (e) a Workshop, including a small machine-shop,

smithy and carpenter's shop.

Electrical machinery (other than the main generating plant), electrical technology, the testing of materials and experimental mechanics are dealt with in the main building.

The larger part of the engineering equipment was the gift of British engineering firms.

Other buildings upon the estate include:-

(a) the Vice-Chancellor's Lodge

(b) Staff-Quarters

(e) the residential Hostels, and

(d) the University Union Building.

The cost of the building last mentioned (some $62,000) was met in approximately equal shares from University moneys and from public subscriptions, the entire cost of furnishing being met out of further subscriptions.

Unless exempted from residence (such exemption being ordinarily granted on the ground that the student's manner of life is not such as is catered for in the hostels), every matriculated student is required to reside either in a University, or in a recognised Hostel.

The University Hostels are three in number-Lugard Hall, Eliot Hall, and May Hall.

Recognised Hostels are at present two in number-Morrison Hall, situate immediately above the University grounds and con- ducted by the London Missionary Society, and St. John's Hall, immediately opposite the front of the University, conducted by the Church Missionary Society.

Each student occupies a separate room or cubicle, and there are the usual Common rooms. Each University Hostel is in charge

of a member of the staff, as resident Warden.

No University Hostel at present exists for women students— whose right to admission to the University was first recognised in 1921: but by the courtesy of the school authorities, arrangements have been made for their lodging in connection with St. Stephen's Girls College.

University fees for tuition and board amount to $550 per annum, enabling a student who lives carefully to meet the whole of his expenses with a sum of $1,000 per annum, as compared with a minimum sum of $2,500 per annum, besides travelling expenses, in the case of a Chinese student going abroad for his education.

The number of students attending lectures at the beginning of 1922 was 251 made up of 86 in the Medical Faculty, 48 in the Faculty of Engineering and 117 in the Faculty of Arts.

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Numerous scholarships are available, including the King Edward VII Scholarships founded by His Majesty's Government, the President's Scholarships founded by His Excellency the President of China, together with Scholarships (some of which are in the nature of bursaries) given by the Hongkong Government, the Chinese Government, the Metropolitan District of Peking, the Provincial Governments of Canton, Chilli, Yunnan and Hupeh, the Governments of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States, the Government of Kedah and the Siamese Government. Students are also drawn from the Philippines, French Indo-China and Australasia.

Noteworthy events in 1921 were the appointment of Sir William Brunyate, K.C.M.G., as Vice-Chancellor in succession to Sir Charles Eliot, K.C.M.G., C.B., who resigned upon appointment as His Majesty's Ambassador at Tokio: the creation of a 4 year course in Commerce, for which purpose a sum of $12,000 for 5 years was promised by the General Chamber of Commerce of Hongkong: the increase of the Government subsidy from $20,000 to $50,000 a year, and the completion of a grant from the Colonial Government of $1,000,000 as additional endowment together with a further sum of $700,000 to pay off an accumulated deficit and to make good a portion of the sum spent on buildings and equipment: a gift of $100,000 from Messrs. John Swire and Sons, Ltd., for the purposes of the Engineering Faculty: a promise of $100,000 by four half- yearly instalments from Sir Robert Ho Tung, for the building and equipment of an Engineering Workshop: a promise of $100,000 by four half-yearly instalments from Mr. H. M. H. Nemazee for general purposes: a promise of $50,000 spread over 10 years, from Mr. Kwok Chung Yung; and negotiations with the Rockefeller Foundation of New York, which, since the end of the year, have resulted in the offer of the sum of $750,000 for the foundation of three full-time chairs in the Faculty of Medicine.

The total cost of the land, buildings and equipment of the University may be placed at approximately $1,750,000 and their replacement value at not less than $2,500,000. The invested endowments exceed $2,500,000 excluding sums promised and not yet received.

V.-PUBLIC WORKS.

BUILDINGS.

The erection of the following houses for Senior Officers was completed Two blocks each of 4 houses at Leighton Hill, three houses on Severn Road, one house for the Puisne Judge, and one house for a senior engineer, and, in addition, two contracts were let for two additional blocks of 3 houses each at Leighton Hill, and for one block containing 6 flats and 4 detached houses on the Homestead site, respectively.

All the houses at Leighton Hill are being constructed by Messrs. Denison, Ram and Gibbs, and those on the Homestead site by Messrs. Little, Adams and Wood.

In addition, 12 houses at Happy Valley were completed for subordinate officers early in the year.

Good progress was made with the new police married quart- ers, containing 6 flats, in Caine Road,

Alterations were carried out to the Kitchen Block at Govern- ment House, and a new Garage Block was commenced which in- cludes quarters for the Custodian and two rooms for guests, for whom accommodation cannot be found in the main building.

The quarters for scavenging coolies at Hospital Road were completed towards the end of the year, and good progress was made with similar quarters in Belchers Street.

Foundations were commenced for the large building (New Fire Brigade Station) opposite the Central Market, the details of the accommodation of which were given in last year's report. A temporary Fire Station was completed in Wanchai.

A contract was let, and work commenced, for a maternity section next to the Victoria Hospital, Barker road, the Peak, and plans were prepared for the alteration to the main hospital block and to the nurses quarters; also, an outpatients' block was com- menced at the Civil Hospital.

In Kowloon, quarters for the Royal Observatory staff were com- pleted, and an extension to the pig lairage at Ma-tau-kok was made.

The preparation of the site for the Kowloon Hospital was in progress.

Drawings were prepared for the new police station at Yau- mati and Mong-kok-tsui, and for an extension to the fire brigade station at Kowloon.

Other works of a minor nature were carried out.

In the New Territories, work was proceeding in connection with the rebuilding of four of the prison sheds at the Lai-chi-kok branch Prison.

Good progress was made with the new clerks' quarters at Taipo, and the land bailiff's quarters at Pingshan.

COMMUNICATIONS.

The following Motor roads were in hand :-

A road contouring the South side of Mt. Davis and linking Pokfulam Road with the Victoria Road was completed, as was also

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the extension of Lugard Road; the first section of the road from Taitam Gap to Shek O, about one mile in length, was also com- pleted, and good progress was made with the second section thereof, and a contract for the third section was let; the two latter sections are also each about a mile in length.

A twenty-foot road from Wanchai Gap to Magazine Gap and from thence to Chamberlain Road was under construction; one, from Bowen Road to Wongneichong Gap,--being the first part of the new road to Repulse Bay-was completed; and good progress was also made with the twenty-foot road from Bowen Road contouring the hill towards Sookunpoo Valley, passing over the ridge where it will be joined by Broadwood Road.

A further section of the scheme for widening Kennedy Road was completed and progress was also made with the scheme for widening Queen's Road, East, as opportunity afforded, though there still remains a considerable portion to be dealt with before the widening can be accomplished. Work on the scheme for the diversion of a certain portion of the Shankiwan Road through Quarry Bay Village and the improvement of the alignment and levels of a considerable section of the same road on either side of the diversion was commenced.

In Kowloon, further progress was attained with the extension of the Coronation Road to the North West of Mong-kok Village.

The section of the Kowloon City-Mong-kok-tsui Road, East of the Railway, was nearing completion, and the section, West of the Railway, was making good progress. The excavation from the hills to form the above-mentioned roads was being utilized to fill in the low lying areas to the south of the Old Kowloon boundary line.

Extensive widenings of existing roads were carried out as

follows:-

Kowloon City Road, between K.I.L. 1150 and the bridge over the stream course West of the 'Hill of the King of the Sung'; from this latter point a sixty foot width of roadway was constructed on a new alignment to the New Kowloon City-Mong- kok-tsui Road.

Salisbury Road, between Nathan and Chatham Roads. Hankow Road, between Salisbury and Peking Roads.

Argyle Street, between Coronation Road and Ho-mun-tin.

The improvements to the Taipo Road, between the 3rd and 5th milestones, and the section of this road--and the construction of a bridge--at Ma-nin-shui were completed.

A road extension, 10 feet wide, was made from the Fanling- Sheung Shui Road to the Sheung Shui Police Station.

A considerable amount of surfacing of the hilly portions of the Lai-chi-kok-Castle Peak, Mong-kok-tsui-Taipo, and Taipo- Fanling Roads was done.

DRAINAGE,

The construction of a nullah at Mong-kok-tsui between the Taipo Road and the Old Kowloon boundary line near Kau-lung- tong was in progress. A beginning was made with the training and diversion of the large stream course to the East of Lai-chi-kok.

WATER WORKS.

Drawings and specifications were completed and tenders invited for the large scheme of filter beds to be constructed at the Eastern end of Bowen Road; the contract had not, however, been awarded at the end of the year.

An additional rising main was laid to the Peak to enable more water to be pumped up to this district, and the laying of a new 8 inch main was commenced in order to connect Shaukiwan Village with the City supply system; this latter work had to be suspended for a time on account of the alterations to the Shaukiwan Road. a temporary measure, however, a 3-inch main was put through in order to obviate any difficulties which might arise until the larger pipe could be laid.

For the supply of an additional engine and boiler, required for the Pokfulam Road Pumping Station, the tender of Messrs. Tangye was accepted, and the foundation plans were received at the end of the year thus enabling a commencement to be made with the extension of the station so as to provide the necessary accommodation.

Tenders were considered for an additional steam pumping set for the Taitam Tuk Pumping Station, but in view of the excessive price quoted as compared with an electrically driven plant, the matter was again referred home for consideration by the Consulting Engineers.

The laying of a 3-inch main from the Wong-nei-chong reservoir to a service tank at Repulse Bay was completed and in service early in the year.

The work of substituting an 18" water inain for the existing one of 12" from the Kowloon Filter Beds to Yaumati was completed, except for a short section beyond the 3rd milestone on the Taipo Road where the road requires to be diverted. The replacing of the existing water mains in the Kowloon distribution system by larger ones was continued.

At the Kowloon Filter Beds, adjoining the Taipo Road, two new beds are in course of construction.

The taking over and the reconstruction of the existing Water Works supplying the Fanling Golf Club houses and a few other residences in that neighbourhood was completed.

Plans were prepared for a Water Supply at Taipo.

RECLAMATIONS.

At Aplichau, the reclamation under construction was nearly completed by the end of the year. It will provide a considerable area upon which it is hoped to be able to accommodate some of the old village lot-holders so that this insanitary area may be improved as opportunity arises.

Satisfactory progress was made with the filling in of the tidal flat and the cutting down of the hill between Tai-kok-tsui and Fuk-tsun-heung.

The work on the Shamshuipo reclamation scheme progressed satisfactorily, the rubble mound and the cement concrete blocks for the section under construction having been completed.

A commencement was made with a reclamation scheme at Cheung Sha Wan in conjunction with the tipping of the refuse collected from the Kowloon Peninsula and Hongkong.

The Kai Tak Laud Investment Company made but little progress with their reclamation at Kowloon Bay. The sea-wall of that portion of it acquired by the Government as the site for the new gaol was completed and the entire area filled in to coping level.

The reclamation work which is being carried out by the Standard Oil Company of New York at Lai-chi-kok made good progress.

The Marine Lot-holders fronting Praya East having in May, 1920, agreed to the terms and apportionment of the Reclamation to be carried out by the Government at Wanchai Bay and known as the Praya East Reclamation Scheme, the preparation of the necessary plans and documents were commenced forthwith, and an Ordinance (No. 17 of 1921) to give legal effect to this project became law on the 9th September, 1921. Tenders were invited on the 15th June, 1921, and the lowest one--that of Messrs. Sang Lee & Co.-amounting to $2,766,899.70 having been accepted, an order to begin work was served on them on the 1st November, 1921. The total cost of the scheme to those entitled to participate is estimated at $3,744,319.50.

PIERS.

The Queen Victoria Street Ferry Pier was practically com- pleted by the close of the year. A contract was let in September for the construction in reinforced concrete of the Public Square

Street Ferry Pier at Yaumati, and another contract was awarded in October for the construction-also in reinforced concrete-of the Pier opposite Queen's Statue Square.

A reinforced concrete pier at Cheung Chau (Dumb-bell Island) was completed and opened to traffic.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Two small foot-bridges were constructed, one at Siu Hang near Fanling and the other at Siu Lek Un near Shatin.

"Aga" light towers were erected at the follewing places:

Lam Tong Island, Channel Rocks, and Tong Ku Island.

Plans were prepared in connection with the installation of a Wireless Station at Gap Rock, inachinery and plant was obtained, and the work of erecting the mast, etc., commenced.

Plans were also prepared for the construction of a water-boat dock to the East of Lai-chi-kok, but the contract for its construc- tion had not been awarded by the end of the year under review.

Considerable progress was made with the hydrographic surveys required by the Consulting Engineers in connection with the report they are preparing on the development of the harbour.

The total amount expended on Public Works Extraordinary was $3,053,525.11 and on annually recurrent works $938,582.38.

RAILWAY.

The installation of the electric turret clock and 1-ton hour bell was completed in March and the clock started on the 22nd, since when perfect time has been kept.

Three more sidings were laid at Kowloon Station as laybys, but these have not yet been connected to the signal cabin.

The old temporary station building at Hung Hom was con- demned, and an operating cabin of brickwork substituted, which provides only accommodation for the point levers for the sidings, and living rooms for the staft. This station is closed as a passen- ger station now but the marshalling sidings remain.

A brick building was erected at the workshops for the installa- tion of three rotary convertors and the necessary switchboards, for converting high tension alternating current from the China Light & Power Co.'s supply, to direct current for the workshops

motors, etc. The machinery for this purpose was taken over from the Company on its vacating its premises adjacent to the locomo- tive yard and removing to a new site about a mile away. The rotary convertors are not, however, of the most economical type and may have to be replaced.

In preparation for the building of the new over bridge to the north of Yaumati Station, the embankment was widened and ballast laid later for carrying the necessary railway deviation round the site of the new bridge during construction.

A new brickwork latrine was built at Yaumati Station to replace the old iron one.

Early in the year new rails were laid through Beacon Hill Tunnel (2,403 yards). The time occupied by this work was 30 nights, 7 lengths of 36 feet each being renewed each night.

The siding at Shatin Station was connected to the loop line at the far end and now forms a second loop which has proved very useful. A low temporary wooden platform of old sleepers was erected between the main line and No. 1 loop.

At Taipo Market Station a small open shelter consisting of a tiled roof on reinforced concrete columns has been provided for the convenience of consignors of live pigs and fresh fish, while waiting

for trains.

At Fanling Station the road approach to the goods yard was completed.

Since the train service has necessitated a train being stabled each night at Lowu to form the first inward train in the morning, it has become necessary to provide siding and stabling accom- modation at this point. During the year spoil was tipped to form an area for yard and sidings, and work was commenced on a single line running shed 150 feet long of brickwork with a tiled roof. The work, however, was not completed at the end of the year.

The 8-foot span bridge at mile 16, referred to in my last report, was doubled as proposed, and no fear of further flooding at this point need he anticipated.

The road bed at mile 16 where passing over a band of clay was taken up, drained and reballasted by night work. This place has given much trouble each year, owing to the moist nature of the subsoil during the rainy season.

Many of the steel bridges were given their periodical repainting; the steelwork of the workshop buildings was also gone over, repaired where necessary and painted.

Experiments were made with tar and asphalt surfacing on portions of the Kowloon platforms, and as these have proved successful so far, it is intended to asphalt the whole of the platforms and concourse area.

The rainfall for the year was above the average, a very large proportion occurring in the months of May and June; in fact 433 inches, out of a total for the year of 97 inches, fell in May; the heaviest fall per hour recorded being 3.25 inches. The railway however suffered very little damage, which is no small reward for previous expenditure in combating and repairing the rainstorm frequently experienced in this country.

There were two or three occasions on which typhoon blows occurred but fortunately none were serious.

A halt station was opened at Ho Mun Tin, mile 24, where the local morning and evening trains call for the convenience of a new community which has lately settled at this point, and a temporary platform built of old sleepers was provided. This is not an ideal site for a station and will probably not be required when the road trams serve the neighbourhood, as is anticipated will be the case in the near future.

The gross receipts for the year were $603,980.77 as against $520,176.10 for 1920, an increase of $83,804.67, and the balance after paying working expenses stands at $75,989.71.

The through and joint sectional passengers carried were as follows:-

Passengers booked by Stations in British Territory to

Stations in China

1919. 1920. 1921.

344,716 365,665 435,933

Passengers booked by Stations

in China to Stations in British Territory

354,699 373,776 462,379

The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-

1919. 1920. 1921.

Main line....

345,314 392,206 429,133

Fanling Branch

48,917 47,787 43,733

VI.-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.

(a.)-HOSPITALS.

Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital

There were two or three occasions on which typhoon blows occurred but fortunately none were serious.

The gross receipts for the year were $603,980.77 as against $520,176.10 for 1920, an increase of $83,804.67, and the balance after paying working expenses stands at $75,989.71.

The through and joint sectional passengers carried were as follows:-

Passengers booked by Stations in British Territory to

Stations in China

1919. 1920. 1921.

344,716 365,665 435,933

Passengers booked by Stations

in China to Stations in British Territory

354,699 373,776 462,379

The Local Passengers carried were as follows:-

1919. 1920. 1921.

Main line....

345,314 392,206 429,133

Fanling Branch

48,917 47,787 43,733

VI.-GOVERNMENT AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS.

(a.)-HOSPITALS.

Government Hospitals consist of the Civil Hospital, to which is attached an isolated Maternity Hospital, the Victoria Hospital

Hospital opened in 1887, the Nethersole Hospital opened in 1893, the Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital opened in 1904, and the Ho Miu Ling Hospital opened in 1906. The number of in-patients in 1921 was 1,681 and the expenditure $52,252.03. The number of labours in the Maternity Hospital was 450. The Government makes a grant of $300 per annum to these Hospitals.

To avoid the complete seclusion from friends and relatives, which removal of Chinese plague patients to the Kennedy Town Infectious Diseases Hospital entailed, four District Plague Hospitals are now maintained by the Chinese in various parts of the Colony. These hospitals are under the management of the Chinese Public Dispensaries Committee.

The Kwong Wa Hospital for Chinese in the Kowloon Peninsula was opened on the 9th October, 1911. It occupies a site having an area of three acres and provides accommodation for 210 patients. The existing buildings contain 70 beds and 4,486 patients were accommodated during 1921. The collection of sub- scriptions and the supervision of the building were undertaken by a special committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The hospital receives a grant of $8,500 per annum from the Government.

As will be noticed from the remarks made under the heading Education the Hongkong University is also an Aided Institution.

VII.--INSTITUTIONS NOT SUPPORTED BY GOVERNMENT.

One of the most important institutions in the Colony not sup- ported by the Government is the Matilda Hospital, which stands on a commanding site of nearly three acres at Mount Kellet in the Hill District. An account of this hospital will be found in the report for 1917.

Among institutions recognised and encouraged, but not to any considerable extent supported by Government may be mentioned the Pó Leung Kuk, the Eyre Refuge, the City Hall, and the Chinese Public Dispensaries.

The Pó Leung Kuk is a Chinese Society founded in 1878 for the suppression of kidnapping and traffic in human beings. It was incorporated in 1893 and is presided over by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and not more than nine directors nominated by the Governor. The actual management is entrusted to a committee elected annually by the members of the Society. The Society's buildings have been declared a Refuge under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance, and almost all women and girls detained by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs under that Ordinance are sent to the Pó Leung Kuk. During 1921 the number of persons admitted

was 355 and at the close of the year 42 remained under the care of the Society. The inmates are under the immediate charge of a Chinese matron, and instruction is given them by the matron and a Chinese teacher in elementary subjects and in needlework.

The Eyre Diocesan Refuge is an institution, under mission auspices, founded for rescue work among the Chinese. It was housed in the Belilios Reformatory up to the outbreak of war, but the work is at present carried on at Kowloon City.

A small grant is made by the Government.

ment.

The City Hall receives an annual grant of $1,200 from Govern- It contains a theatre, some large rooms which are used for balls, meetings, concerts, etc., a museum in which are some very fair specimens, and a large reference and lending library, to which new volumes are added from time to time, as funds will allow. The building was erected in 1866-9 by subscription.

Small grants are also given to the Italian Convent, the French Convent, (both of which take in and tend abandoned or sick infants), the West Point Orphanage, the Seamen's Hospital, and other charit- able institutions.

The Chinese Public Dispensaries are institutions maintained in order to provide the Chinese with the services of doctors, whose certificates will be accepted by the Registrar of Deaths, and with the services of interpreters, who can assist the inmates of houses, where a case of infectious disease has occurred. Coolies are engaged and ambulances and dead vans provided in order to remove cases of infectious disease to the Infectious Diseases Hospital and dead bodies to the Mortuary. The Dispensaries receive sick infants and send them to one or other of the Convents and arrange for the burial of dead infants. Free advice and medicine are given and patients are attended at their houses. There are eight Dispensaries in existence. The total cost of maintenance was $39,505 for the year 1920. The Government inakes an annual grant of $7,000, and the rest of the cost is defrayed by voluntary subscription. The Dispen- saries are conducted by committees under the chairmanship of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

VIII CRIMINAL AND POLICE.

The total of all cases reported to the Police was 12,242 being an increase of 330 or 277 per cent. as compared with 1920. There was in 1921 a decrease in serious offences of 856 or 17.17 per cent. as compared with the previous year. The number of serious offences reported was 2 below the average of the quinquennial period com- mencing with the year 1917. The number of minor offences reported shows an increase of 1186 as compared with 1920 and was 1713 over the average of the quinquennial period.

The total strength of the Police Force in 1921 was Europeans 185, Indians 430, Chinese 726, making a total of 1,341 exclusive of the five superior officers and staff of clerks and coolies. These figures include police paid for by the railway and other Government departments. Of this force 15 Europeans, 127 Indians, and 58 Chinese were stationed in the New Territories during the year.

The District Watchmen Force, numbering 102, to which the Government contributes $2,000 per annum, was well supported by the Chinese during the year. These watchmen patrol the streets in the Chinese quarter of the City. They are placed on police beats and are supervised by the European police on section patrol.

The total number of persons committed to Victoria Gaol was 4,990 as compared with 5,153 in 1920. Of these 1,732 were committed for criminal offences against 1,999 in 1920. Of committals for non- criminal offences there were 7 less for hawking without a licence, and 9 less for unlawfully boarding steamers, than in 1920.

The daily average of prisoners confined in the Gaol was 764, the average for 1920 being 755, and the highest previous average being 756 in 1919. The percentage of prisoners to population. according to the daily average of the former and the estimated number of the latter, was 012. The average percentage for the last ten years was 012. Owing, however, to the large floating population, which is constantly moving between the Colony and Canton, the percentage of crime to population does not convey an accurate idea of the comparative criminality of the residents of the Colony. The Victoria Gaol has accommodation for 707 prisoners. The Branch Prison at Laichikok has accommodation for 200 prisoners.

The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punish- ments per prisoner being 1·26 as compared with 099 in 1920 and 0.96 in 1919.

Long sentence prisoners serving two years and upwards are taught useful trades, including, printing, book-binding, tin-smithing, mat-making, tailoring, carpentering, etc. The profit on the work done was $77,750.18 as against $64,014 in 1920. A sum of $4,658 was received and credited to Government for non-Government work as against $3,593 in 1920,

IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.

(a.)-POPULATION.

The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on April 24th, 1921, was 625,166, of whom 83,163 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in

The prison discipline was satisfactory, the average of punish- ments per prisoner being 1·26 as compared with 099 in 1920 and 0.96 in 1919.

IX.-VITAL STATISTICS.

(a.)-POPULATION.

The civil population of the Colony, according to the census taken on April 24th, 1921, was 625,166, of whom 83,163 reside in the New Territories and in New Kowloon; at the census taken in

1911 it was 456,739 with 104,287 as the figure for the New Territories and New Kowloon. The estimated total population at the middle of the year under review was 686,680, but this includes the New Territories; and, as the birth and death figures given below do not include those from this area (with the exception of New Kowloon), the population for the purposes of calculating these rates is estimated at 585,880, of whom 14,100 were non-Chinese.

The distribution of population estimated to the middle of 1921 was as follows :-

Non-Chinese

Civil Community,...

14,100

Chinese

Population.

City of Victoria (including Peak),...

360,000

Villages of Hongkong,

18,360

Kowloon (including New Kowloon),

120,000

New Territories,

100,800

Population afloat,

73,420

Total Chinese Population,

672,580

686,680

Total Civil Population,

(b.)-PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION.

The activity in building operations, which has been so notice- able a feature since 1912, has not abated, and the demand for housing accommodation by the Chinese continued to be greatly in excess of the supply, as many of those who fled with their families to Hongkong during 1911, 1912, and 1913 elected to remain in the Colony.

The birth-rate for the year was 5'68* per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 25-88 per 1,000 among the non-Chinese community, as compared with 3·96 and 1978 for 1920.

The death-rate for the year was 2029 per 1,000 among the Chinese community and 18:08 among the non-Chinese civil com- munity, as compared with 22:78 and 179 for 1920.

The number of deaths from Malaria (332) was the same as for 1920. The deaths of Chinese from this cause in the City of Victoria numbered 142 out of a population of 360,000 or a rate of 0:39 per 1,000 per annum.

The deaths from Plague numbered 130 as compared with 120 in 1920.

Small-pox deaths numbered 162, all but two were Chinese.

There were 3,832 deaths from respiratory diseases other than Pulmonary Tuberculosis as compared with 3,834 in 1920, and 80 of

* This figure is wholly misleading as it is impossible to register more than a portion of the births.

The wind velocity was considerably below normal in January, March, April, May and October. In July it was normal and in the remaining months it was slightly below normal. The mean velocity for the year was 107 m.p.h. as against 120 m.p.h. in 1920 and 127 m.p.h. for the past 38 years. The maximum velocity for one hour as recorded by the Beckley Anemograph was 51 miles at 11 a.m. on July 24th as against 51 miles in 1920 and 108 for the past 38 years. The maximum squall velocity, as recorded by the Dines-Baxendell Anemograph, was at the rate of 69 m.p.h. at 5h. 53m. a.m. on September 3rd as against 61 m.p.h. in 1920 and 105 m.p.h. for the past 12 years.

•

The climate of Hongkong is similar in its broad features to that of Kowloon and the New Territories, but at the higher levels, from 1,400 to 1,800 feet above sea level the temperature is usually from 3 to 8° lower than at the Observatory, Kowloon. The humidity is usually greater than in Kowloon and approaches saturation for several days at a time during March and April when mist is very prevalent. In summer the city of Victoria, and the rising terraces behind it, derive little or no benefit from the SW monsoon, being sheltered by steep hills from SE to SW. In winter it is exposed to the NE monsoon, which occasionally blows along the harbour through Lyemun Pass with considerable violence. On the other hand the south-west side of the Island is protected from the NE monsoon in winter and enjoys the benefit of the SW monsoon in summer.

X-POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH SERVICES.

The total revenue from the postal service in 1921 amounted to $644,157.54 being $118,035.46 more than that collected in 1920. The net expenditure amounted to $261,077.84. The balance of revenue over expenditure amounted to $383,079.70.

The revenue collected in 1921 from radio-telegrams amounted to $19,082.98 being $4,491.25 more than that collected in 1920. Advices of vessels signalled at the lighthouses yielded $670.60, and semaphore messages $3.30, making a total of $19,756.88 for the telegraph service. The expenditure amounted to $45,592.19. The number of radio-telegrams forwarded during the year was 2,235 consisting of 30,239 words, and 6,182 received consisting of 82,513 words..

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.'s contract mail service between the United Kingdom and the Far East was resumed with the despatch of the s.s. Nellore from Hongkong on the 21st December, 1921.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Colonial Secretary.

8th August, 1922.

Light Dues...

Appendix A

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR T

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE

Revenue for

HEADS OF Revenue.

Estimates, 1921.

Actual Revenue to

same

31st Dec., 1921.

period of preceding Year.

Increase.

Decrease.

Light Dues, Special Assessment

100,000

106,417.09

94,225.44

12,191.65

Govern

Cadet S

110,000 115,710.44 102,609.57

13,100.87

Colonia

Licences and Internal Revenue not otherwise specified

10,896,570 11,644,243.90 |10,325,918.57|1,318,325.33

Secreta

Audit D

Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes,

and Reimbursements in Aid

1,452,740 | 1,194,673.94 | 1,126,566.51

68,107.43

Treasur

Harbou

Post Office

510,000 663.914.42 541,295.01

122,619.41

Imports

Royal C

Kowloon-Canton Railway

549,000 603,980.77 520,176.10

83,804.67

Miscella

Judicial

Police a

Rent of Government Property, Land, and Houses

1,030,130 1,158,188.80 | 1,063,455.21 94,733.59

Prison I

Medical

Interest

260,000

359,473.33 240,460.84

119,012.49

Sanitary

Botanica

Educatio

Miscellaneous Receipts

127,910 247,431.70 118,615.55 128,816.15

Military

Public W

Do.

Post Offi

TOTAL, (exclusive of Land Sales)

15,036,350 16,094,034.39 14,133,322.80 1,960,711.59

Kowloon

Charge o

Pensions

Land Sales, (Premia on New Leases)

300,000 1,634,097.55 556,349.13 1,077,748.42

Charitabl

TOTAL,

Deduct

Net

15,336,350 (17,728,131.94 14,689,671.93 | 3,038,460.01

...$ 3,038,460.01

Appendix A.

FINANCIAL RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1921.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER,

Revenue for

INUE.

Estimates, 1921.

Actual Revenue to 31st Dec.,

same

period of preceding

Increase.

Decrease.

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE.

1921.

Year.

100,000

106,417.09

94,225.44

12,191.65

Governor

Estimates, 1921.

80,760.00

Cadet Service

252,440.00

110,000 115,710.44 102,609.57

13,100.87

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature ...

49,958.00

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

otherwise specified

10,896,570 11,644,243.90 |10,325,918.57 | 1,318,325.33

Audit Department .

for specific purposes,

1,452,740 1,194,673.94 |1,126,566.51

68,107.43

Treasury...

510,000 663.914.42 541,295.01 122,619.41

549,000

603,980.77 520,176.10 83,804.67

Harbour Master's Department

Imports & Exports Department...

Royal Observatory

Miscellaneous Services...

Judicial and Legal Departments...

Police and Fire Brigade

and Houses

1,030,1301,158,188.80 1,063,455.21

94,733.59

Prison Department

Medical Departments

260,000

240,460.84 359.473.33

Sanitary Department

119,012.49

Botanical and Forestry Department

127,910 247,431.70 118,615.55 128,816.15

Education Department

Military Expenditure

Public Works Department

Recurrent

Do.

Extraordinary

19,904.00

45,992.00

55,480.00

251,421.00

845,843.00

31,805.00

648,442.00

254,947.00

1,429,077.00

286,636.00

368,794.00

563,150.00

}

64,394.00

786,653.00

2,520,755.00

632,510.00

840,600.00

4,967,400.00

292,317.00

⠀

Land Sales)

15,036,350 16,094,034-39 14,133,322.80 1,960,711.59

300,000 1,634,097.55 556,349.13 1,077,748.42

Post Office

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Charge on account of Public Debt

Pensions ...

Charitable Services

luct

15,336,350 17,728,131.94 14,689,671.93 3,038,460.01

...$3,038,460.01

TOTAL,

Deduct

Net...

898,308.00

782,092.00

312,900.00

66,572.00

$17,349,150.00

Appendix A.

RETURNS FOR THE YEAR 1921.

E AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1921.

sc.

Decrease.

HEADS OF EXPENDITURE,

Estimates,

1921.

Actual Expenditure to 31st Dec., 1921.

Expenditure for same

period of preceding Year.

Increase.

Decrease.

كرة

1.65

Governor

80,760.00

91,035.19

90,526.45

508.74

Cadet Service

252,440.00

239,948.92

0.87

Colonial Secretary's Department and Legislature...

49,958.00

58,415,07 85,095.13.

26,680.06

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs

19,904.00

18,705.03

57.716.27

39,011.24

5.33

45,992.00

51,440.87

34,887.83

16,553.04

Audit Department ..

Treasury...

97.43

19.41

04.67

Harbour Master's Department

Imports & Exports Department ...

Royal Observatory

Miscellaneous Services...

Judicial and Legal Departments...

Police and Fire Brigade

33.59

Prison Department

Medical Departments

12.49

55,480.00 72,676.59 74,222.34

251,421.00 350,025.53 231,146.38 118,879.15

1,545-75

845,843.00 591,756.04

502,114.66

89,641.38

648,442.00

254,947.00

31,805.00 32,700.51 25,965.53

845,413.82 1,410,230.36

271,948.20

6,734.98

564,816.54

286,591.65

14,643.45

1,429,077.00 1,527,097.55

1,492,680.67 334,163.44

286,636.00 299,746.56)

816.15

,711.59

748.42

Sanitary Department

Botanical and Forestry Department

Education Department

Military Expenditure

Public Works Department

Do.

Post Office

Recurrent

Extraordinary

Kowloon-Canton Railway

Charge on account of Public Debt

Pensions

Charitable Services

,460.01

1460.01

TOTAL,

Deduct

Net

368,794.00 378,128.77 331,020.81 47,107.96

563,150.00 536,438.13

463,759.44

72,678.69

5,452.62

64,394.00 61,428.11 55,975.49

786,653.00 589,323.92 537,512.55 51,811.37

2,520,755.00 2,318,654.02 2,789,206.68

470.552.66

632,510.00 651,599.00!

468,987.78

182,611.22

840,600.00 938,582.38 806,254.37

132,328.01

4,967,400.00 3,053,525.11 2,555,877.69

497,647.42

292,317.00 293,710.10 268,713.85

24,996.25

898,308.00 1,108,838.99 822,567.68 286,271.31

782,092.00 890,336.88 677,341.19

212,995.69

312,900.00 389,845.50 252,081.83 137.763.67

66,572.00 78,331.61 169,116.89

90,785.28

$17,349,150.00 15,739,652.40 |14,489,593.52 | 2,458,093.86 | 1,208,034.98

$1,208,034.98

$1,250,058.88

Appendix A (1),

REPORT ON THE FINANCES FOR THE YEAR 1921.

REVENUE,

The total revenue for the year amounted to $17,728,132 being $2,391,782 more than the estimate and $3,038,460 more than the revenue in 1920. Compared with that year there were increases under every head.

2. The principal sub-heads showing excess over the estimate are as follows:-

(a) Assessed Taxes,

(b) Liquor Duties,

(d) Tobacco Duties,

(e) Postage,

(f) Railway,

(g) Buildings,

$ 89,838

250,637

38,572

392,031

149.157

67,840

45,838

54,114

99,473

75,986

1,344,097

(h) Lands not Leased,

(*) Interest,

...

(j) Other Miscellaneous Receipts,

(k) Land Sales,...

The increases are due (a) to new buildings, (b) increase of duty,

(c) to increase of duties, (d) to increase of duty, (e) to increase of business, and (k) to more lands being disposed of.

3. The principal deficits compared with the Estimates were:-

(a) Kowloon (East) Ferry Licences,

(b) Opium Monopoly,

(d) Water Excess Supply and Meter Rents,

43,347

61,802

56,619

135,931

Of these (a) was overestimated, (b) due to decreased sales, (c)

and (d) to scale of fees not being increased as anticipated when the estimates were made out.

EXPENDITURE.

4. The total expenditure brought to account amounted to $15,739,652 being $1,609,498 less than the estimate, and $1,250,058 more than the expenditure in 1920.

Compared with the estimates there were savings under eight

heads.

Miscellaneous expenditure exceeded the estimate by $196,971 mainly due to transport of government servants. Kowloon & Canton Railway exceeded the estimate by $210,530 due to two motor coaches and trailer.

A (1) 2

The Imports and Exports Department decreased $254,086 on account of less opium purchased while Public Works Extraordinary saved $1,913,874 because the programme of works placed in the Estimates was not carried out.

5. The revenue for the year exceeded the expenditure by a sum of $1,988,480; with the result that the surplus balance increased to $6,478,745.

6. The following statement shows the Liabilities and Assets on the 31st December, 1921 :-

LIABILITIES.

ASSETS.

Deposits not Avail-

Subsidiary Coins,

1,562,379.74

able..

946,976.35 Advances,

314,844.23

Building Loans,

789,800.00

Postal Agencies,.

12.804.34 Imprest,

14,620.44

House Service A/c.,...)

6,053.14

Shipping Control

Crown Agents' De-

A/c...

2,231,204.11

posit Account,..... 2,199,691.24

Unallocated Stores,

Suspense Account,..

127.38

(P. W. D.)

331,445.56

Unallocated Stores,

Limewashing Ac-

count,

(Railway),

302,706.71

900.00

Coal Account,

52,336.50

Investment Account,

3,831,026.44

Balance Bank,.

248,195.04

Crown Agents' Cur-

rent Account,

17,658.99

Total Liabilities,.. 3,192,012.18

Balance, 6,478,745.85

Total...... $9,670,758.03

Total......$9,670,758.03

7. The following table shows the Revenue and Expenditure during the last five years:-

Revenue,

Expenditure, Surplus,

Deficit,

1917.

19 18. $

1919.

1920,

1921.

15,058,105 18,665,248 16,524,975 14,689,672 17,728,132 14,090,828 16,252,172 17,915,925 14,489,594 15,739,652

200,078 1,988,480 -

967,277 2,413,076

1,390,950

PUBLIC DEBT,

8. The Inscribed Stock Loans of 1893 and 1906 amount to £1,485,733 and the Sinking Fund now stands at £368,403 being £29,716 more than the amount at credit of that fund at the end of 1920.

A (1) 3-

The local Loan (under Ordinance No. 12 of 1916) stands at $3,000,000 with a Sinking Fund of $664,495 and £89,093 sterling.

GENERAL REMARKS.

9. Stamp duties were increased at the beginning of May by the new Stamp Ordinance No. 8 of 1921. Liquor and Tobacco duties were also raised in April

10. The total receipts and payments in the Treasury books during the year were $33,343,922 and $33,078,068 respectively. The figures not accounted for under revenue and expenditure relate to transactions under various heads such as Deposits, Advances, Subsidiary Coin, Unallocated Stores, etc. ·

11. Subsidiary coins in stock on the 31st December were as follows:-

10 cents,

Copper,

$1,486,972 61,600

13,807

1,562,379

The nominal amount of coins in circulation is $20,789,370, and the market value is now practically par.

12. The local circulation in December of notes of the three Banks having authorized issues was as follows :-

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation,...$ 40,395,225 Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China, ... Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,

9,074,137

1,321,503

$ 50,790,865

$ 33,200,000

The specie in Reserve came to,

13. The rate of exchange for the Estimates was taken at 3/4 whereas the average rate for purposes of conversion in the Treasury books was 2/8.

16th May, 1922.

C. MCI. MESSER,

Treasurer.

Appendix. B.

REPORT ON THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE YEAR 1922-1923.

1. By Order of His Excellency the Governor in Council a new valuation of the whole Colony has been made and the Rateable Value has thereby been increased from $18,696,660 to $19,805, 929 an addition of $1,109,269 or 5.91 per cent.

2. The following Table gives a comparison of the Assessments for 1921-1922 and 1922-1923 :-

DISTRICT.

VALUATION 1921-1922.

VALUATION 1922-1923.

INCREASE.

PER

CENT.

The City of Victoria,. Hill District,........

14,902,870

352,465

15,625,813 371,230

15,625.813

722.943

4.85

Shaukiwan, Saiwanho

and Quarry Bay,

+25,250

454,625

Hongkong Villages,

352,904

1,130,619

407,109 1,232,964

102,345 9:05

Kowloon Point, ....

858,430

909,560

Yaumati,

577,290

673,230

Mongkoktsui,

465,145

504,635

Hunghom & Hokun,

434,575

462,035

Kowloon Villages,

154,515

170,085

New Territories,

173,216 2,663.171

227,607 2,947,152

283.981 10:67

Total,.........

18,696,660

19,805,929 1,109,269 5-91

3. The number of tenements reported to be vacant averaged about 95 monthly, as compared with 79 last year.

4. During the year ending 30th April, 1922, 1,063 Interim Valuations were made as follows:-

New or rebuilt tenements and tenements structurally altered

CITY OF VICTORIA.

REST OF COlony.

No.

Rateable Value.

No.

Rateable

Value.

184

357,033

662

265,983

Assessments cancelled, tenements resumed, pulled down or being in other respects not rateable..............

150

256,470

18,450

Number and increase ..

334

$100,563

729

$247,533

B 2

5. The following comparative statement shows the Rateable Value of the Colony of Hongkong in each of the ten years from 1913-1914 to 1922-1923 inclusive :-

Year.

Increase Decrease

Rateable as compared as compared

Valne.

with pre- vious

vious year.

with pre-

year.

Percentage of

in Rateable Value Increase or Decreuse

as compared with previous year.

1.03 Increase.

1913-14

12,435,812

123,506

1914-15

14,410,103 1,974,291

15.87 do.

1915-16

14,287,285

122,818

085 Decrease.

1916-17

14,282,186

5,099

0.03 do.

1917-18

14,410,153

127,967

0.89 Increase.

1918-19

15,638,736 | 1,228,583

8.52

do.

1919-20

16,304,801

666,065

4.25 do.

1920-21

17,408,959

1,104,158

6.77 do.

1921-22

18,696,660 1,287,701

7:40 do.

1922-23

19,805,929 1,109,269

5.91

do.

6. In the ten years 1913-1914 to 1922-1923 the Rateable Value of the Colony has increased by $7,370,117 or 59-26 per cent.

THE TREASURY,

17th May, 1922.

C. McI. MESSER, Treasurer & Assessor.

Appendix C.

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS

FOR THE YEAR 1921.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

(Tables I and II.)

REVENUE.

1. The revenue derived from all sources during the year was $18,294; more than that for 1920 by $288. -

EXPENDITURE.

2. The total expenditure was $18,705 as compared with $57,716 in 1920 and fell short of the estimate by $1,199. The decrease as compared with 1920 was due to the salaries of the Cadet Officers being paid from the Cadet Service vote.

PROTECTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS. (Table 111.)

Women and Girls Protection Ordinance No. 4 of 1897. Po Leung Kuk Incorporation Ordinance No. 6 of 1893.

3. The number of persons detained under warrant and sent direct to the Po Leung Kuk during the year was 86 as compared with 85 in 1920; the action taken in each case (as also in those cases not decided at the end of 1920) is shown in Table III. The number of women whose detention was found unnecessary and who were allowed to leave after investigation was 57 or 66.2%, as compared with 56 or 65.8% in 1920; 19 were sent to their native places; 3 were restored to their relatives; 5 were sent to Charit- able institutions in China; while I case was still under considera- tion on December 31st.

4. In this year no name was added to the list of girls under bond to report themselves periodically to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. The names of three girls were struck off the list; one of them was sent back to her relatives, one was married, and the third absconded; in the last case the bond was forfeited. number of names on the list on December 31st was 10.

The

5. The number of persons reported by Hongkong residents to the Po Leung Kuk as missing during the year was 66, of whom 20 were found, as compared with 80 and 33 in 1920. The total number of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 99, of whom 24 were found, as compared with 24 out of 103 in 1920.

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EMIGRATION.

Asiatic Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.

(i.)—EMIGRATION OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, (FREE).

(Table IV.)

6. The number of female and minor passengers examined and allowed to proceed abroad was 30,050 (women 18,514, girls 2,828 and boys 8,708) as compared with 20,690 in 1920.

7. The record of the occupations of the female emigrants over

16 years of age shows that out of a total of 18,514, 5,466 were

going to join relatives, 5,115 with relatives or husbands, 1,290 as tailoresses, 475 as prostitutes, 4,812 as maidservants or nurses, 661 as cooks, 630 to work on the land. There were also 5 teachers, 6 actresses, 1 hotelkeeper, 5 students, 24 hairdressers, 1 temple- keeper, 1 preacher, 1 traveller, and 17 nuns. 1 was repatriated by Government.

8. No women were detained for enquiries as against 5 in 1920.

9. Repatriation of Women and Girls.-

(a.) From Singapore.-Fifty-four (54) prostitutes who went to Singapore were sent back on the ground that they were too young to practise prostitution. They were all seen off to their destinations.

Ten (10) prostitutes were sent back from Singapore at their own request.

One prostitute who had become insane, and had been treated and cured, was sent back to her relatives.

Besides those enumerated above, eight (8) prostitutes were sent back from Singapore and returned to their homes.

Five applications were received for the recovery of women who had emigrated to Singapore. One was found to be based on false information: the subjects of the others, one of whom had emigrated as a prostitute and three who had run away from home, were recovered and handed back to their relatives.

One girl was repatriated from Singapore in connection with a "trafficking" case. She was sent to the Po Leung Kuk at her own request to await marriage.

(b.) From Bangkok.—One girl was sent back from Bangkok, whither she had been kidnapped for prostitution, and was placed in the Po Leung Kuk to await the arrival of her relatives.

10. Prosecutions under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance undertaken by this office numbered 6 with 1 convic- tion as compared with 12 cases and 10 convictions in 1920.

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(ii)-MALE EMIGRATION, (ASSISTED.)

(Table V.)

11.-(a.) The assisted emigration to Banca continued during the year, with a decrease of about one third in numbers as com- pared with 1920.

(b.) There were 3,551 emigrants to Billiton in March-June, an increase of over a thousand on the previous year.

(c.) From January to April emigration went on as usual to the petroleum depôt at Balik Papan, then ceasing except for one batch in September. The actual numbers were slightly less than in 1920.

12. There was a falling off by about one half in the number of enigrants to British North Borneo.

13. The totals for the year show that the tendency is still toward increase in assisted emigration.

(a.) Seven small batches of assisted emigrants went as labourers to work for the Phosphate Company in Christmas Island, Singapore. They were recruited through the Kwong Yuen Loi Boarding House, agent for Wong Man Tak in Singapore.

(b.) Western Samoa and Ocean Island.-During the year only two batches of emigrants-108 in all-went in May to Ocean Island. The agents were Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co.

A new feature of work in this office was the tracing of the relatives and returning the effects of men who died there since this emigration started.

One batch of 1,080 assisted labourers, also recruited by Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., was passed for Western Samoa in September. To comply with the regulations governing assisted emigration, a licence was temporarily granted to a Boarding House to accommodate these men, and surrendered when the house closed after their embarkation.

These coolies went abroad under the usual very favourable

terms.

(c. & d.) There was no emigration to the British Solomon Islands nor to Makatea during the year.

(e.) Deli, Sumatra.-Deli emigration went on at regular in- tervals, organized by a manager of the Deli Planters' Association in Hongkong, the men (Hoklos) being taken mostly from Swatow and neighbouring districts. A great number of coolies who were going for the second time took with them their wives and children special conditions are laid down for married men. The work of accommodating these coolies has been confined to one Boarding House, the Nam Wah at Kennedy Town,

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(e.) Ocean Island. One application was received and the case is still under negotiation. This is the first case of redemption applied for since emigration to Ocean Island started in 1920.

19. Seven (7) passage brokers' licences at $200 each were issued under the Emigration Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.

20. Classification of emigrants by the language spoken is given in Table V.

THE BOARDING HOUSE ORDINANCE.

No. 23 of 1917.

21. Under this Ordinance Chinese Boarding Houses are divided into seven classes for the purpose of licensing and regulation.

22. Class 1, Chinese Hotels.-These are run very much on the lines of European Hotels, and are licensed for the sale of alcohol. There are only two houses of this class in the Colony, the Great Eastern and the Stag. Both applied for and were granted fresh licences after October 31st.

23. Class II, First Class Hak U.-These are large boarding houses, which cater principally for independent emigration and interport passenger business. During the year there was no new Boarding House of this class opened and none closed. At the end of the year there were 18 houses in existence all of which had renewed their licences. The lawful accommodation provided by these 18 houses is 2,907 as against the figure 2,850 for 18 houses of the year 1920.

24. Class III, Second Class Hak U.-These are small boarding houses for independent emigration mostly to and from the Straits Settlements and Java ports. During the year no new houses were opened nor any existing ones closed. The number of houses at the end of the year was 21 with lawful accommodation for 1,426 persons as compared with 1,396 provided for by the same 21 houses in 1920.

These three classes of Boarding Houses have done good business during the year owing to the great increase of emigration due to the reduction in passage rates by the competition of ships running and also because of the increased number of political passengers travelling between North and South China.

25. Class IV, Boarding Houses for Assisted Emigrants.- These houses are mainly used by assisted emigrants and their recruiters, who may not, while in this Colony, be lodged in any other place. During the year 11 assisted Boarding Houses were closed and 13 new ones opened. Most of these latter were only opened for a short time to cope with particular batches of emigrants such as that for Samoa and Ocean Island as the law requires. At the end of the year there were in existence 14 houses with accommodation for 908 men, as compared with 12 houses with accommodation for 673 men at the end of 1920.

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During the year 17 licences for the transfer of names of licensees for the removal of premises and for the addition of floors were issued to Boarding Houses of classes II, III, and IV as compared with 6 licences issued in 1920.

26. Class V, Ku Li Kun, (lodging houses for coolies).—311 licences were issued as against 407 in 1920; of these 259 were renewed at the end of the year as against 364 in 1920. 5 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises (in 1920 there were none). No prosecutions were instituted against houses of this class (in 1920 there were 4).

27. Class VI, Ku Kung Ngoi U (lodging houses for employees of firms).—305 licences were issued as against 349 in 1920; of these 301 were renewed at the end of the year as against 259 in 1920. Eight licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises, as against 5 in 1920. 30 houses were closed as against 23 in 1920. No prosecutions were instituted against houses of this class (in 1920 there were also none).

28. Class VII, Hang Shun Kun (residential clubs for seamen). 111 licences were issued as against 107 in 1920; of these 110 were renewed at the end of the year as against 106 in 1920. 12 licences were issued for transfer of name of licensee or for removal of premises as against 11 in 1920. 3 houses were closed as against 8 in 1920. No prosecutions were instituted against houses of this class (in 1920 there was one).

REGULATION OF CHINESE.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.

(i.)-REGISTRATION OF HOUSEHOLDERS,

29. One thousand four hundred and forty-six (1,446) house- holders were registered as against 1,430 in 1920; of these 155 were first registration as against 297 in 1920, 7,668 changes of tenancy were also notified for registration as against 9,545 in 1920.

30. The number of Chinese business men in Victoria and Kowloon offering themselves as sureties to Government Depart- ments and reported on by this office was 1,114 as against 1,176 in 1920.

31. Two non-resident householders were required to enter into a bond; the figure was two in 1920 also. 48 certified extracts from the Registers were issued as against 39 in 1920. One duplicate Householder's Certificate was issued (the figure was also 1 in 1920), while 19 Householders' Removal Certificates were issued as against 24 in 1920.

(ii)-DISTRICT WATCHMEN.

(Table VI)

32. The District Watchmen Committee met on 12 occasions : the average attendance being 12. The loyal advice and assistance of this important Committee (which deals with every kind of question affecting the Chinese Community) continues to be of the greatest value to the Government.

33. Messrs. Ng Hou-tsz, Ho Kom-tong and Wong Kam- fuk's terms of 5 years expired and they were reappointed by His Excellency the Governor for a further period of 5 years.

During 1921 the two members selected from the retiring Committee of the Tung Wa Hospital and the Po Leung Kuk, who hold their appointments for one year, were Messrs. Li Wing- kwong and Kwok Siu-lau vice Messrs. To Sze-tun and Wong Tu-tung whose terms had expired.

34. The balance to the credit of the District Watchmen Fund at the end of the year was $31,063, as compared with $28,875 on January 1st, the income thus exceeding the expen- diture by $2,188. Of the balance, $28,000 is invested in Hong- kong 6% War Loan, and the remainder $3,063 deposited in the Colonial Treasury.

35. The total strength of the District Watchmen Force at the end of the year was 101, one less than on January 1st-one vacancy caused by death had not yet been filled. The approved strength is 102.

36. The number of convictions secured by members of the force was 363 as compared with 426 in 1920 and 164 in 1919.

37. The Detective Staff numbered 23 in 1921. Police Sub- Inspector Murphy continued in charge, but as in the latter half of the year this work was combined with police duty, the lack of complete supervision was reflected in falling off in cases.

(iii.)-PERMITS.

38. Eight hundred and ninety-seven (897) permits to fire crackers were issued as against 731 in 1920, and of these 632 were on the occasion of marriage.

39. Other permits issued were 22 for religious ceremonies and 11 for processions. 223 permits were issued for theatricals, 185 of which performances were held in permanent and 38 in temporary buildings.

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MARRIAGES.

Ordinance No. 7 of 1875 and No. 6 of 1903.

40. The number of inarriages solemnised during the year was 165 as compared with 160 in 1920. The number contracted at the Registrar's Office was 29. In 1920 it was 28.

CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY TO CHINESE ENTERING

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1898.

41. 17 certificates were issued to Chinese to enter the United States of America (the figure was also 17 in 1920) and 2 to enter the Philippine Islands as against 1 in 1920.

These certificates are limited to Chinese British subjects resident in Hongkong.

BRITISH BORN SUBJECT CERTIFICATES.

42. There were twenty applications for these certificates, sixteen of which were granted and certificates issued; three were refused and one was still under consideration at the end of the year. Of the two cases which were under consideration at the end of 1920, one was granted and certificate issued and the other refused.

There were three applications for naturalisation; two of which were refused and one was still under consideration at the end of the year.

REGISTRATION OF BOOKS.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.

43. Twenty-four books were registered during the year as compared with thirty-five in 1920.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL AND MAN MO TEMPLE.

Ordinance No. 1 of 1870, No. 9 of 1904 and No. 10 of 1908. (Tables VII to XI.)

44. The following gentlemen were elected to form the Com- mittee for 1922 :-

Lo Chung-kue,

Ho Wa-tong,

Leung Pat-yu, Chan Siu-karr,

Wong Sau-shang,

Lai Hoi-shan,

Ip Lo-siu,

Fung Yu-shan, Li Kit-cho, Tsang-foo, Tong Tsz-sau, Au Shiu-cho, Li Ping-lau, Lam Fung-chou.

45. The year's work (1921) was carried out with the usual efficiency and detailed care, but there was no event during the year calling for special effort on the part of the Committee.

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46. The accounts of the Tung Wah Hospital, and of its child the Kwong Wa Hospital in Kowloon, have this year been cast in a new shape: they are it is hoped in a form which will make it easy to extract any desired item of information, and will prevent the necessity in future for the extended comment on the accounts that has been required in the past.

47. The following items on the receipt side show increases :-

Increases.

Rent of Hospital property, Subscriptions generally,

Premium on notes, and discount on goods

purchased,

$24,138 10,625

933

48. The total number of in-patients admitted during 1921 was 6,881 as compared with 7,129 in 1920 and 6,726 in 1919. Of these 3,552 or 5162% as against 51.18% in 1920 elected to be treated by European methods.

The out-patients numbered 123,001 as against 148,589 in 1920 (140,271 in 1919) and of these 24,238, or 19.7% (as against 15.24% in 1920) chose European treatment.

49. The number of surgical operations performed was 292 as against 311 in 1920. There were also 93 eye operations per- formed as compared with 98 in 1920.

50. The number of destitutes temporarily housed and then sent to their homes was 2,014 (901 in 1920) most of whom were sent to the Hospital from this office.

51. Of the Charitable Funds managed by the Hospital the Man Mo Temple Fund (Table XI) shows an excess of receipts over expenditure of $20,296.98, and that of the new Saiyingpun Maternity Hospital, which was not yet open in the year under review, shows a credit balance of $8,286.18 (Table XIÏ).

52. The balance sheet of the Brewin Charity as set out in Table XIII shows that the income for the year exceeded the expenditure by $1,254.

The amount spent in gratuities and pensions was $4,689 as compared with $4,028 in 1920 and $3,022 in 1919.

$6,000 is invested in Hongkong 6% War Bonds.

KWONG WA HOSPITAL.

(Tables XIV and XT.)

53. The work of the Hospital again shewed an increase during 1920. In all, 4,291 patients were admitted (as against 4,104 in 1920) of whom 3,104, or 72-3% (as against 62% in 1920 and 58% in 1919) came under European treatment, while 1,187 elected to be treated by Chinese methods.

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54. The total number of out-patients treated was 36,160 as against 36,353 in 1920 of these 28,291 elected to receive European treatment. This gives a percentage of 78.2% as against 784 in 1920 and 70:6 in 1919.

In the absence of any other Hospital in Kowloon, the Kwong Wa does much work-all cases from the Police and the Docks for instance are treated here-which perhaps falls outside the limits of a Chinese Charity.

CHINESE PUBLIC DISPENSARIES AND PLAGUE HOSPITALS.

(Tables XVI to XXI.)

55. The total number of cases treated at the Dispensaries during the year was 146,222 as compared with 137,891 in 1920. Of this total, 78.104 were new, and 68,118 return cases.

56. The number of vaccinations performed was 10,229 as against 6,121 in 1920.

57. The total expenditure on the Dispensaries was $77,206, This sum includes a subscription of $37,701 to the propose d Western Maternity Hospital, making a total net expenditure of $39,505, as compared with $37,293 in 1920.

58. The net revenue of the Dispensaries, excluding a grant of $4,000 by Government, was $44,273 as compared with 44,159 in 1920.

59. Of the two Kowloon Dispensaries at Hunghom and Sham- shuipo, the first shows an excess of income over expenditure of $128, with a corresponding increase in credit balance from $3,653 in 1920 to $3,782. The second shows an increase in credit balance from $4,239 to $6,505.

60. The number of dead and dying infants brought to the Dispensaries was 1,190 as compared with 1,340 in 1920.

61. The number of infants under the age of five years brought in for treatment again shows a considerable increase, 19,811 being treated as against 18,843 in 1920.

62. 970 corpses were removed to hospital or mortuary, as against 1,163 in 1920; 399 applications for coffins were received, as against 501 in 1920; and there were 257 attendances at the cleansing of infected premises as against 156 in 1920.

63. The Dispensaries Committee are again indebted to the authorities of the Alice Memorial Hospital for assistance in the atter of the issue of medicines and drugs, and the regulation of their consumption.

64. The number of bodies considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year was 643 as compared with 685 in 1920. The monthly figures varied from

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46 in April to 18 in October. The percentage of these "dumpings to the total number of Chinese deaths was 5.54 (Table XX).

Of the 643 bodies abandoned, 4 were taken to the Chinese Public Dispensaries.

65. Table XIX compiled from statistics in the Sanitary Department shows the number of death certificates issued in proportion to the total number of Chinese deaths, and the number of cases in which post mortem examinations were held.

66. The percentage of cases in which death was certified was 35 as compared with 41 in 1920.

The Maternity Hospital at Wanchai has dealt with 703 cases as against 477 in 1920 and 194 in 1919.

The committee would again express their appreciation of the invaluable advice and personal assistance which Mrs. Hickling has given in this connection.

CHINESE PERMANENT CEMETERY.

(Table XXII)

67. The balance increased from $16.344 in 1920 to $22,749. In 1919 the figure was $10,282.

68. TRANSLATION WORK DONE IN THE SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS DURING THE YEAR 1921.

Translation from English into Chinese.

Translation from Chinese

into English.

Petitions,

100

Qrdinances,

Letters,....

117

Regulations,

Newspaper articles and

Government notices, ... 164

items of news,

Minutes,

Unspecified,

Total,

344

Total,

264

Grand total,...608

The total number of translations done by the Translator was thus 608 as against 823 in 1920, 715 in 1919 and 617 in 1918.

69. In addition, a large number of translations made in other Government Departments are sent to this office for revision. Much translation work is done by members of the staff other than the Translator, but of this no record is kept.

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CHINESE RECREATION GROUND.

(Table XXIII.)

70. The income from the stalls has again decreased, $3,205 as against $3,223 in 1920, the balance has increased from $4,479 to $5,607. There are increases in expenditure in the water account and in repairs.

PASSAGE MONEY FUND.

(Table XXIV.)

71. The net income of the Fund was $707, and the total expenditure $531 as compared with $477 and $916 last year.

NEW ORDINANCES.

72. The following Ordinances passed during the year have special reference to the Chinese

No. 13 of 1921 Rent Ordinance. This ordinance brought great numbers of tenants and landlords to this office for advice and assistance.

One feature of the year in this connection was the formation of a Tenants' Defence League. The Chinese petition in support of this Ordinance was signed by a greater meinber of people than any previously presented to the Government of the Colony.

No. 25 of 1921 amends No. 13 of 1921, and makes it a criminal offence to attempt to extort excess rent.

No. 30 of 1921, further amends No. 13 of 1921 in several details.

GENERAL.

73. Under the terms of the Deportation Ordinance (No. 25 of 1917) reports were furnished on 249 suspects arrested by the Police under warrants of detention. Of these suspects 100° were released and 149 banished. The number of reports furnished in 1920 was 274.

74. The allocation of the Annual Grant of $25,000 to Local Chinese Charities was the same as last year, viz:---

Kwong Wa Hospital,.

Sham Shui Po Chinese Public Dispensary,... Kowloon City Chinese Public Dispensary,

$ 20,000

3,000 2,000

$ 25,000

75. An unfortunate accident occurred in the old Small pox Hospital in Kowloon which not having been used as such for a

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considerable time, was converted to a firecracker factory, and fifty women and girls were killed and injured by an explosion in February. The burial of the victims was carried out by the Government through the Tung Wah Hospital, and necessary relief measures were taken.

Owing to the hardship to certain aged long established small hawkers, resulting from the new regulations increasing the cost of licences, on the recommendation of, this office free licences were given in a few deserving cases by the Police Department.

76. A most noticeable feature of the year was the continued development and reorganization of guilds, brought to particular notice by a series of disputes between masters and men in various industries, with which this office was closely concerned. The following strikes were declared or averted in 1921.

Shipwrights and carpenters.

Rattan furniture-makers. Sandalwood workers.

Camphorwood box-makers (no guild).

Tea box makers.

Masons and quarrymen.

Eating house employees. Matshed builders.

A number of new guilds were started, and in addition many long-established ones redrafted their regulations, and made every effort to make their membership comprehensive in the craft which they represent. Intimidation with the object of compelling men to join a guild, became commoner, notably among the copper- smiths and rattan furniture-makers; there was keen competition between rival guilds in the endeavour to enlist the same members.

The total number of new trade societies reported to this office since the repeal of the old Societies Ordinance up to the end of the year is as follows

Masters' Societies,

1921.

1920.

Men's Societies (trade union), Masters and Men's joint

societies guilds,

STAFF.

Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

77. Mr. E. R. Hallifax went on leave from 1st January to 11th November, and resumed duty on 12th November. Mr. W. Schofield acted in addition to his other duties from 1st to 9th January and Mr. S. B. C. Ross acted from 10th January to 11th November.

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Chief Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

78. Mr. W. Schofield acted as Chief Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs from 1st January to 6th December and Mr. A. E. Wood acted from 7th to 31st December.

Second Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

79. Mr. T. W. Ainsworth acted as Second Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs from 1st January to 9th November. Mr. P. Burn acted from 28th November to 6th December and Mr. W. Schofield from 7th to 31st December.

Third Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

80. Mr. P. Burn acted as Third Assistant to Secretary for Chinese Affairs from 7th December until his death on the 28th December.

23rd August, 1922.

E. R. HALLIFAX, Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

Heads of Revenue.

Table I.

Revenue for the years 1920 and 1921.

Details of Revenue.

Ordinance under which received.

Revenue in

1920.

Revenue in

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

ments-in-aid,.

Licences and Internal Revenue not other- wise specified.

Fees of Court or Office, Payments for Specific

Purposes,

and Reimburse-

Interest,

Chinese Boarding House Licences. Marriage Licences,

Emigration Passage Brokers' Licences, Forfeitures,

Fines,

No. 1 of 1889 & No. 4 of 1908. No. 7 of 1875 & No. 15 of 1902. No. 30 of 1915.

11,723 *

11.556

167

1.245

1,358

113

1.450

1.400

Certificates to Chinese entering U.S.A.,

No. 3 of 1898.

875

900

Bond by Non-resident Householders.. Official Signatures,

No. 3 of 1888.

· 10

No. 14 of 1913.

100

130

Registration of Societies,

No. 47 of 1911.

Interest accrued on official account,

Miscellaneous,

Refunds, etc.,

2,253

2,634

381

Other Miscellaneous

Receipts,

Permits for Firework Displays,

290

210

Total,.........S

18,007.65

18.291.13

610

322

Deduct Decrease,

322

288

Total Increase in 1921,

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

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Table II.

Revenue and Expenditure of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs since 1912.

Revenue.

Expenditure.

Year,

Total.

Decrease. Increase. Total.

Decrease.

Increase.

Percent- age of Expen- diture to Revenue.

浴

· 1912.

14,257.54

260.65

45,521.01 3,696.53

319-28

1913,

10,645.58 3,611.96

41.674.04 3.846.97

39147

1914,

7,258.10 3,387.48

51,178.04

9.504.00 705·12

1915, ..

5,072.07 2,186.03

53,188.73

2,010.69 1,048-66

1916,

9,236.95

4,164.88 54,966.19

1.777.46 595·07

1917. ... .

11,370.52

1913,

26,678.50

2,133.57 51,867.18

15,307.98 | 50,117.67

3,099.01

456·15

1,749.51

.187.86

1919,

21,430.72 5,247.78

52,634,7

2,516.90 245.60

1920, ....

18.007,65 3,423.07

57,716.27

5,081.70 320-51

1921,

18,294.13

286.48 18,705.03 39,011.24

102.25

Table III.

Detained during 1921.

Total.

Number of Women and Girls detained in a Place of Refuge by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs under Sections 34 and 35 of Ordinance No. 4 of 1897, and arrangements made regarding them.

Under Detention on 1st January, 1921.

Prostitutes. Emigrants. Total. Prostitutes. Emigrants. Total.

Permitted to leave,

Permitted to leave under bond,

Restored to husband,

Restored to relatives,

Sent to native place,

Married,.

Adopted,

Sent to Refuge or Convent, Died,

Awaiting marriage,

Cases under consideration,

...

- a 5-9

...

Total,

Cases brought forward, 9.

Cases dealt with during the year, 93.

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Cases carried forward, 2.

Table IV.

Number of Female Passengers and Boys examined and passed before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs under "The Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915,” during the year 1921.

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Women and Children, 1921.

Total

Women

Whither Bonud.

and

Children,

Women.

Girls. Boys.

Total.

1920.

Burmah,

Japan,.

113

Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States,

15,706

2,282

4,227

22,215

16,262

Dutch Indies,

1,310

233

944

2,487

1,587

Belawan, Deli,

213

354

British North Borneo,

560

138

230

928

525

Honolulu,

133

228

Central America,

...

Canada,

2,059

2,107

1,009

United States of America,

145

622

791

369

Mexico,

10.

South America,

11 i

Mauritius & Re-Union, .

144

142

288

252

Australia,

163

146

India,

102

115

South Africa,

Cuba,

Samoa,..

West Indies (Jamaica),.

Total, 1921,

18,514 2

2,828

8,708

30,050

Total, 1920,

13,002 1,734

5,954

20,690

C 20

Table V.

Number of Assisted Emigrants.

Rejected.

Year.

Examined. Passed.

Un-

Rejected Rejected

Total Percentage

willing.

S.C.A. as unfit.

rejected.! Doctor.

of rejection.

1919,

13,875 12,236

124

*89

1920,.

16,699 11.753

104

45.

161

+96

1921,

22.049 19,171

130

•58

Treatment of Rejected Emigrants for 1921.

Sent home through Tung Wah Hospital at expense

of Boarding Houses,.

Sent away without help,......

Rejected by doctor and sent back to boarding houses

to be cured,

Total rejected,......

Native Districts of Assisted Emigrants Pussed.

West River,.

East River,

North River,

Canton,.....

Delta,

Kwong Sai,.

Southern Districts,

Mandarin, (Hunan, Kwong Sai and Kiang Si),

Total,.

112

130

1,364

10,843

612

1,928

1,279

1,330

617

1,198

19,171

C 21

Table V,-Continued.

Destinations of Assisted Emigrants.

Whither bound.

Male Assisted Emigrants.

1920.

1921.

Straits Settlements and F.M.S.,

470

292

British North Borneo,

1,784

828

Dutch Indies :-

Banca,.

3,170

3.269

Billiton,

3,551

2.187

Balikpapan,

1,847

1,478

Belawan Deli,.........

British Solomon Island,...

216

9,930

India,..

Samoa,...

Ocean Island,

Nauru,....

Makatea,

539

1,079

369

108

414

344

Total,

14,753

19.171

Classification of the Assisted Emigrants examined, according to the language spoken gives the following figures :-

Cantonese,

Hakka,

Hoklo,..

6.995

5,227

8,291

..... 1,467

Southern Mandarin (mostly from Kwong Sai and

Hunan),

Hainanese,

Total,

22.049

C 22

Table VI.

Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure relative to the Hongkong District Watchmen's Fund for the year 1921.

Receipts.

Expenditure.

€15

To Balance,

28,875,82

By Wages and Salaries :-

Chief District Watchmen,

2,958

Contributions,

38,564

Assistant Chief District Watch-

men,

2,380

Detectives,

6,000

Grant by Government,

2,000

1st Class District Watchmen,...10,944

2nd

3,965

Payment for District Watchmen for

Special Services,...

3rd

684

26,932

774

Fines,......

Miscellaneous :--

Cooks,..

768

Interest on Hongkong Government

6% War Loan,

Coolies,

600

Messengers,

1,680

1,452

Interest on Current Account,

Office Staff:-

Rent for 1921 from Mr. Yeung Ying-Ink for permission to erect the iron gate on Inland Lot No. 680,

Sale of Condemned Stores,

Manager,

Writer,

132

Interpreter, Collector,

498

576

1,296

Total......

29,680

Total,............$

71,983.61

Other Charges

*--

Allowance to Detectives,

1,276

Medal Allowance,

1,600

Instructor Allowance,

Oil Allowance,

128

Electricity,

247

Conservancy Allowance,......

ნე

Coolie Hire and Conveyance

Allowance,

370

Uniform and Equipment,

1,679

Stationery and Printing,

285

Furniture,

Repairs and Fittings to D.W.

Stations,

1,076

Reut of Telephone,

308

Premium on Fire Policies,.

276

Gratuity and Reward,

767

Crown Rent,

Sundries,

284

Refund of advance from Pass-

age Money Fund

500

9,223

Pensions :-

Ex. Chief District Watchmen So Tai

and others,

2,016

Total Expenditure,.......

40.919.94

Balance,

31,063.67

Total,

..$

71.983.61

Balance in Colonial Treasury

In Hongkong Goverument 6% War Loan,.. $28,000.00 Cash,.....

Total,......

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

$3,063.00

.$31,063.67

Patients.

on 31st December, 1920.

Remaining in Hospital

Male,

Female,

Table VII.

Number of Patients under treatment and other statistics concerning the Tung Wa Hospital during the year 1921.

Admitted.

Out-patients.

Vaccinations.

Dead bodies brought to Hospital Mortuary

for burial.

Destitutes sent home.

237 2,575 2,017 4,5924,8293,350 | 1,282 197 58,090,14,081 72,171 2,865 858 2,014 7541,535 2,289 2,382 1,791 531

40,673 10,157 | 50,830

505

Total,.....

330 3,329 3,5526,881 7,211 5,141 1,813

257

98,763 24,238 123,001|2,865 | 1,363 2,014

Total for 1920,

2623,480 3,649 7,129 7,391 5,242 1,819

300 125,94622,643 |148,589 1,256 |1,532 901

C 23

Receipts.

- C 24

Table VIII.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL CASH ACCOUNT 1921. ̄

Amount.

Payments.

Amount.

Credit Balance from last year's Tung Wah

Hospital Account

Subscriptions for sick rooms extension brought forward from last year................... Subscriptions for building Maternity Hos- pital brought forward from last year Credit Balance from last year's Kwong

Wah Hospital Account

...

40,942.14

Debit balance from last year's Man Mo

Temple account

3,481.20

Current account with Kwong Wah Hos-

55,000.00

pital

38,107.34

5,000.00

Current account with Mau Mo Temple... Current account with Emergency Fund... Current account with Maternity Hospital.

21,733.91

533.00

765.82

5,961.78

Provisions for staff

8,111.97

Credit Balance from last year's Emergency

Fund

Salaries for staff

27,114.20

57,193.47

Provisions for sick rooms

15,196.92

Current account with Kwong Wah Hos-

pital..

Sick room sundries

9,149.95

56,337.88

Hospital sundries

4,325.08

Current account with Man Mo Temple

45,512.09

Chinese drugs...

18,251.11

Interest collected on behalf of Emergency

Western drugs..

9,114.89

Fund

1,372.70

Repairs ...

7,229.47

Current account with Maternity Hospital

9,052.00

Destitutes' and Patients' passages

432.44

Balance of Fund for celebration of 50th

Repairs to Hospital property

2,188.98

Jubilee 1920

1,961.17

Lights

4,707.96

Rents

80,544.76

Insurance

771.47

Subscriptions collected from steamers

6,292.29

Crown rent and rates

8,398.40

Annual subscriptions of Hongs

11,511.00

Small-pox Hospital expenses

1,926.91

Subscriptions from wealthy persons..

5,310.00

Sick room extension....

53,365.10

Subscriptions and donatious

8,227.94

Yee Shan Coffin home

328.07

Subscriptions from Directors past and pre-

seut

5,461,00

Stamps, stationery and advertisements Purchase of Hospital property

2,452.79

469.42

Special contributions for supply of medi- cines, quilted clothing, coffins and

Transferred to Maternity Hospital account Grant to Kwong Wah Hospital

5,000.00

......

2,000.00

shrouds

2,214.60

Grant to Fong Pin Hospital, Canton.....

1,000.00

Government grants

8,000.00

Burial of bodies from Government Mor-

Grant from Man Mo Temple..

2,500 00

tuary ...

3,387.88

Contributions from Theatres..

3,400.00

Coffins for bodies from Government

Hongkong War Loan dividend

3,000.00

Mortuary....

5,601,69

Contributions for Mortuary expenses

2,240.00

Burial of bodies by Tung Wah Hospital...

2,125.50

Interest

14,489.37

Coffins for bodies by Tung Wah Hospital

Premium on notes and discount on goods

and coffins supplied to steamers

5,062.13

purchased

1,652.21

Balance

191,229.89

Contribution for Laboratory

4,200.00

Fees from Patients

889.35

Sale of medicines, kitchen refuse, rent of

coffin home and sundries

15,497.74

Grand Total...............

$ 453,763.49

Grand Total....

$ 453,763.49

The Balance of $191,229 89 consists of the following credit balances :-

Tung Wah Hospital....

Kwong Wah Hospital Man Mo Temple Emergency Fund

Maternity Hospital

$ 80,421.24 24,192.32 20.296 98 58,033.17 8,286.18

Total........

.$191,229.89

- C 25

Table IX.

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

Statement of Income.

A. Ordinary:-

Suscriptions:--

Annual Subscriptions of Hongs,...

Subscriptions collected on steamers,

$11,511.00

6,292.29

and donations,

8,227.94

from wealthy persons,

5,310.00

from Directors, past and

present,

5,461,00

$36,802,23

Grants :-

Government,

Man Mo Temple,

$8,000.00

2,500.00

10,500.00

Special Contributions:--

For Mortuary Expenses,

$2,240.00

From Ko Shing and Kau Yu Fong

Theatres,...

3,400.00

For supply of medicines, quilted cloth-

ing, coffins and shrouds,

2,214.60

7,854.60

Invested property :-

Rents,

$80,544.76

Interest,

14,489.37

Hongkong War Loan Dividend,

3,000.00

98,034.13

Other receipts :---

Premium on notes and discount on-

goods purchased,

$1.652,21

Sale of medicines, kitchen refuse, rent

of coffin home and sundries,...

15,497.74

Fees from Patients,

889.35

18,039.30

B. Extraordinary:-

Balance of Fund for celebration of 50th

Jubilee in 1920,

...

$1,961.17

1,961.17

$173,191.43

A. Maintenance :-

C 26

Table IX (A).

TUNG WAH HOSPITAL.

Statement of Expenditure.

Provisions: ་་

Food for staff,...

patients,

$8.111.97

15,196.92

$23,308.89

Surgery and Dispensary:-

Chinese drugs,

$18,251,11

Western drugs,

9,114.89

27,366.00

Establishment:—

Light,

$4,707.96

Insurance,

771.47

Repairs,

7,229.47

Repairs to Hospital property,

2,188.98

Sick room expenses,

9,149.95

Small-pox Hospital expenses,

1,926.91

Mortuary expenses,

328.07

Crown Rents, rates and taxes

8,398.40

34,701.21

Salaries, Wages, &c. :-

Staff salaries, ...

$27,114,20

Sundries and Bonuses, ...

4.325.08

31,439.28

Appeals, Grants, &c. :-

Destitutes and Patients' passages Kwong Wah & Fong Pin Hospitals,

Miscellaneous :-

Stationery

Burial of bodies from Government, Coffins for bodies from Government

432.44 3,000.00

3.432.44

$ 2,452.79

3,587.88

Mortuary,

5,601.69

Burial of bodies by Tung Wah Hospital,

2,125,50

Coffins for bodies buried by Tung Wah Hospital and coffins supplied to steamers,

5,062,13

18.829.99

B. Extraordinary Expenditure:---

Purchase of Hospital property

469.42

$139,547.23

C 27

Table IX (B).

INFORMATION AS TO SPECIAL FUNDS.

New Wing.

Special Contribution

received, ... $55,000.00

Amount expended, 53,365,10

New Laboratory.

Special Contribution

received,

$ 4,200,00

Balance in hand, $1,634.90

$ 4,200.00

Receipts.

Table X.

Emergency Fund Account, 1921.

Amount.

Payments.

Amount.

Balance from account 1919,

57,193

Interest,

1,372

Boat-hire to 1 destitute, Boat-hire to 36 typhoon destitutes, Gratuity to Li Pak and Kwong Li Shi,

390

...

Total,........

Gratuity to 12 boatmen for a fire disaster at Shaukiwan,

Balance,

125

58,033

•

58,566.17

Total,....

58,566.17

棼 Cents omitted except in the totals.

C 28

Receipts.

Table XI.

Man Mo Temple Fund Account, 1921.

Amount.

Payments.

Amount.

C 29 -

Temple Keeper,..

6,159

Tung Wa Hospital,

2,500

Rent of Temple property,

12,390

Free Schools and sundries,

9,205

Refund of Police rates for the free schools,

122

Repairs to Temple property and free schools,

2,095

Interest,

240

Police Rates, Crown Rent, and Insurance

Deposits by Stalls,......

150

Premium,

1,457

Grant in Aid from the Education Department,..' Government Grant in Aid of Chung Wa

1,449

Refund of Deposits,

150

School,

25,000

Repair to water taps in front of Temple,. Coustruction of the Chung Wa School, Advertisement,

341

5,979

Loans repaid to Tung Wa Hospital, Balance,

3,481

20,296

Total,.

45,512.09

Total,.....

45,512.09

Cents omitted except in the totals.

£A

Table XII.

Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Saiyingpun Maternity Hospital, 1921,

Receipts.

Amount.

Expenditure.

Amount.

C-30

Rent of Hospital Property,

3,932.00

Deposits from Tung Wa Hospital,

5,000.00

Insurance Premium, Police Rate and Crown Rent to Cheung Tin Shan,

187.76

Interest,

120.00

Brokerage for 2 houses in Des Voeux Road West,

85.70

Police Rate and Crown Rent,

334.50

Limewashing and Repairs,

157.86

Balance,

8,286.18

Grand Total,.

9,052.00

Grand Total,

9,052.00

Revenue.

Table XIII.

Revenue and Expenditure of the Brewin Charity during the

To Balance from 1920,

Rent from shop property in Temple Street, Subscriptions from Dragon boat races in

front of the Ming Yuen Garden,

From Directors, Tung Wa Hospital,

Po Leung Kuk...............

Interest on War Bonds from H. & S. B. C.,

of Singapore Govt.

deposits with H.K.S.B.C.,

Commission on Insurance for Temple Street

property,..

Grand Total,..

Amount.

year

1921.

Expenditure.

Amount.

17,188.26

6,469.05

By Charity given to widows and orphans,.....

Photographs,

4,689.00

1.20

145.50

Police rates paid for Temple Street

property,.

581.72

841.00

Crown Rent for Temple Street property,

103.00

120.00

Insurance for the above property,

525.50

360.00

Salary of rent collector Mr. Leung Fuk-

395.79 69.96

chi from December, 1920 to December,

1921,

260.00

262.50

Salary of accountant Mr. Chau Yik-wan, Repairs to Temple Street property,.

100.00

999.74

Sundries

2.30

وو

Lime washing Temple Street property, Fares for launch and tram car for rent

100.00

collector,....

4.40

Stamps, receipts, and printed matter,

42.55

Balance, *

18,442.65

25,852.06

Grand Total,.........................

25,852.06

By Deposits with Tung Wa Hospital, *

168.46

H. K. & S. B. C................

4,274.19

War Bouds,

6,000.00

Fixed deposits with H. K. & S. B. C.............

3,000.00

War Bonds of Singapore Government,

5,000.00

18,442.65

OTHER SUMS IN HAND.

Gratuity deposited with the Wing Hing Bank, given to Sat Ah-li by the Tram- way Co.,

Subscriptions raised from threatrical per- formances and placed on fixed deposit with H. K. & S. B. C., .

號

250.00

2,040.00

2,290.00

Patients.

Table XIV.

Number of Patients under treatment and other statistics concerning the Kwong Wa Hospital during the year 1921.

Admitted.

Out-patients.

Male,

Female,

126

932 1,777 2,709 2,835 | 2,026 678 131 2551,327 1,582 1,651 1,227 3.18 76

5,336 |16,975 22,311

145

2,533 11,316 13,849

Total,..

195

1,187 3,104 4,291 4,4863,253 1,026 207

7,869 28,291 [36,160

241

Total for 1920,

200

1,555 2,549 4,104 4,304 2,993 1,116 195

7,835 28,518 36,353 |36,3

242

C 32

C 33

Table XV.

Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Kwong Wa Hospital for 1921.

Receipts.

Amount.

Payments.

A mount.

15,152.26 Lights,

2,500.00

4,654.05

2,500.00

5,000.00

Balance brought forward from

previous year,

Government Grant,

Special Donation,... Subscription from Tung Wah

Hospital,

Current account with Tung Wal

Hospital,..

Subscriptions from Charitable persons and yearly subscrip- tions, Subscriptions from Chan Fu Shan and Chan Ping Him for Sick Room Extension, Entertainment by Chan Kang U

for Sick Room Extension,. Subscription from Kan Chin Nam for Sick Room Extension, Subscription from Nan Yang Brothers Tobacco Co. for Sick Room Extension,

509.67

Current account with Tung Wah

Hospital,

56,337,88

8,500.00

11,856.92

20,000.00

Salaries to Hospital staff,

Provisions for staff,

Hospital sundries,

2,000.00 | Provisions for patients,

Sick room expenses,. Charcoal,

38,107.34

2,846.01 712.52 9,174.64 3,652.45 447.98

Chinese drugs,

2,667.18

Western drugs,

11,078,80

1,299.69

Telephone,

92.63

Stationery, stamps, and adver-

tisements,

735.65

Water,

15.00

Discount on notes,

2.47

Furniture and Repairs,

2,589.80

Coffins,

2,451,61

Burial of bodies from Hospital

Mortuary,

315.28

Burial of bodies from Yaumati

Entertainment by Tung Wa Hospital for Sick Room Ex-

Public Mortuary,

322.35

Mortuary,

5.60

tension,

6,234.24

Grave stones,

72.54

Subscriptions by Ko Shing and

Cumsha to coolies, sale of refuse,

Tai Ping Theatres,......

2,200.00

&c.,

291.39

Donations from A Fong and Tai

BALANCE,

10,295.32

Wo Photographers,

600.00

Donation from Old

Yaumati

Chinese Public Dispensary,

5,699.72

Subscription by Po Hing Theatre,

693.00

Rent......

150.00

Payments by in-patients,

1,589.19

Sale of drugs and medicines,...

448.42

Premium on notes,

259.31

Sale of kitchen refuse,

328.66

Gratuities from Government for

burial of victims of Flash

Light Co. disaster,

128.45

Gratuities from Secretariat for

Chinese Affairs,

10.00

Grand Total,...............

$117,264.31

Grand Total,.......

$117,264.31

C 34

Table XV (A).

KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

Statement of Income.

A. Ordinary

Government Grant,

.$8.500.00

$ 8,500.00

Subscriptions:-

Tung Wah Hospital, ...

Charitable persons,

$ 2,000.00 15,152.26

17,152.26

Entertainments :-

Ko Shing & Tai Ping Theatres, Po Hing Theatre,

$ 2.200.00

693.00

2,893.00

Donations :-

A Fong & Tai Wo Photographers, ...$ Old Yaumati Chinese Public Dis-

600.00

pensary,

5,699.72

6,299.72

Patients' Payments :-

In-patients,..

$ 1,589.19

Out-patients,

448.42

2,037.61

Other receipts :-

Rent,

150.00

Premium on Notes,

259.31

Sale of Kitchen refuse,

328.66

737.97

B. Extraordinary :-

Donations :-

Government Special Donation,... ...$ 20,000.00

Gratuities :-

Government for burial of Victims of

Flash Light Co. disaster,...

Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

20,000.00

$ 128.45

10.00

138.45

$ 57,759.01

A. Maintenance

Provisions

Staff,

Patients,

- C 35

Table XV (B).

KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

Statement of Expenditure.

Dispensary :-

Chinese drugs, Western drugs,

Establishment :

Light,...

Furniture & Repairs, Sick room expenses,

Charcoal,

...

Telephone, ...

Water,...

Sundries,

Salaries:

Hospital staff,

$ 2,846.01 9,174.64

...$ 2,667.78 11,078.80

...

.$ 1,299.69 2,589.80 3,652.45

447.98

$ 12,020.65

13,746.58

92.63

15.00

•

...

1,003.91

9,101.46

...$ 11,856.92

11,856.92

Miscellaneous :---

Stationery, stamps & advertisements, $

Discount on notes,

Coffins,

...

Burial of bodies from Hospital

Mortuary,

...

Burial of bodies from Yaumati

Public Mortuary,

Mortuary,

Grave stones,

735.65

2.47

2,451.61

315.28

322.35

...

5.60

72.54

3,905.50

$50,631.11

C 36

Table XV (C).

FINANCIAL POSITION

OF THE

KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.

Amount left deposited in Tung Wah Hospital at end of

1920,

►

Amount paid to Tung Wah Hospital on current account

in 1921,

...$ 5,961.78

Amount received from Tung Wah Hospital on current

account in 1921,...

Amount left deposited in Tung Wah Hospital at end

of 1921,

...

Cash in hand at end of 1921,

56,337.88

$ 62,299.66

38,107.34

...$ 24,192.32

10,295.32

$34,487.64

INFORMATION AS TO SPECIAL FUNDS.

Sick Room Extension :-

Special subscriptions received in 1921,...

...$20,888.29

- C 37

Table XVI.

Summary of work done by the Chinese Public Dispensaries: Victoria, Harbour, Shaukiwan, and Kowloon Peninsula.

Description,

Total. Total 1921.

Grand Grand Total 1920.

New Cases,..

Return Cases,

78,104 68,118

Total,......

146,222 137,891

Certificates of nature of disease issued,

cause of death,

Patients removed to hospital by ambulance,. Corpses removed to hospital or mortuary,. Attendances at cleansing of infected premises, Compensation claims sent in,

Applications received for coffins,

for midwives,

Confinement cases in Maternity Hospital,.

Infants brought to Dispensaries, (alive),

369

342

414

407

970

1,163

257

156

399

501

234

226

703

477

(dead),..

1,143

Total..

1,190

1,340

Vaccinations at private houses,

Dispensaries,

493 9.736

Total,..

10.229 6,121

C 38

To Balance,

މލ

Grant by Government,

Table XVII.

Chinese Public Dispensaries: Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1921.

Receipts.

€

85,140

4,000

Expenditure.

By Maintenances of Dispensaries,

Donations from :-

Tai Ping Theatre,

3,450

Wo Ping Theatre,

1,950

San Theatre,

1,270

Ko Shing Theatre,.

300

Subscriptions, Land,.

18,472

Harbour,

9,643

Shaukiwan,

1,592

Kowloon City,

1,510

38,188

Fees from Maternity Hospital in

Subscription towards the building of the Proposed Maternity Hospital, Western,

Crown Rent, for Proposed Maternity Hospital, Western,

Victoria, 24,256

Dispensary, Harbour

and Yaumati, 6,195

Shaukiwan, 5,260

Kowloon City, 3,793

39,505

37,700

C.P.D. at Wanchai,

Interest,

Interest on Hongkong Government

6% War Loan,

1,2 49

37,701

504

Balance in Colonial Treasury :-

3,060

On Hongkong Government 6% War Loan,

51,000

Rent of house No. 3 Aberdeen Street,

1,272

In Cash,

4,588

Advance to:

Dispensaries Clerks,

120

Alice Memorial Hospital for purchase of drugs,

500

56,208

Total,.

133,414| 83

Total,...

$133,414 83

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

C 39

Table XVIII.

Hunghom and Shamshuipo Dispensaries.

Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1921.

Receipts:-

Balance,......

Subscriptions, etc.,

Donations from :-

Description.

Po Hing Theatre,

Kún Yam Temple,

Scavenging Contractor at Hunghom,

Sam Tai Tsz Temple,

Donation for permission to hold Theatrical perfor-

inances from Kai Fong at Shamshuipo,

Grant by Government,.

Total,

Hung-

Sham-

hom. shuipo.

3,653

4,239

2,983

2,185

391

650

852

171

300

3,000

.$8,530.69 9,896.32

Expenditure:-

Through Secretariat for Chinese Affairs,

2,124

2,260

By Local Committees,

2,624

1,131

Total,

4,748.443,391.26

Balance

At Colonial Treasury,

With Local Committees,

Total,

* Ceuts omitted except in the totals.

1,418 6,297

2,363

207

3,782.25 6,505.06

Number of deaths.

Table XIX.

Deaths of Chinese in Hongkong and Kowloon during 1921 showing number in which the cause of death was duly certified and number in which a post-mortem examination was held.

Number certified.

uncertified.

Number

Percentage of 3 to 2.

Number examined after death and not

sent to mortuary.

Victoria,

Harbour,

7,694

2,038

5,656

26.5

496

6.4

4,024

52.3

895

338

557

37.8

3.5

167

18.6

Kowloon,..

2,665

1,717

948

64·4

145

5*4

1,102

41.3

Shaukiwan,

241

176

26.9

8.3

23.2

Other Villages in Hongkong,

109

17.4

27.5

Total,...

11,604

4,177

7,427

35.9

692

5.9

5,352

46.1

Percentage of

6 to 2.

mortuary.

Number sent to

Percentage of

8 to 2.

-- OF D

Table XX.

Monthly Return of Bodies of Chinese considered by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs to have been abandoned during the year 1921.*

Victoria.

Harbour. Kowloon.

Month.

West.

Central. East.

Total.

Grand

Total.

January,

February,

March,.

296

April,

May,

53262

June,

-C 41-

5662

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Grand Total,

4072

30 13:

237

314

406

643 *

104

280

271

405

685 †

Total for 1920,

* In 1921, of 643, 4 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries. † In 1920, of 685, 17 were taken to Chinese Public Dispensaries.

Table XXI.

Return of Bodies abandoned during the years 1919, 1920, and 1921.

(Figures supplied by the Police Department.)

1919.

Over

Male.

Female.

Unknown.

15 years.

15 years and under.

Over

15 years.

15 years and under.

Victoria,

108

Kowloon,...

120

Harbour,

Elsewhere,

339=

Total,

310

243

Victoria, Kowloon,.. Harbour, Elsewhere,

1920.

Over

15 years.

15 years

and

under.

60 30 12:

Total.

204 217 115

574

140

115

263

142

126

271

:ཨེ :

Total,

3356

Victoria,

Kowloon,..

129 154

Harbour,

Elsewhere,

1921.

མ:

294

668

151

8532

234

313

Total,

4 331

288

639

To Balance,

Receipts.

Table XXII.

Statement of Receipts and Payments of the Chinese Permanent Cemetery for 1921.

16,344.53 By Rent of telephone,

Payments.

146.68

Interest from Hongkong and

74 stone slabs from Tung Hing Shop,

29.60

Shanghai Bank,

Tai San Bank.........

96.53

327.20

Printing by Kung Wo Po,

2.00

Hoes from Ki Wo,

3.50

H. K. War Loan

Wages for Ma Shu Hoi & gardeners,

1,047.00

Bonds,

480.00

1 telephone box,........

4.00

War Savings

Repairs on drains & embankment by Yeung Tam Kee,

439.90

Bouds,

.92

Sacks & earth from Tsui Kuu Un,

34.80

Sale of 115 lots,

4,585.00

4 oiled coats from U Tai,..

7.20

Stone Embankment,.

1,725.00

Flowers & 250 Pots including freight,.

23.70

Sale of open ground in front of

Construction of water fountain by I-Shun Hin Kec,

463.86

graves,

1,570.00

Printing by Wing Fat,

3.30

}

Casual grass cutters,

102.30

Motor car hire,

13.50

Stamps,

10.00

Fertiliser & bamboo sticks,

18.50

وو

Manure, etc.,

26.76

Rent of wharf,

1.00

Rates for getting water from river,.

1.00

Crown Rent,

1.50

Balance,

22,749.08

Total,

25,129.18

Total,..

$25,129.18

By deposits with Hongkong & Shanghai Bank,

$4,669.02

Tai San Bank,

War Bonds,

Cash,

10,000.00

8,000.00

80,06

$22,719.08

To Balance,

Rent of Stalls,

Table XXIII.

Chinese Recreation Ground; Receipts and Expenditure, 1921,

Receipts.

Payments.

4,479

By Wages of Watchmen, &e.,....

810

Water Account,

255

3,205

Consumption of Gas,

270

Repair to stalls, pavilion and fountain,..

722

Miscellaneous,

Balance,

5,607

Total,....

7,685,50

Total,.......

7,685.50

*Cents omitted except in the totals.

C 44

Receipts.

Table XXIV.

Statement of Accounts of Passage Money Fund.

Payments.

-C 45 ---

To Balance on Fixed Deposit,$4,250

By Gifts to 10 women on being married, Annual 'Charitable Allowances to two per-

in Colonial Treasury,......... 2,922

sons,

7,172

Subscription to Alice Memorial Hospital,

Refund of advance from District Watchmen Fund,

500

Interest on Fixed Deposit,

$ 130

Small Gifts to destitutes,

" on money deposited in Treasury,

Eyre Diocesan Refuge,

Passage for Mrs. Lizzie Leung to South Africa, etc.,

Hawker's Licences to destitute persons,

Gifts in aid of repatriation of emigrants,.

Refund of Passage Money,

130

109

11.

207

Miscellaneous,

Balance on Fixed Deposit,

$4,250

in Colonial Treasury,

3,097

7,347

Total,

7,879.70

Total,

$ 7,879.70

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

Table XXV.

Prosecutions under Ordinances No. 3 of 1888, No. 30 of 1915, and No. 4 of 1897.

Offence.

Ordinance No. 3 of 1888.

Convicted.

Discharged.

No. of

Cases.

Male.

Female. Male.

Female.

}

•

Bills,-Posting without permission,

Fireworks, Discharged without permission, Drums and Gongs,--Night noises by beating, Processions,--Organising in the public streets without permission,

Householders' Registration,-Failing to register, Ordinance No. 30 of 1915.

Decoying men or boys into or ont of the Colony,... Emigration House offences,.

Persouating emigrants, .....

Sending assisted emigrants out of the Colony with- out notifying the Secretary for Chinese Affairs,

Ordinance No. 4 of 1897.

Abduction of girls under 21,

Decoying women and girls into or away from the Colony,

Remarks.

Detaining, harbouring, or receiving women, or girls,... Procuring women or girls to be common.prostitutes,. Procuring girls under age to have carnal con- nection,

}

10 30

Deriving profits from prostitution and trading in

women,

333

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Annexe A.

Report on the work of the Po Leung Kuk for the year 1921.

The Po Leung Kuk Society was founded in 1878 to aid in the detection and suppression of kidnapping, especially of girls and women, and to shelter such girls or women as had been kidnapped in the interior and brought to Hongkong for sale or emigration. Its name means "institution for the protection of good women.' The initiative in its formation came from the Chinese themselves, and ever since, by subscription and personal service, they have continued to support it.

There is a paid Chinese staff-matron, amahs and nurses, and two clerks who are secretaries to the managing Committee. This Committee meets every evening from Monday to Friday at 7 p.m.: the principal meeting of the week is held at 12 noon on Sunday. It not only manages the Po Leung Kuk, but acts as an advisory Committee to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs in all cases affect- ing women and children, and Chinese family life generally, which are often extremely difficult and tedious. It corresponds when necessary with charitable institutions and private persons in various parts of China, traces parents of lost children or ill-treated muitsais, and shelters for the night any Chinese woman or girl who chooses to go. When parents or relations cannot be traced, the Committee arranges for the girls in its care to be given in marriage (never as concubines) or in adoption, always under bond and always with the consent of this office; and in every case this office ascertains the girl's willingness before giving consent to either adoption or marriage.

In addition to the annual Committee appointment by co-option, there is a Permanent Committee, which serves to maintain con- tinuity of policy, and of which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs is the ex-officio chairman.

The buildings and their inmates are visited every month by two unofficial Justices of the Peace, one English and one Chinese. The following gentlemen were elected in March to serve as Managing Committee for the year :---

Li Wing-kwong, Tong Wan-ting, Tsang Fu,

Ma Yuk-shan, Chau Tsun-nin,

Wong Yung-kai

Tsoi Kung-po, Yik Ki-chau, Lam Po-heung, Wong Ping-yiu, Wan Man kai, Kwok Chun,

The number of inmates of the Po Leung Kuk on January 1st 1921, was 47 and during the year 308 persons were admitted as against 343 in 1920. The circumstances of the admission and the action taken in regard to them are set out in Table A.

C 48

86 women and girls were committed under warrant and 154 were admitted without warrant. Of the remainder 34 were lost children, 4 were accompanied by parents or guardians, and 30 were runaway maid-servants or muitsai".

On leaving the Kuk 139 women and girls were restored to husbands or other relatives, 25 were sent to charitable institutions in China, 30 were given in adoption, 8 married and 3 released under bond, 4 sent to the Italian Convent, and two died. The number of inmates remaining in the Kuk on December 31st was 42.

The income and expenditure during the year and the assets and liabitities of the institution are set out in Tables B and C attached.

The accounts of the Managing Committee in the customary form have been audited by Messrs. Wong Yung-kai and Tsoi Kung-po. The balance to the credit of the Society at the end of the year was $6,520 as compared with $2,987 at the end of 1920.

The institution was visited monthly by Justices of Peace, Messrs. A. Mackenzie, A. G. Coppin, “and Chau Siu-ki, who on no occasion found cause for adverse comment.

The average monthly number of inmates was 45.

The matron reports favourably on the conduct, health and industry of the inmates during the year. There were 99 cases of sickness of which 46 were sent to the Tung Wa Hospital for treatment and of these two died.

E. R. HALLIFAX,

Secretary for Chinese Affairs.

Table A.

Number of Women and Girls admitted to the Po Leung Kuk during the year 1921 and the

arrangements made regarding them.

January, 1921, In the Po Leung Kuk on 1st

Admitted during the year, ...

Total.

Kuk on the 31st Decem-

Remaining in the Po Leung

ber, 1921,

Committed under Warrant from the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. Committed under Warrant from

the Emigration Office.

Pending the opening of the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs. Sent with their own consent by the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. sent with their own cousent from Singapore. Manila. and Swatow. Sent with their own consent by the Police.

Lost Children.

accompanying parents or

guardians.

Runaway maid-servants.

Total.

ご

7 53 10 74 31

18 64 11 80 39 +44

tī

ล

تان

Released after enquiry.

Released under bond.

Placed in charge of husband.

Placeu in charge of parents

and relatives.

Sent to Charitable Institutions

in China.

Sent to School, Convent, or Refuge.

Adopted.

Married.

Died.

Cases under consideration.

Total.

308

95 ...

11 |│121| 23

2 13

355

1021

308

تنت

12127 25

4 30

2 42

355

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Table B.

PO LEUNG Kuk.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure from 1st January to 31st December, 1921.

RECEIPTS.

At Current Account,

2,987

Subscriptions:-

Yue Lan Celebrations, West Point,.......

367

Elected Committee,

525

Guilds,

4,575

Man Mo Temple,

1,188

Theatres,

1,750

Hongkong Citizen,

145

Boy adoptions,

Citizens of Annam and Bangkok,

1,278

9,888

Interest :-

On Deposit,

On Current Account,

Total,..

EXPENDITURE.

By the Elected Committee :--- (see Table C),

1,993

14,870.99

Balance :~

At Current Acconut,

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

8,350

ይ.

6,520

Total,.

14,870.99

Table C.

Statement showing particulars of Expenditure by the Elected Committee from 1st January to 31st December, 1921.

C 51

RECEIPTS.

EXPENDITURE.

Balance from previous year,

55 Decorations,

Received from Permanent Board,

8,350

Food,.

2,856

Miscellaneous Receipts,

Light and Fire,

735

Premium on bank notes,

Miscellaneous,

282

Passage Money,

Petty Expenditure,

206

Printing,

108

Repairs,....

484

Stationery,

Telephone,

Insurance,

132

Wages,

3,322

Balance,

8,445

Total,.........$

Total,

8,457.96

* Cents omitted except in the totals.

Appendix D.

REPORT OF THE HARBOUR MASTER

1.-Shipping.

2.-Trade.

FOR THE YEAR 1921.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

REPORT.

3.—Revenue and Expenditure. 4.-Steam-launches. 5.-Emigration and Immigration. 6. Registry of Shipping. 7.--Marine Magistrate's Court. 8.-Marine Court.

9.--Examination of Masters,

Mates, and Engineers. 10.-Examination of Pilots. 11.-Sunday Cargo Working. 12.-New Territories.

13.-Lighthouses and Signal

Stations.

14.-Government Harbour

Moorings.

15.-Staff.

TABLES.

I.-Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels entered. II.-Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels cleared. III.-Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels entered.

at each Port.

IV.-Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels cleared

at each Port,

V.--Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each Nation

entered.

VI.-Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each Nation

cleared.

VII.-Junks entered from China and Macao. VIII.-Junks cleared for China and Macao.

IX. Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels.

X.-Licensed Steam-launches entered, XI.-Licensed Steam-launches cleared. XII.-Number of Boat Licences issued.

XIII.-Statement of Revenue.

XIV.-Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer

(Summary.)

XV. Return of Emigration.

XVI.-Return of Male and Female Emigrants.

XVII.-Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from

places out of China (Summary.)

XVIII.-Return of Immigration.

XIX.-Return of Male and Female Emigrants returned.

XX.-Vessels registered.

XXI.-Vessels struck off the Register.

XXII. Comparison in Number and Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign

Trade entered and cleared since 1910.

XXIII.-Revenue and Expenditure of the Harbour Department. XXIV.-Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.

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ANNEXES.

A.-Report on the Mercantile Marine Office.

B.-Report on the Marine Surveyor's Office.

C.--Report on the Gunpowder Depôt.

D.-Government Coaling Depôt Yaumati.

Slipway.

Yaumati Junk office.

1.-Shipping.

1. The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1921 amounted to 672,680 vessels of 43,420,970 tons, which, compared with the figures of 1920 shows a decrease of 10,816 vessels with an increase of 3,298,443 tons.

Of the above 52,222 vessels of 27,852,616 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 43,364 vessels of 24,194,022 tons in 1920.

2. Of vessels of European construction 5,226 Ocean Steamers 3,775 River Steamers and 3,336 Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, entered during the year, giving a daily average of 33 8 ships as compared with 29′4 ships in 1920 and 29·1 ships in 1919.

3. The average tonnage of Individual Ocean Vessels entering the Port has increased from 1,8310 to 1,9198 tons, that of British Ships has decreased from 2,002·3 to 1,997·5 tons while that of Foreign Ships has increased from 1,699 2 to 1,857'9 tons.

The average tonnage of Individual River Steamers entering during the year has increased from 425 8 to 460'5 tons.

That of British River Steamers has increased from 5161 to 5705 tons, and that of Foreign River Steamers has decreased from 324:3 to 3167 tons.

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4. A comparison between the years 1920 and 1921 is given in the following table:-

1920.

1921

Increase.

Decrease.

Class of Vessels.

No.

Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

No. Tonnage, No. Tonnage.

British Ocean- į

going,

Foreign Ocean-

going,

4,173 8.351,084 4,630 | 9,217,198

5,418 9,223,552 3.827 10,817,413

457 896,114

409 1,593,861|

British River Steamers, Foreign River Steamers, Steamships un- der: 60 tons

5,138 3,256,985 5.743

1,741 577,270 1,810

3.519,291

5800SS

605 262,309

69 2,818

(Foreign

5,028

167,248 6,687

195,727 | 1,659

28,479

Trade),

Junks, Foreign

Trade,

Total, Foreign

Trade,

Steam Laun- ches plying in Waters of the Colony,

Junks, Local

Trade,

21,866 | 2,617,883 27,525| 3,491,736 5,659 873,853

43,364 | 24,194,022 || 52,222|27,852,616 8,858 3,658,594!

619,068 14,636,848 597,386 | 14,174,320

*21,065 †1,291,657 *23,072 †1,394,034 2,007 102,377

21,682 462,528

Grand Total,... 683,497 40,122,527 | 672,680|13,420,970 10,865 3,760,971 21,682 462,528

Net Increase,

3,298,443 10,817|

*Including 11,156 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 839,422 tons.

11,922

of 895,788

In Steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign trade, there is an increase of 1,659 ships with an increase in tonnage of 28,479 tons or 33·0 per cent. in numbers and 170 per cent. in tou- nage. This is due to 19 newly licenced launches plying in 1921.

Junks in Foreign trade show an increase of 5,659 vessels and an increase of 873,853 tons or 25.9 per cent. in numbers and 334 per cent. in tonnage.

In Local trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in Steam-Launches of 21,682 and a decrease of 462,528 tons or 3.5 per cent. in numbers and 3-2 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to bigger launches being employed in local Ferry Services, making fewer trips.

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Junks in Local trade show an increase of 2,007 vessels and an increase of 102,377 tons or 9'5 per cent. in numbers and 7·9 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to more junks being employed on reclamation.

5. This table shows an increase in British Ocean-going ship- ping of 457 ships or 10-9 per cent, and an increase of 896,114 tons or 10.7 per cent. This increase is due to newly-built ships and Enemy ships transferred to the British flag and various steamship lines running their Eastern trade which were elsewhere employed during war times.

British River Steamers have decreased by 605 ships with an increase in tonnage of 262,309 tons or 11.7 per cent. in numbers and 80 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to the s.s. Chuen Chow, which was laid up being again put on the Macao run.

Foreign Ocean-going Vessels have increased by 409 ships with an increase of 1,593,861 tons or 75 per cent. in numbers and 17·2 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to the large amount of new American, Norwegian and Chinese vessels frequenting the Port and Enemy Vessels being transferred to other Nationalities.

Foreign River Steamers show an increase of 69 ships with an increase in tonnage of 2,878 tons or 3.8 per cent. in numbers and 0.5 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to two Chinese ships which were added to the Wuchow service at the end of last year making regular trips throughout the

year.

6. The actual number of Individual Ocean-going vessels of European construction during the year 1921 was 988 of which 343 were British and 645 Foreign. In 1920 the corresponding figures were 927 of which 330 were British and 597 Foreign.

These 988 Ships measured 2,713,098 tons. They entered 5,232 times and gave a collective tonnage of 10,044,422 tons.

Thus 61 more Ships entered 425 more times and gave a collective tonnage greater by 1,242,802 tons, an average of 2,924-2 tons per entry.

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Thus

No. of times

Steamers.

entered.

Total Tonnage.

Flag.

1920. 1921. | 1920. 1921. 1920. 1921.

British,

330

Japanese,

279

343 2,090 2,319 4,184,927 4,632,195 351 925 1,298 2,059,712 2,870,394

U.S.A.,

129

286

241

953,443 863,673

Chinese,

912

864

595,989 586,122

Brazilian,

3,041

Steamers

43,410 56,172

Danish

Sailing..

580

Dutch,

117

176

313,312 484,152

French,

156

149

276,962

282,834

Greek

1,882

Italian,.

Inter Allied,

Norwegian,

Portuguese,.

10 00

131

Russian,

Sarawak.

Siamese,

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54,512

78,372

4 30,980

19,738

102

136,616 102,349

38,269

8,664

55,468

4,479

892

2,676

40.224

24,096

Swedish,

13,863

26,044

Total,.... 927

988 4,807 5,232 8,801,620 10,044,422

7. The Nationality of the Crews in British and in Foreign Ships were as follows :-

VESSELS.

BRITISH CREW.

AMERICANS

AND OTHER EUROPEANS.

ASIATICS.

1920. 1921. 1920. 1921.

British, 330 343 26 284 28,262 1,214 600 140,882 176,476

Foreign,. 597 645

1,750 1,722 24,542 22,927 150,617 171,168

Total,

927

988 28,034 29,984 25,756 23,527 291,499 347,644

23,527|291,

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Hence in British ships :-

And in Foreign ships

1920. 1921.

1920.

1921.

15.61% 13.76 % of the crews were British.

0.99 %

0.88% of the crews

were British.

0.73 % 0.29% of the crews were other Europeans.

13.87 %

11.71% of the crews

were other Europeans.

83.66% 85.95 % of the crews were Asiatics.

85.14% 87.41 % of the crews were Asiatics.

100.00 % 100·00 %

100·00 % 100·00 %

2.-Trade.

8. Detailed and accurate statistics of Imports and Exports are collected and published by the Imports and Exports Depart-

ment.

9. The number and tonnage of ships of European type of con- struction carrying cargo for import and transit, compared with 1920 were as follows:

1920.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

Tonnage.

No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No, Tonnage.

Steamers,......... 4,807

River Steamers, 3,441

Sailing Vessels,{

8,801,620 | 5,231|10,043,842

1,918,064 3,778 | 2,050,791 337

424 1,242,222

132,727:

580

Total,... 8,248 10,719,684 | 9,010|12,095,213 || 762 1,375,529|

Nett Increase,.

762 1,375,529

10. The corresponding figures relating to ships of European type of construction, shipping bunker coal, are as follows:-

EXPORTS.

1920.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

4,784 8,773,016 5,226 10,020,769 3,438 1,916,191 3,775 2,048,591

Tonnage. No. Tonnage.

No. Tonnage.

442 1,247,753

337

132,400

580

Total,

8,222 10,689,207 | 9,002 12,069,940

780

1,380,733

Nett Increase,.

780

1,380,733

Steamers,

River Steamers, Sailing Vessels,

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1920.

1921.

Increase.

Decrease.

No.

Bunker

Coal.

No.

Bunker

Coal.

No.

Bunker

Coal.

Bunker

No.

Coal.

Steamers,

4,784

464,707 5,226

508,793 442

44,086

River Steamers,

3,438

63,486| 3,775

69,906 337

6,420

Total,.

8,222

528,193 | 9,001

578,699

779

30,506

Nett Increase,.

779

50,506

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11. The River Trade, compared with 1920 is shown in the following Table :—

1920.

1921..

Year.

Imports.

Exports.

Passengers.

345,514

317,512

1,686,306

412,274

353,683

1,790,062

12. The following Table shows the Junk Trade of the Colony for the year 1920 and 1921 :-

IMPORTS.

1920.

1921.

Junks.

Tons.

Junks.

Tons.

Foreign Trade,......10,885

1,320,745

13,742

1,755,153

Local Trade,......

4,917

223,104

5,495

244,730

Total,.....15,802

1,543,846

19,237

1,999,883

Tons.

Cattle, 1,607 head, Swine, 20,359 head,

Earth and Stones, General,

Total

211

1,172

23,078

.682,210

.706,671

EXPORTS.

1920.

1921.

Junks.

Tons.

Junks.

Tons.

Foreign Trade,...... 10,981

1,297,138

13,783

1,736,583

Local Trade,......... 4,992

229,134

5,655

253,516

Total, ......15,973

1,526,272

19,438

1,990,099

Exported 1,247,170 tons as under

Kerosine, 2,073,953 cases,

Rice and Paddy......

Coal,

General,.....

Tons.

.67,809

457,094

.257,821

.464,446

Total,..

..1,247,170

13. Summary of the Shipping of the Port for the year 1921 :-

Registered.

Passengers.

No. of

Ships.

Emigrants.

Tonnage.

Bunker Coal.

Arrived. Departed.

British Ocean-going,

4,630

9,247,198

286,664

238,891

204,591

98,473

Foreign Ocean-going,

5,827

10,817,413

222,129

137,575

138,196

57,538

British River Steamers,

5,743

3,519,294

50,686

838.753

821,562

Forcign River Steamers,

1.810

580,088

19,220

62,368

67,379

Total,.........

18,010

24,163,993

578,699

1,277,587

1,231.728

156,011

Steam-launches, Foreign Trade...

6,687

195,727

23,674

10.713

11.141

Junks, Foreign Trade,..

27,525

3,491,736

106,159

96,438

Total, Foreign Trade,

34,212

3,687,463

28,674

116,872

107,579

Steam-launches, Local Trade,

597,386

14,174,320

49.540

Junks, Local Trade,

11,150

498,246

Total, Local Trade,

608,536

14,672,566

49,540

5,997,066

5,476

6,002,542

6,046,179

5,994

6,052,173

Grand Total,

660,759

42,525,182

651,913

7,397,001 7,391,480

156,011

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3.-Revenue and Expenditure.

14. The gross Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $800,798.13 as against $701,493.26 collected in the previous year showing an increase of $99,304.87.

Light Dues,

Light Dues, Special Assessment.. Licences and Internal Revenue,. Fees of Court and Office, Miscellaneous Receipts,

1920.

1921.

Increase. Decrease.

$ 94,225.44 $106,417.09 $ 12.191.65

102,609.57

152,139.46 171,124.80

115,710.44 13,100.87

18,985.34

352,459.72

407,066.80

54,607.08

59.07

479.00

419,93

$701,493.26 $800,798.13 $ 99,304.87

The principal increases are under Light Dues $12,191,65, Light Dues Special Assessments $13,100.87, Boat Licences $9,971.50, Fines $2,956.99, Junk Licences $3,609.25, Fees for use of Government Buoys $13,728.80, Medical Examination of Emigrants $31,941,50, Official Signatures $2,390.00 and Survey of Steamships $5,876.00.

The only noteworthy decrease is under Gunpowder Storage fees of $1,840.87, which is due to less Gunpowder and explosives having been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depôt.

The Expenditure of the Harbour Department for 1921 was $246,295.53 as against $230,033.12, showing an increase f $16,262.41 This increase is principally due to revised scale of salaries to non- European Staff of this Department.

Under Special Expenditure of the Harbour Department a sum of $5,850 was expended in purchasing a new Motor Boat for this Depart- ment and a sum of $7,000 was expended in providing a new Hull for

the S/L "H. D. 3". A sum of $90,430 was expended in purchasing

2 A class and 4 B class Buoys, Anchors and Moorings.

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$115,710.44

$222,127.53

No. of

Class of Vessels.

Trips.

Tonnage.

Rate

per ton.

17. The Amount of Light Dnes collected during the year 1921 was as follows:-

Special Assessment.

Total Fees

Collected.

Fees

Collected.

Rate

per ton.

Fees

Collected.

Ocean Vessels,.

5,185

10,214,805

1 cent.

Steam-launches,

2,649

86,162 1

River Steamers, (Night Boats),.

1,990

1,022,212

102,148.05

861,62 1

3,407.42

Do.,

(Day Boats),

1,288

910,708

Nil.

Iako

1 cent.

102,148.05

204,296.10

861.62

1,723.24

5,111.49

8,518.91

7,589.28

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Total,..

11,112

12,233,887

$106,417.09

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Steam-launches.

18. On the 31st December, 1921, there were 381 steam-launches (including licensed motor boats) employed in the harbour. these, 335 were licensed for the conveyance of passengers, etc. 24 were the property of the Colonial Government, and 22 belonged to the Imperial Government, comprising 4 Military and 18 Naval. In addition to the above there were 23 motor boats privately owned for pleasure and private purposes.

Five coxswains' certificates were suspended for incompetence or negligence in the performance of their duties, and the holders were required to pass a further examination before their certificates were returned.

Five hundred and seventy-six (576) engagements and five hundred and eighty (580) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made during the year.

Seven (7) steam-launches were permitted to carry arms for their protection against pirates.

5.- Emigration and Immigration.

19. One hundred and fifty-six thousand and eleven (156,011) engrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1921, (105,258 in 1920). Of these, 98,382 were carried in British ships, and 57,629 in Foreign ships.

One hundred and fifty-nine thousand and sixty-four (159,064) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hongkong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 122,438 in 1920. Of these, 107,301 arrived in British ships and 51,763 in Foreign ships.

6.-Registry, etc., of Shipping.

20. During the year, 22 ships were registered under the provi- sions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, and 20 Certificates of Registry cancelled. 318 documents, etc., were dealt with in con- nection with the Act, the fees on which amounted to $1,902.00 a compared with $1,757.00 in 1920.

7-Marine Magistrate's Court.

21. Three hundred and sixty-four cases were heard in the Marine Magistrate's Court (200 in 1920). Breach of Port Regula- tions, Boarding ships without permission, Failing to observe the Rule of the Road, Making fast to steamers while under way, Neglect- ing to exhibit the Regulation lights, Being in Causeway Bay Harbour of Refuge without permit, Being within 100 yards from low water mark during prohibited hours without permit and Car- rying passengers in excess were the principal offences.

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8.-Marine Court.

22. During the year 1921 two courts were held, riz.:-

On the 22nd day of March, 1921, to enquire into the circumstances of the stranding of the British Steamship Hong Moh, Official Number 85,862 of Singapore, Mr. Henry William Holmes, certificate of competency as Master No. 2279 of Hongkong, was Master.

On the 31st day of March, 1921, to enquire into the circum- stances of the stranding of the British Steamship "Hong Wan I”, Official Number 73,866 of Singapore, Mr. John Sylvester Liddell, certificate of competency as Master No. 477 of New Zealand, was Master.

9.-Examination of Masters, Mates, and Engineers.

(Under Board of Trade Regulations.)

23. The following Tables show the number of Candidates examined under Ordinance No. 10 of 1899 for Certificates of Compe- tency, distinguishing those who passed from those who failed:-

Grade.

Passed.

Failed.

Master,

Master, River Steamers,

First Mate,

Only Mate,

Second Mate,

Mate, River Steamers,...

Total,...

First Class Engineer, ...

Second Class Engineer,

Total,...

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For Steamships not exceeding 60 tons, under Section 37 of Ordinance 10 of 1899:-

For Master,

For Engineer,

Candidates.

Total,...

Passed.

Failed.

100

}

117

217

10. Examination of Pilots.

(Under Ordinance No. 3 of 1904.)

21. There were five (5) candidates examined during the year. riz:--2 Passed and 3 Failed. Twenty (20) Licences were also re- newed during the year 1921.

11. Sunday Cargo-Working.

25. There were 1.140 permits issued during the year under Ordinance No. 1 of 1891, as compared with 1,010 in 1920. Of these, 461 were not used as the ships did not arrive up to time. and in some cases it was found unnecessary to work cargo on the Sunday. On three occasions typhoon prevented cargo being worked on Sundays.

The Revenue collected under this head amounted to $116,700 as against $115,350 in 1920 showing an increase of $1,350.

12.-New Territories.

(Twenty-third year of British Administration.)

26. The Out-stations attached to the Harbour Department con- tinued to perform the work allotted to them and during the year Licences, etc., were issued by them as follows:-

1920.

1921.

Cheung Chan, opened 1899......

2.233

3,642

Tai O,

1899

2.072

1,910

Tai Po.

1900..

2.217

1,891

Sai Kung,

1902..

746

927

Long Ket, Deep Bay, Lantao,

1905.

1,156

1.194

1911...

912

956

1912..

970

1,310

10,306

11,730

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The Revenue collected by this Department from the New Territories during the year was $28,914.00 as compare with $27,978.95 in 1920.

13.-Lighthouses and Signal Stations.

GAP ROCK LIGHTHOUSES.

27. During 1921 six hundred and sixty seven (667) vessels were reported by telegraph as passing this station and four hundred and sixty seven (467) were not reported, owing to telegraphic com- munication being interrupted. 253 Ships were signalled by Morse Lamp.

Two thousand four hundred and thirty-eight (2,438) messages. including Meteorological observations for the Observatory were sent and three hundred and eighty-six (386) messages were received.

Telegraphic communications were interrupted on one hundred and forty-three days and eight hours (143 days 8 hours) during the

year.

There were ninety four hours and forty minutes of fog, and the fog signal was fired six hundred and ten (619) times.

The fortnightly relief was delayed eight (8) times during the year owing to bad weather.

WAGLAN LIGHTHOUSE.

During 1921, two thousand nine hundred and twenty-five (2,925) vessels were reported by telegraph from this station. Of this number 622 were signalled by Morse Lamp.

Thirty nine (39) vessels were not reported owing to telegraphic communication being interrupted.

Three thousand and eighty-nine (3,089) telegraphic messages were sent including meteorological observations for the Observatory, and 548 messages were received.

There were 171 hours and 36 minutes of fog during the year, and the fog signal was fired 1,769 times.

Telegraphic communication was maintained throughout the year with the exception of 1 complete day and a few short inter- ruptions caused by the land line being in contact with telephoue wires.

On three occasions the relief was delayed by rough sea.

GREEN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE AND SIGNAL STATION.

During the year, one thousand five hundred and seventy-three (1573) vessels were signalled and reported, in addition to which four hundred and forty nine (449) messages were sent and thirty two (32) received.

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Telephonic communication was interrupted twice only during the year thereby six vessels were not reported against thirty-two in 1920.

KAP SING LIGHTHOUSE.

This station has been regularly inspected and has worked satisfactorily throughout the year.

On the 10th December three new Aga lights (flash) were installed and exhibited on Channel Rocks, Tathong Point, and Tong Ku Island. The total number of Aga Lights in the Colony is now fourteen (14) and all have been burning continously, accurately and satisfactorily during the year.

SIGNAL STATIONS.

The Peak signal station reported four thousand three hundred and sixty two (4,362) ships during the year and the Gun signal denoting the arrival of Mail steamers was fired sixty-three times.

Signal Hill station reported four thousand six hundred and eighty (4,680) ships as entering and two thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven (2,867) as leaving the harbour.

14.-Government Harbour Moorings.

There are at present laid down in the Harbour for the use of shipping frequenting the Port fifty six (56) sets of Government Harbour Moorings and are classed as follows:

1920.

1921.

A. Class Moorings

.11

.15

.24

Total

Six (6) new complete sets of moorings were laid down during the year as follows:-2 A class and 1 B class in the central part of the Harbour and 3 B. class at Wanchai at a cost of $90,430.00.

The total expenditure on upkeep on Government Harbour Moorings and Buoys for the year was $19,958.94. Table showing the Gross revenue from Government Harbour Buoys for the follow- ing years :-

The Gross Revenue for the year 1916 was $51,916.

多多

1917 1918

61,156. 59,594.

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1919

69,440.

1920

75,448.

1921

89,176.

$406,730.

Gross Revenue for six years

直

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15.-Staff.

Commander C. W. Beckwith, R.N., Harbour Master was away on home leave from the 10th February to the 13th December. Lieutenant Conway Hake, R.N.R. acted as Harbour Master during his absence.

Mr. W. Russell was appointed Government Marine Surveyor on the 4th January.

Messrs. R. Hall and P. J. Taylor were appointed Assistant Government Marine Surveyors on the 20th September, 1920, and 1st October respectively.

Mr. G. W. Coysh was appointed Deputy Shipping Master on the 20th November, 1920.

Mr. C. J. Thomson was appointed First Boarding Officer on the 2nd December.

Mr. S. P. Leigh was appointed Second Boarding Officer on the 16th November, 1920.

Mr. M. McIver, First Boarding Officer retired on the 2nd December after 30 years' service in the Colony.

Mr. J. Macdonald died on the 3rd January while on leave in Australia. He had been Chief Government Marine Surveyor of this Colony for 19 years.

Mr. W. McGrann, Officer in charge Peak Signal Station died on the 20th February after 14 years' service.

HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,

March, 1922.

C. W. BECKWITH, Commander R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

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Table I-NUMBER, TONNAGE, AND CREWS, OF VESSELS ENTERED AT POINTS IN

COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED.

BRITISH.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons.

Australia,

British North Borneo.......

.18

65,633 3,044

30,476 1,761

20 65,633 3.044

54,661

Canada,

275,111 12,027

30,476 1,761

9,985

Coast of China, Ships,..

2,890 2,160,507 | 166,437

126

171,557

9,216

27,511 12,027

3,016 | 2,632,064 175,653

18,207

1,386

1,038,323 6:

Steamships under 60 tons....

772

25,166 1:

Junks,

...

8,912

294,052 140

Cochin China

Dutch East Indies,

Europe, Atlantic Ports,

110

164,193 7,820

73,073 2,368

34,100 577

110

164,193 7,820

108

157,994

73,073 2,368

126

326,503

34,100

577

190,140

Baltic Ports,

72,444

Mediterranean Ports,

149,693

Formosa,

Great Britain,

India,

Japan,

Kwong-chau-wan,

7,071

180

7,071

180

206

235,736 11

145

623,153 13,922

145

623,153 13,922

143,965 4

91 355,114 11,142

137 493,864 14,069

4,055

359,169 11.196

150,003

17,204

309

141

511,068 14,378

423

⠀

245

Macao, Ships,

930

566,298 37,590

Steamships under 60 tons,

Junks,

Mauritius,

3,094

148

...

North and South Pacific Islands,

Philippine Islands,

179,564 6,700

Ports in Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

195

207,989 13,551

185

Port Arthur,

...

Russia in Asia,

12,650

266

930

566,298 37,590

1,139,385 32

84,862 12

135 21,870 1

1,292

245

11,356

3,094

148

2,876 122

2.876

122

91 179,564 6,700

26 115,910 3

197

208,174 13,609

356 268,480 17

...

Siam,

South America,.........................

Straits Settlements,

Tsingtau,

164 212,705 13,190

...

90 184,937 9,756

14 19,153 1,032

3 5,423 244

United States of America,

Wei-hai-wei,

56 215,178 3,866

7,471

250

12,650

266

164

212,705 13,190

2,625

124,635 6.

...

6 28,373

190,360 10,000

51 116,010

19,153 1,032

215,178 3,866

7,471

194

21,438

963,378 22.

250

1,686

TOTAL,

5,055 6,191,334 | 319,696

137 201,300 10,003

5,192 | 6,392,634 | 329,609

13,557 | 6,498,172 | 366

( ₺ 19 )

EWS, OF VESSELS ENTERED AT POINTS IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FROM EACH COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES,

Crews. Vessels. Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessel

65,633 3,044

54,661 2,266

54,661

2,266

48 120,294 5,310

30,476

1,761

9,985 441

9,985

441

27,511

12,027

18,207 316

18,207

316

9,216

3,016 | 2,632,064 | 175,653

1,386 1,038,323 61,550

200

772

25,166 11,242

2,505

8,912

294,052 140,118

4,278

228,424

70,548

683,358 72,341

9,721

1,586 | 1,266,747

26,426

3,277

95,714

71,271

37,668

40.461 2,202

293,318 12,343

4,276 | 3,498,830 | 227,987

772

25,160 11,242

2,50

13,190 1,677,410 | 212,459

8,912

994,052 140,118 4,27

110

164,193

7,820

108

157,994 5,884

108

: :

73,073 2,368

126

326,503 9,828

34,100

577

190,140 3,293

72,444

699

149,693 6,068

7,071

180

206

235,736 11,565

145

623,153 13,922

143,965 4,331

126

157,940 5,884

326,503 9.828

218

322,187 13,704

159

399,576 12,196

190,140 3,293

221,240 3,870

72,444 699

72,444

699

149,693 6,068

206

235,736 11,565

208

242,807 11,745

143,965 4,331

179

767,118 18,253

359,169 11,196

150,003 3,646

4,271

57 154,274 3,686

147

505,117 | 14,788

309

141 511,068 14,378

423

1,139,385 32,258

4,584

143

426 1,143.969 32,401

560

1,633,249 46,327

245

84,862 12,504

245

84,862 12,504

245

84,862 12,504

930

566,298 37,590

135

21,870 1,755

11,677

638

148

33,547 2,393

1,065

588,168 39,345

1,292

431

710

227

245

ง

2,990 41,356

307

36,388

5,180

552

2,002 658

77,744 8,170

1,292

431

245

41,356

2,990

307

3,094

148

3,094

148

122

2,876

122

...

179,564 6,700

26 115,910 3,136

117

295,474 9,836

197

208,174 13,609

356

268,480 17,944

972-

358 269,452 18,025

551

476,469 31,495

5,042

3 12,650

266

2,625

164

212,705 13,190

124,635

010

6,311

28,373 654

124,635

263 6,311

15,275

300

337,340 19,501

28,373

654

244

93 190,360 10,000

...

14 19,163 1,032

66 215,178 3,866

194

7,471

250

1,686

116,010 3,452

21,438

739

963,378 22,700

11,303

163

127,313

3 615

141

194

21,438

963,378 22,700

739

1,686

28,373 654

300,947 13,208

30 40,591 1,771

250 1,178,556 26,566

9,157

330

10,008

5,192 6,392,634 |329,609

13,557 6,498,172 366,235 7,389 1,057,277 | 114,999 20,896 7,555,419 | 481,234

18,612 12,689,506 | 685,931

7,476

19 )

IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG FROM EACH COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1921.

CS.

FOREIGN.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

2,266

54,661

2,266

441

9,985

441

316

3 18,207

316

120,294 5,310

25 40,461 2,202

61,550

200

228,424

9,721

1,586 1,266,747

71,271

11,242

2,505 70,548

26,426

3,277

95,714

140,118 4,278 683,358

72.341

13,190

37,668

1,677,410 | 212,459 8,912

4,276

772

293,318 12,343

3,498,830 | 227,987

40,461 2,202

47 293,318 12.343

120,294 5,310

326

25,160 11,242

994,052 140,118

2,505

4,278

399,981 18,937 4,602

70,548 26,426

683,358 72,341

3,898,811246,924

3,277 95,714 37,668

13,190 1,677,410 212,459

5,884

108

157,940

5,884

218

322,187 13,704

***

218 322,187 13,704

9,828

126

326,503 9.828

159

399,576 12,196

159 399,576 12,196

3,293

190,140

3,293

221,240 3,870

224,240 3,870

699

72,444

699

72,444

699

72,444

699

6,068

149,693 6,068

11,565

206 235,736 11,565

208

242,807 11,745

208

242,807 12,745

4,331

143,965 4,331

179

767,118 18,253

179

767,118 18,253

3,646

4,271

154,274 3,686

147

32,258

4,584

143

426 1,143,969 32,401

560

505,117

1,633,249 46,327

14,788

8,326

21,788

452

12,504

245

...

84,862 12,504

245

1,755

13 11,677

638

148

33,547 2,393

1,065

84,862

588,168 39,345

12,501

245

•

11,677

638

1,078

149 513,443 14,882

567 1,655,037 46,779

84,862 12,504

599,845 39,983

431

710

227

2,002

658

1,292

431

710

227

2,990

307 36,388

5,180

552

77,744 8,170

245

41,356

2,990

307

36,388

5,180

552

2,002

77,744 8,170

658

3,094

148

3,091

148

2,876

122

2,876

122

3,136

115,910 3,136

117

17,944

972.

358 269,452 18,025

551

295,471

476,469 31,495

9,836

...

117

295,474 9,836

1,157

139

555

477,626 31,634

5,012

5,042

6,311

2,625

124,635 6,311

263

15,275 300

337,340 19,501

15,275

300

654

...

28,373

654

3,452

739

22,700

11,303

163

127,313

3 615

141

21,438

739

194

963,378 22,700

250

28,373 654

300,947 13,208

40,591 1,771

1,178,556 26,566

263

337,340 19,501

28,373

651

7 16,726 407

250

148 317,673 13,616

30 40,591 1,771

1,178,556 26,566

1,686

9,157

330

9,157

330

366,235

7,389

1,057,277114,999

20,896 | 7,555,419 | 481,234 18,612 12,689,506 | 685,931 7,476 | 1,258,577 125,002

26,088 13,948,083 810,933

COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED.

WITH CARGOES.

SHIPPED.

Table II.-NUMBER, TONNA

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels. Tons.

Bunker

Cargoes. Coal.

Australia,

British North Borneo,.....

Canada,

Coast of China, Ships,.

61,359 2,596

2,200

7,422

870

68,78

46,921 1,848

2,200

40.469

794

1,940

87,39

31 191,791 9,825

2,770

...

191,79

3,020 2,770,389 188,972

136,000

61,483

2,483

6,370

3,062

2,831,8

Steamships under 60 tons,...

Junks,

Cochin China,.....

121,539 5,852

20,943

Dutch East Indies,

23,492 1,087

6,180

24,549

24,250

1,071

566 5,650

Europe, Mediterranean Ports,

11,053

257

950

Atlantic Ports,

34,738

719

Baltic Ports,

4,250

155

Formosa,

6,570

284

Great Britain,.......... ........

101

472,463 11,314

India,

60 163,785 8,057

Japan,

167

638,283 17,552

Kwong-chau-wan,

Macao, Ships,

930

575,398 37,590

Steamships under 60 tons,

Junks,.

1,311

7,752

15,821

2,740

...

309

2223

146,08

47,74

11,0%

34,73

4,25

6,57

102

473,20

163,7.

17,310

448

1,085

173

655,5

3,685

...

6,448

930

575,39

...

Mauritius,

5,274 285

3,200

1,673

800

6,9-

North and South Pacific Islands,

2,786

118

1,900

Philippine Islands,

185,025

6,640

16,409

12,917

350 1,775

197,9

Ports in Hainan and Gulf of Tonkin,

139

133,739

9,569

6,540

101,291

1.467 8,478

205

235,0

Siam,

108

142,166

8,762

38,524

CY'S

18,745

1,033 4,160

121

160,9

South America,

Straits Settlements,

101

178,996

9,746

Tsingtau,

43,852

2,669

United States of America,

-50215,976-

-4,910

Persian Gulf,..

8,107

*33,866

23,054

818 3,100

113

202,0

2,140

2,155

-600

52 224,0

TOTAL,

4,990 | 6,029,845 | 328,807

307,309

190 311,013 12.630 38,513 5,180 6,373,

- D 20

› II.—NUMBER, TONNAGE, AND CREWS OF VESSELS CLEARED AT PORTS IN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG T

TOTAL.

SHIPPED.

WITH CARGOES.

SHIPPED.

FOREIGN.

IN BALLAST.

:WS.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels. Tons.

Crews.

Vessels.

Tons Crews.

Vessels.

Tous. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Τα

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

870

29 68,781 2,694

794

1,940

35 87,390 2,642

31 191,791 9,825

483 6,370 3,062 2,831,872 191,455

:..

071 3,685

566 5,650

146,088 6,923

17,742

1,653

3 11,033

257

7 34,738

719

4,250

155

3,070

16,322

1,707

4,140

2,776

305

2,770

4 23,186

923

150

3,325

150

21,590

591 1,116

142,370

1,687 1,179,840 87,581

46,515

3,230

147- 207,878 6,614 4,362

525

19,136

8,707

5,044

10,879

1,438,719 | 161,247

21,628

66,552 2,673

10,672

11,830

203,570 6,108

10,040

2,769 76,983 29,122 18,387

2,411 231.353 32,687

64,195 2,308

13,379 331

1,834 1,381

3,294

13,290 1,670

10,070

75 130

1,100

214

950

153,815

5,979

3,580

153

112,496

2,163

2,000

112

10,735

6,570

284

118

200,029

9,123

1,920

109 139,239 3.817

1,190

227

33:

102

473,203 11,364

1,311

119,687 1,267

3,100

149

60 163,785 8,057

7,752

264,774 6,149

12,630

264

148

1,085

173

655,593 18,000

16,906

209

741,680 19,693,

18,233

122,925 2,885 1,145

277

861

195

85,947 12,579

8,497

195

930

573,398

37,590

6,448

2,486

141

146 26,087 2,220

711

150

1,160

400

405

53,214 5,706

800

6,947

356

4,000

3,085

786

118

1,900

350 1,775

95 197,942

6,990

18,181

186,031 4,029

£67 8,478

205 235,033 14,036

15,018

293

177,545 14,319

732

239

180

13,297

929

193

800

5,824

122

2,016

3 11,106

141

...

197

17,556

146

033

4,160

121

160,911 9,795

42,684

77,927

4,676

27,006

205,863 6,098 12,295

11.780

439

38:

451 2,105

•

97,382 2,386

810

•

318

3,100

113

202,050 10,564

43,852 2,669

~600

221.083

5,021

36,966

58 147,733

4,656

15,715

20,109

395 1,910

167

2,140

9,587

209

2,755

167 869,698 1,231

200

10,040

11,010

312 1,210

18,020

131

850

170 88:

2,639

1,200

630 38,513

5,180 | 6,373,858 | 341,167

345,822 14,948 6,327,751 387,381

197,867

6,006 1,202,925 89,570

61,844 20,954 7,53

NY OF HONGKONG TO EACH COUNTRY IN THE YEAR 1921.

IGN.

LAST.

TOTAL.

SHIPPED.

WITH CARGOES.

SHIPPED.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Bunker

Cargoes. Coal.

150

14 49,647

1,763

1,650

107,681 4,303

2,350

10,747

154 2,370

591

1,116

18 24,366

896

1,146

49,697 2,153

2,230

62,0 59

1,385

3,056

26.416

974

6,614

4,362

1,834 1,387,718 94,195

50,877

35 214,977 10,748

4,707 | 3,950,229 |276,553

2,770

3,230

182,515

189

29,122

18,387

3,294 96,119

37,829

23,431

525

19,136 8,707

5,014

269,361

2,769 76,983 2,922 18,387

9,097 10,732

4,896

3,291

32,687

13,290 | 1,670,072 | 193,934

10,879

1,438,719 161,247

2,411

231,353 32,687

13,290

2,308

10,070

75 130,747

4,981

20,742

121

188,091 8,525

31,615

88,711 3,379 13,755

174

331

1,100

216,949 6,439

11,140

227,062 7,195

16,220

37,629

897 6,750

153,815

5,979

3,580

164,868 6,236

4,530

112,496 2,163

2,000

147,234 2,882

2,000

10,735

3,817

1,490

227 339,268 12,940

3,410

120

14,985

206,599 9,407

238

1,920

109

32 149,687 4,267

3,100

133 622,150 15,581

4,411

139,239

2,740

3,817

1,490

229

134

264,774 6,149

12,630

139

2,885

1,445

277

864,605 22,778

22,678

376

428,559 14,206

1,379,963 37,445

20,582

139

34,054

140,235 3,333

5,530

450

195

85,947 12,579

8,497

195

2,220

714

150

23,573

2,361

794

931

239

180

1.892

639

929

493

66,517 6,635

3,085

122

5,824

122

141

6,098

41 197,137 4,170

85,947 12,579

577,884 37,731

8,497

...

195

6,498

146 26,087 2,220

744

1,080

243

1,160

400

405

53,214 5,706

732

239

180

13,297

929

193

800

8,359

877

4,000

1,673

800

2,786

118

1,900

5,824

122

2,016

128

371,056 10,669

18,425

24,023

491 1,775

136

12,295

439 383,408 20,417

29,851

432

311,284 23,888

24,096

212

307,157 10,565 20,773

644

451 2,105

58 89,707 5,127

29,111

155

220,093 13.438

65,530

30,525 1,484 6,265

179

97,382 2,386

SJ0

97,382 2,386

$10

395

1,910

66 167,842 5,051

17,655

159

326,729 14,402

49,581

43,163 1,213 5,040

179

312 1.210

20,597

521

1,410

53,439 2,878

2,340

131

850

170

882,718 21,362

10,890

217

1,085,674 26,141

12,190

11,010

21,127

312 1,210

242 1,450

222

2,639

1,200

2,639

1,200

89,570

61,844 20,951 7,530,676 476,951

259,711

19,938 12,357,596 716,188

505,176

6,196

1,546,938 101,930 100,357 26,134 1

NTRY IN THE YEAR 1921.

SHIPPED.

WITH CARGOES.

SHIPPED.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

SHIPPED.

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Des.

Bunker Coal.

Cargoes.

Bunker Coal.

Bunker

Cargoes. Coal.

1,650

40 107,681 4,303

2,350

10,747 154

2,370

118,428

1,157

1,146

24 49,697 2,153

2,230

35 214,977 10,748

2,770

62,0 59 1,385 3,056

3,230

111,756 3,538

218,207

10,799

50,877

4,707 3,950,229 276,553

182,515

23.431

525 19,136

8,707

5,011

2,769

10,879 1,438,719 | 161,247

2,411

189 269,361

76,983 2,922 18,387

231,353 32,687

9,097 10,732

4,896

4,219,590 | 285,650

3,294 96,119

37,829

4,720

5.386

2,770

193,247

23,431

13,290 1,670,072 | 193,934

20,742

121 188,091

8,525

31,615

88,744

11,140

53 227,062

7,195

16,220

17 37,629 897

3,379 13,755

6,750

174

276,835

11,904

264,691 8,092

3,580

164,868

6,236

4,530

2,000

26 147,234

2,882

2,000

3 14,985

238

164,868 6,238

147,234 2,882

45.370

22,970

4,530

2,010

14,985

238

3,410

120 206,599 9,407

1,920

109 139,239 3,817

1,490

229

345,838 13,224

3410

3,100

133 522,150 15,581

4,411

2,740

134

624,890 15,631

4,411

12,630

139

428,559 14,206

20,582

139

428,559 14,205

20,382

22,678

376 1,379,963 37,445

34,054

74 140,235

3,333

5,530

450

1,520,198 40,778

39,524

8,497

195 85,947 12,579

8,497

195

85,917 12,579

8,497

794

934 577,884 37,731

6,498

146 26,087 2,220

744

1,080

603,971

39, 51

7,242

243

1,160

400

732

239

180

1,892

639

243

405

53,214 5,706

•

13,297

929

493

66,511

6,635

800

8,359 377

4,000

1,673

800

10,032

448

1,800

2,786

118

1,900

5,824

122

8,610

240

1,950

2,016

128

371,056 10,669

13,425

8 24,023

29,851

432

311,284 23,888

24,096

212 307,157

29.111

155

220,093 13,438

65,530

30,525

491 1,775

10,565 20,773

1,484 6,265

136

395,079 11,160

20,200

644

618,441 34.453

41,869

179

250,618

14,922

71,795

810

97,382 2,386

810

97,382 2,386

810

17,655

159 326,729 14,402

49,581

43,163

1,410

37 53,439 2.878

2,340

10,890

217 1,085,674 26,141

12,190

11,010

21,127

1,213 5,040

312 1,210

242 1,450

179

369,892 15,615

64,449 3,190

222 1,106,801 26,383

54.621

3,550

13.645

•

1,200

2,639

1,200

2,639

259,711

19,938 12,357,596 716,188

505,176

6,196 1,546,938 101,930 100,357

26,134 13,904,534 | 818,118

Names of Ports.

Aberdeen,

Cheung Chau,..

Saikung,

Shaukiwan,.

Stanley,

Tai O,.........

Yaumati,.

Victoria,

( 21 )

Table III.-TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE and CREWS of VESSELS ENTERED

BRITISH.

FOR

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN B

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels.

Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tous. Crews. Vessels. T

6,270

$75

1,805

440

166

4,317

891

396

680

307

5,055 6,191,334319,696

137 201,300 10,003

5,192 6,392,634 329,696

663 34,239 7,044

12,533 6,450,465 356,590

160 12

7,140 1,01

Total,

5,055 | 6,191,334319,696 137 201,300 10,003

5,192 6,392,634 329,696 13,557 6,498,172 366,235

7,339 1,05

•

( D 21 )

MBER, TONNAGE and CREWS of VESSELS ENTERED at EACH PORT in the COLONY of HONGKONG in the YEAR 1

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.!

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels.

6,270

875

239

109

6,509

964

6,270

875

1,805

440

215

2,020

511

1,805

440

166

4,317

891

227

174

4,544

954

166

4,317

894

396

283

679

142

396

680

307

680

307

680

307

663

5,192 6,392,634 | 329,696 12,533 6,450,465 356,590

34,239

7,044

160

1,907

12,028

7,140 1,044,285 112,815 19,673 | 7,494,750 | 469,405

823

46,267❘ 8,951

663 1 34,239

7,044

160

17,588 12,641,799 | 676,286

7,277 1

003

5,192 | 6,392,634 329,696 13,557 6,498,172 366,235

7,339 1,057,277| 114,999

20,896 7,555,449 481,234 18,612 12,689,506 685,931

| |

7,476)

( D 21 )

- ENTERED at EACH PORT in the COLONY of HONGKONG in the YEAR 1921.

FOREIGN.

TOTAL.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES,

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

VS.

Vessels.

Tous.

Crews. Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

375

239

109

6,509

964

6,270

875

239

109

6,509

964

140

215

2,020

511

1,805

440

215

11/20

2,020,

511

391

227

174

4,544

954

166

4,317

891

227

174

4,544

954

283

679

142

396

283

679

142

307

680

307

680

307

30%

144

160 12,028 1,907

823

46,267 8,951

663

34,239

7,044

160 12,028 1,907

823

8,951

590

7,140 1,044,285 112,815

19,673 7,494,750 469,405 | 17,588 12,641,799 | 676,286

7,277 1,245,585 122,818 24,865

24,865 799,104

235

7,339 1,057,277 114,999 20,896

7,555,449 | 481,234 | 18,612 12,689,506 | 685,931

7,476 1,258,577 125,002 26,088 13,948,083 810,33

Names of Ports.

Vessels.

WITH CARGOES.

Table IV.-TOTAL NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CRE

BRITISH.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Bunker

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Vessels.

Tons.

Coal.

Aberdeen

Cheung Chau,

Saikung,...

Shaukiwan,

Stanley,

2,0€

2,67

Tai O,

]

Yaumati,

Victoria,..

638

$7,27

4,990 | 6,029,845 | 328,807 307,300

190 344,013

12.360

38,513 5,180 6,373,858 841,167 345,822

14,139 6,285.01

Total,

4,990 | 6,029,845328,807307,309

190 | 344,013

12,360 38,513 5,180 6,373,858 341,167 |345,822

11,948 6,327,75

D 22

¿ER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS CLEARED at EACH PORT in the COLONY of HONGKONG in the YEAR 1921

FOREIGN.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels. Tons. Crews.

2,051

353

19 3,527

472

103

5,581

$25

516

230

457

973

326

2,054

353

3333

516

230

2,671

454

155

841,167 345,822

638

$7,270

6,958

14,139 | 6,285,071 379,348 | 197,867

1,810

547

...

173

4,481

1,001

2,671

454

396

551

117

155

668

301

682

307

210 9,768 2,258

848

47,038 9.216

638

5,587 1,186,299) 85,811 61,844 19,726

7,171,370 465,159 259,711

37.270 6.958

19,129 12,314,916 708,155 5

341,167 |345,822

11,948 | 6,327,751 | 387,381 | 197,867

6,006 1,202,925) 89,570 61,814

20,951 7,580,676 | 476,951 | 259,711

19,938 12,357,596 | 716,188 | 5

e COLONY of HONGKONG in the YEAR 1921.

TOTAL.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Tons.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

Tons. Vessels.

Crews.

Bunker Coal.

}

5,581

825

973

326

2,054

353

3,527

472

103

5,581

825

516

230

457

973

326

1,810

547

173

4,481

1,001

396

551

117

668

301

682

307

210

9,768

2,258

818

47,038

9,216

98,171100,357

24,906 13,845,228 806,326 605,533

4,481

1,001

2,671

454

551

117

155

682

307

47,038 9,216

7,471,370 465,159 | 259,711

638

6.958 37,270

19,129 12,314,916 708,155 505,176

5,777 1,530,312

7,530,676 | 476,951 | 259,711

19,938 12,357,596|716,188 505,176

6,196 1,540,938 | 101,930 | 100,357

26,154 13,904,534 818,118605,533

Table V.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS of EACH NATION ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong in the Year 1921.

ENTERED.

NATIONALITY

VESSELS.

WITH CARGOES.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels. Tons.

Crews.

Vessels. Tons.

Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

D 23

British,

American,

Chinese,

Junks,

Danish,

5,055 6,191,334 319,696 232 831,244 18,478 1,594 824,722 68,132 9,157 1,035,408 143,108 56,752 582

137201,300

10,003

5,192 6,392,634 329,699

9 32,429

434

241

863,673. 18,912

40 29,882

2,101

1,634

854,604) 70,233

4,585

719,746

77,521

13,742

1,755,154 220,629

56,752

582

Dutch,

152

467,718 13,609

16,434

977

176

484,152

14,586

French,.

147

277,054 13,822

2 5,780

149

282,834 13,916

Greek,

1,882

Inter-Allied,.

Italian,

4 19,738 540 21 78,372

19,738 540

2,457

78,372 2,457

Japanese,

1,173 2,705,632 84,854

125 | 164,762

6,185

1,298 |2,870,394 91,019

Norwegian,

89,408

4,625

18 12,941

785

102

102,349 5,410

Portuguese,

137

28,371

2,053

2,163

209

142

30,534

2,262

Russian,

4,479

199

4,479

199

Swedish,

26,044

312

26,044

312

Siamese,

24,096

1,640

24,096

1,640

Sarawak,

2,676

171

2,676

171

Steamships under 60

tons trading to ports outside the Colony,

806

26,458 11,673

2,530

71,258 26,653

3,336

97,716 38,326

TOTAL,

18,612 12,689,506 685,931

7,476 1,258,577 125,002

26,088 | 13,948,083 810,933

, ד'

Table VI.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of VESSELS of EACH NATION CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong in the Year 1921.

NATIONALITY

VESSELS.

WITH CARGOES.

Vessels. Tons.

Crews.

CLEARED.

IN BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels. Tons. Crews. Vessels. Tons. Crews.

British,

American,.

Chinese,

Junks,

Danish,.

4,990 6,029,845 328,807 217 797,009 18,523 1,545 760,180 87,116 11,284 1,491,933 166,953 14 56,172 508

190

344,013 23 66,873 1,152 89 93,860

12,360 5,180 6,373,858 341,167

240 863,882 19,675

4,997

1,634

854,040 92,113

2,499 244,650

33,616

13,783

1,736,583 200,569

580

56,752 530

Dutch,

139

408,390 11,431

75,118

2,035

176

483,508 13,466

French,

141

267,587 13,848

21,988

609

154

289,575 14,457

Inter-Allied,.

Italian,

4 19,738 461 21 78,372 1,934

Japanese,

907 2,282,243 70,509

385

Norwegian,

86 85,432 4,681

568,232

17 22,311

14,592

1,292 2,850,475 85,102

819

103

107,743 5,500

Portuguese,

6,501

298

142 24,429

1,936

144

30,930 2,234

Russian,

2,986

101

2,986

5,972

179

Sarawak,

1.784

111

892

2,676

163

Swedish,

26,044

267

26,044

267

Siamese,

23,084 1,533

3 3,291

231

26,375 1,764

Steamships under 60 tons

trading to ports outside the Colony,

556

20,296 9,107

2,795 77,715 29,361

3,350

98,011 38,538

TOTAL,.

19,938 12,357,596 716,188

6,196 1,546,938 101,930

26,134 13,904,534 818,118

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Table VII.

Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers, and Cargoes of Junks ENTERED in the Colony of Hongkong,

from Ports on the Coast of China and Macao, in the Year 1921.

CARGO.

BALLAST.

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Tons. Crew.

Passen- Cargo, Ves- gers. Tons. sels.

Tons. Crew.

Passen-

gers,

Vessels.

Tons.

Crew.

Passen-

gers.

Cargo.

Tons.

Canton,.

West River,

1,144 211,479 22,161 5,481 598,203 95,158 94,798

134,533 2,158 442,418 39,865

3,302

653,897

62,026

134,533

- D 25

333,754 1,860 | 230,277

30,307

12.233

7,341

828,480

125,465 | 107,071

333,754

Macao,

245

East Coast,

2,088

West Coast,

199

41,356 2,990

169,026 20.048

15,344 2,751

26,392 307 36,388

5,180

552

77,744

8,170 |

26,392

132,892 210 6,683

1,483

2,298

175,709

21,531

132,892

6,070 50 3.980

686

249 19,324

3,437

6,070

Total, 1921,

9,157 | 1,035,408 | 143,108

94,831

633,641 | 4,585 719,746

77,521

12,288

18,742 | 1,753,154 220,629 | 107,159

633,641

Total, 1920,

8,349

923,412 | 133,197

70,811

504,241 | 2,536 | 397,393

37,563

3,603

10,885 1,320,745 | 170,760 74,414

504,241

Table VIII.

Total Number, Tonnage, Crews, Passengers, and Cargoes of Junks CLEARED in the Colony of Hongkong for Ports on the Coast of China and Macao, in the Year 1921.

Cargo.

Ballast.

Total.

Vessels.

Tous.

Crew,

Passen- Cargo, Ves- gers. tons. sels.

Tons. Crew.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Tons.

Crew.

Passen- Cargo,

gers.

tons.

D 26

Canton,

4,662

West River.

•4.374

Macao,

405

East Coast...

West Coast.

1,647

807,267 63,741

538,506 81,373

53,214) 5.706

78,364 13,520

196 14.582) 2,613

795,983 32 5,609

85,585

37,846 88 13,297

472 268,531 1.670 | 124,235 23.503 12,136 929

4,694

812,876 64,213

795,983

31,306 626 98,160

7,747 83 3,349

7,871

841

6,044 | 662,741 104,876

493

2,273 176,524 21,391 279 17,931 3,454

96,344

268,531

66,511 6,635

37,846

31.306

7,747

Total 1921,

11,284 1,491,933| 166,953

85,679

141,413|2,499 | 244,650

33,616

12.136

13,783 (1,736,583) 200,569

96,438 1,141,413

Total 1920,

7,832 1,039,184| 129,167

68,930

654,004 3,149 | 257,954 43.189

3,487

10,981 |1,297,138 172,356

72,417 654,001

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FOREIGN TRADE.

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Table IX.

Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels.

1920.

1921.

No. OF VESSELS.

TONS.

CREW.

No. OF VESSELS.

TONS.

CREW.

British Ships entered with Cargoes,

4,497

5,591,038

Do.

do. in Ballast,

162

222,767

278,909 11,072

5,055

6,191,334

319,696

137

201,300

10,003

Total,

4,659

5,813,805

289,981

5,192

6,392,634

329,699

British Ships cleared with Cargoes,

4,423

5.418,332

289,342

4,990

6,029,945

328,807

Do.

do. in Ballast,

229

375,932

14,920

190

344,013

12,360

Total,

4,652

5,794,264

304,262

5,180

6,373,858

341,167

Foreign Ships entered with Cargoes,

3,383

4,682,894

208,183

3,594

5,436,306

211,454

Do.

do. in Ballast,

206

222,985

10,072

224

266,273

10,825

Total,

3,589

4,905,879

218,255

3,818

5,702,579

222,279

Foreign Ships cleared with Cargoes,

3,088

4,329,439

195,782

3,108

4,815,522

211,321

Do.

do. in Ballast,

482

565,504

21,091

713

880,560

26,523

Total,

3,570

4,894,943

216,873

3,821

5,696,082

237,844

do.

Steamships under 60 tons entered with Cargoes,

Do.

911

34,458

14,066

806

26,458

11,673

do. in Ballast,

1,587

48,818

17,113

2,530

71,258

26,653

Total,

2,498

83,276

31,179

3,336

97,716

38,326

Steamships under 60 tons cleared with Cargoes,

755

30,498

12,388

556

20,296

9,107

Do.

do.

do. in Ballast,

Total,

1,775

53,474

19,033

2,795

77,715

29,361

2,530

83,972

31,421

3,351

98,011

38,468

Junks entered with. Cargoes,

8,349

923,412

133,197

9,157

1,035,408

143,108

Do. do. in Ballast,

2,536

397,333

37,563

4,585

719,746

77,521

Total,

10,885

1,320,745

170,760

13,742

1,755,154

220,629

Junks cleared with Cargoes,

Do. do. in Ballast,

7,832

1,039,184

129,167

11,284

1,491,933

166,953

3,149

257,945

43,189

2,499

244,650

33,616

Total,

10,981

1,297,129

172,356

13,783 1,736,583

200,569

Total of all Vessels entered,

21,631

Total of all Vessels cleared,

21,733

12,123,705 12,070,308

710,175 724,912

26,088 26,134

13,948,083 13,904,534

810,933

813,118

Total of all Vessels entered and cleared, in

43,364

Foreign Trade,

24,194,013 1,435,087 52,222

27,852,617 1,629,051

LOCAL TRADE.

Total Junks entered,

4,917

223,101

52,293

5,495

244,730

62,253

Do.

cleared,

4,992

229,134

52,554

5,655

253,516

64,276

Total Local Trade entered and cleared,...........................

9,909

452,235

104,847

11,150

498,246

126,529

Total Foreign Trade entered and cleared, Total Local Trade entered and cleared,

43,364

9,909

24,194,013 452,235

1,435,087

52,222

27,852,617

1,629,05 I

104,847

11,150

498,246

126,529

Grand Total,

53,273

24,646,248

1,539,934 63,372

28,350,863

1,755,580

Outside the Waters of the Colony

PLACES.

Vessels.

Tounage.

Table X.

Statement of Licensed Steam-launches Entered in the Colony of Hongkong during the year 1921.

TOWING.

NOT TOWING.

Crew.

Passengers.

Vessels.

Within the Waters of the Colony, 1920,

Do.,

1921,

217,196 | 4,412,480 203,994 | 3,940,216| 1,913,495

1,984,562

92,338 | 2,905,944

998,395 6,549,484 94,699 | 3,146,944|1,562,620 | 5,997,066 |

5,918

5,939

309,534 | 7,318,424 | 2,982,957 298,693 7,087,160 3,476,115|| 5,997,066

659,484 5,918

5,939

Tonnage.

Crew,

Passengers.

Canton,......

West River,

1,370 32,826 13,866 |

30912,087 3,745

333 8,610 3,367

9 1,703 41,436 |17,223|

Macao,

East Coast,

25 710 227

130 3,745 1,298

97 4,133 1,449 964 1,746 34 1,292 431 351 177 212 8,504 5,117: 3,141 137

406 16,220 5,194 964 1,746

59 2,002 658 351

177

342 12,249 6,415| 3,141

137

Other places,

696 21,890 7,517 4,036

180 3,919 1,309| 2,217|

826 25,809 8,826| 6,253

Total,.

2,530 71,258 26,653 4,036

11,67 10,713 806 26,458 11,678 6,617 2,106 3,336 97,716 38,326 10,713 2,106

Tons.

Cargo,

Vessels.

TOTAL.

Tonnage.

Crew.

Passengers.

Cargo,

Tons.

D 28

PLACES.

Tabe XI.

Statement of Licensed Steam-launches Cleared in the Colony of Hongkong during the

year

1921.

TOWING.

NOT TOWING,

TOTAL.

Vessels.

Ton-

nage.

Crew.

Passen-

gers.

Vessels.

Ton-

nage.

Crew.

Passen- Cargo, Vessels. gers. Tons.

Ton-

nage.

Crew.

Passen- Cargo,

gers.

Tons,

Bunker

Coal,

Tons.

Within the Waters of the Colony1920,

204,170

4,050,2771,808,327

Do.,

1921, 203,804 | 3,934,417|1,911,985

Outside the

Canton,..

West River,.

Macao,

East Coast,

Other places,

́aters of the Colony :

1,664 40,212 (16,806

31512,174 3,794

26 732 239

101 2,951 1,022

68921,646 7,500 4,147

88,924 | 2,618,024 956,692 | 6,265,695 94,889 | 8,152,743 1,564,127 | 6,046,179

3,731

293,094 6,668,301

2,765,019 |6,265,695 5,322 |✪ 298,693 | 7,087,160 | 3,476,112|6,046,179

3,731

46,207

5,322 49,540

1,324

425

127

165 1,710 41,536 17,231

165 14,089

86 3,787

1,324

999

1,699

401 15,961 | 5,118

1,160

400 301

229

57 1,892 639

999 1,699

301 229 243

4,298

239 9,223 5,389 3,240

137

340 12,174] 6,411| 3,240

137 2,100

| 1544,802 1,569 2,433

843 26,448 9,069 6,580

2,944

Total,

2,795 77,715 29,361 4,147

011 38,46% 556 20,296 9,107 6,994 | 2,245| 3,351|98,011 38,468 11,141

2,245 | 23,674

3,849.00

857.00

2,193

548.25

LICENCE.

LICENCE DUPLICATE BOAT RE- Books. LICENCE.

SPECIAL

FEES.

PAINTING

PERMITS.

3,849

Tabe XII.

Number of Boat Licences, Permits, etc., issued and Fees collected during the year 1921.

(Under Table UT, Section 40, of Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.)

DESCRIPTION.

3,428

Licence Book, $1.00 each,.

Boat Repainting, .25

Special Permits, .25

Passenger Boats, Classes A & B,

1,619

Lighters, Cargo and Water Boats,

1,853

Other Boats,

12,129

Fish Drying Hulks,

Duplicate Licences,

TOTAL,

15,674

...

3,849

9,629.10

46,866.70

40,035.20

崔

633.25

8.00

3,428

2,193 102,426.50

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Table XIII.

Comparative Statement of Revenue collected in the Harbour Department during the years 1920 and 1921.

Sub-head of Revenue.

Amount

1920.

1921.

1. Light Dues..........

Special Assessment,

2. Licences, Internal Revenue not otherwise

specified :-

Boat Licences, Ordinance 10 of 1899, Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, Or-

dinance 1 of 1889,

Fines,

Forfeitures,

Ordinance 10 of 1899,

94,225.44 106,417.09 102,60.57 115,710.44

92.455,00 102,426.50

1,635.00 2,070.00

3,607,81

6,664.80

27.00

$37.00

Fishing Stake and Station Licences,

66.70

58.90

Fishing Stake and Station Licences, do.,

2,074.70

2,083.10

Junk Licences, &c., Ord. 10 of 1899,

34,245.00

37,854.25

Junk Licences, &c., Ord. 10 of 1899,

from the New Territories,

8,615.00

9,055.25

185.00

160.00

9,228.25 10,415.00

from the New Territories,

Pilots Licences, Ordinance 3 of 1904, Steam-launch Licences, &c., Ordinance

10 of 1899,

3. Fees of Court or Office, Payments for specific purposes, and Reimbursements- in-Aid:-

Engagement and Discharge of Seamen,

Ördinance 10 of 1899.............

Engagement of Masters and Engineers of Steam-launches, Ord. 10 of 1899, Examination of Masters, &c., Ordinance

10 of 1899,

Fees for use of Government Buoys,

Ordinance 10 of 1899,...... Gunpowder, Storage of, Ord. 10 of 1899, Medical Examination of Emigrants, Ord.

1 of 1889,

Official Signatures, Ordinance 1 of 1889, Printed Forms, Sale of, Ord. of 1889, Registry Fees (Merchant Shipping Act),

Ordinance 10 of 1899,........

Steam-launches, Surveyor's Certificate,

Ordinance 10 of 1899,...........

Survey of Steamships, Ordinance 10 of

1899,...

Sunday Cargo Working Permits, Ord.

1 of 1891,.

4. Miscellaneous Receipts

Sale of condemned stores,

34,273.60 34,326.00

246.00

288.00

3,192.50

3,810.00

75,448.00

7,257.12

89,176.80 5,416.25

*72,663,50 † 104,605,00

3,946.00 6,336.00

314.00

288.75

1.757.00

1,902.00

7,965.00

8,295.00

30,047.00 35,923.00

115,350.00 116,700.00

59.07

479.00

Total,............$701,493.26 800,798.13

† See next page.

D 32

Statement of Emigration Fees, 1920 :-

Revenue collected by.

Expenditure

incurred by.

Harbour Department,...... $ 72,663.50

$ 4,200.00 (Estimated.)

Office of Secretary for

Chine seAffairs,

8,430.00

5,102.20

Stamp Office, on account

of Bill of Health,

9,840.00

Medical Department,......

24,776.00

$90,933.50

$ 34,078.20

Net Revenue.....................

$ 56,855.30

↑ Statement of Emigration Fees, 1921 :-

Revenue collected by.

Office of Secretary for

Harbour Department,...... $104,605.00

Expenditure incurred by.

$ 4,200.00 (Estimated.)

5,285.25

Chinese Affairs,

Stamp Office, on account

of Bill of Health,

Medical Department,....

8,510.00

11,340.00

$124,455.00

Net Revenue.

23,897.64

$ 33,382.89

.$91,072.11

Table XIV.

Summary of Chinese Emigrants from Hongkong to Ports other than in China, during the year 1921.

BRITISH SHIPS.

FOREIGN SHIPS.

GRAND TOTAL.

PORTS.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Total.

M. F.

Australia,..

1,613

1,627 172

Africa (South),.

172 1,785

British Borneo, .

2,792

535 224

130 3,681

2,792

535

Calcutta,

1,347 78

1,195

1,547

Canada,

10,672

4 1,790

12,466.

241

Cuba (Havana),

Delagoa Bay,

126} ༽.

288 10,913

སནྡྷུརྞསྶ

1.799

224 130

3,681

1,495

22 1,815

12,754

87 118

120

111

Dutch Indies,

761

828 17.614 1,246

895

195 19,950 18,375 | 1,290

912

201

20,778

Fiji,

Honolulu,

50 | 5,919

707 201

148 6,975 5,967 708

202

148

7,025

Japan,...

399

9 461

399

461

Jamaica (Torouto),

330

352

330

Mauritius,

827

1,005

360

Mexico,

...

783

ལྷམ

352

465 1,187

143

138

1,470

798

783

798

Panama,

Samoa Island,

978

South America,

1,161

Straits Settlements,.

Sumatra (Belawan Deli),

(52,127|15,686| 4,660 2,228|74,701 9,345 2,006 900 7,173 519 324

3| 1,324 | 1,161

1,324

372 12,623 61,472|17,692 | 5,560 2,600 149 8,165 7,173 519 324 149

87,324

8,165

Tahiti,

114

3 174

114

174

Timor,

United States of America,

657

737 5,545 163 445

29 6,182 6,202

174

512

31 6,919

Total 1921,.

Total 1920,

72,505 16,524 6,955

|50,679 |12,424|| 5,323

2,398 98,382 48,906| 4,854 | 2,959 1,808 70,234 32,295 | 1,344| 1,161

Total Passengers by British Ships, Total Passengers by Foreign Ships, .

910 57,629 12141121,378 || 9,914| 3,308 ||156,011 224 35,024 82,974|13,768| 6,484 | 2,032|105,258

Excess of Passengers by British Ships,

72,505 16,524 6,955 | 2,398 98,382 |48,906 | 4,854 | 2,959 910 57,629

|23,599|11,670| 3,996 1,488 | 40,753

Table XV.

Statement of Average Number of Emigrants from Hongkong to Ports other than in China, for Quinquennial Periods from 1885 to 1920 inclusive.

1885. 1890. 1895. 63,138 66,706 60,360

1900. 1905. 66,961 73,105

1910. 1915. 88,452 109,110

1920.

84,602

Tab e XVI.

Number of Male and Female Emigrants from Hongkong to Ports other than in China, for Ten Years, from 1912 to 1921 inclusive.

- D 34

Whither bound.

1912.

1913, 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919.

1920.

1921..

Straits Settlements, Males, Straits Settlements, Females,

Total,

44,974

41,278 82,797 63,292

68.809 85,099 36.764 32,440 66,965 53,250 5,914 7,424 30.330 67,032 15,215 17,254 8,210 8,838 15,832 10,042 2,105 4,214 13,605 20,292

84,024 102,353 8,019 11,638 43,935 87,324

Other Ports, Males, Other Ports, Females,

37,791

842

39,001 30,358 1,405 964

25,811

1,186

33,182 31,078

1,674 ( 1,928

34,096 46,044 59,128 1,715 2,287

64,293

2,195 4,394

Total,

38,633 40,406 31,322

26,997

34,856 33,006 | 35,811 48.331

61,323 | 68,687

Grand Total.

122;657 |142,759

76,296

68,275 | 117,653

96,298 43,830

59,969 105,258 | 156,011

Table XVII.

Summary of Chinese Emigrants Returned to Hongkong from Ports other than in China, during the year 1921.

BRITISH SHIPS.

FOREIGN SHIPS.

GRAND TOTAL.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

Adults.

Children.

PORTS.

Total.

Australia,

2,341

433

535

125

3,434

593

732

2,934

473

615

144

4,166

Bangkok,

653

139

912

151

192

804

88 162

1,104

British Borneo,

847

194

1,171

863

103

207

1,222

Canada,

7,929

571 1,043

266

9,809

721

104

917

8,650

641; 1,147

288

10,726

Delagoa Bay,.

200

228

200

228

Dutch Indies,

772

63 135

1,008

11,429

931

691

463 14,514

12,201

994 1,826

501

15,522

D 35

Honolulu.

282

364

2,108

243

457 133

2,941

2,390

266

504

145

3,305

Japan,

3,093

288 574 139

4,094

4,171

South America,

670

393 738 179

82 110

5,481

7,264

681

1,312

318

9,575

796

570

82 110 34

796

Straits Settlements...

67,713

5,3579,738 | 2,678

85,486

11,985

987 1,767 468

15,207

79,698

Sumatra (Belawan Deli),

2,041

United States of America,

607

59 107 22

795

6,645

93 162 574 1,090

2.336

2,041

287

8,596

7,252

6,344 11,5053,146 | 100,693

93 162 40 6331,197

309

2,336

9,391

Total 1921,.

Total 1920,..

84,437

76,499

6,962 12,530 | 3,372 | 107,301

40,430

3,443 | 6,235 | 1,655

51,763 | 124,867

10,405 |18,765 | 5,027 159,064

3,488 | 6,116 | 1,663 87,766

29,822

1,463 | 2,655 732

34,672 | 106,321

4,951 8,771 2,395 | 122,438,

Total Passengers by British Ships,

84,437

6,962 12,530|3,372 107,301

Foreign

40,430

3.4436,235 | 1,655 51,763

Excess of

44,007

3,519 |6,295 | 1,717

55,538

Table XVIII.

Statement of Average Number of Emigrants Returned to Hongkong from Ports other than in China, for Quinquennial Periods from 1885 to 1920 inclusive.

1885.

68,830

1890. 1895. 96,068 104,118

1900.

109,534

1905.

137,814

1910. 1915. 1920. 146,585 151,728 100,641

Table XIX.

Number of Male and Female Emigrants Returned to Hongkong from Ports other than in China, for Ten Years, from 1912 to 1921 inclusive.

D 36

Where from.

1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. 1920.

1921.

Straits Settlements, Males, Straits Settlements, Females,

Total,..

Other Ports, Males, . Other Ports, Females,

123,594 | 123,363 | 136,753 7,869 10,381 4,605 131,463 | 133,744 |141,358

79,349 46,454 65,539 36,662 60,812 68,316 1,482 1,201 6,896 2,534 2,871

91,203

4,610 9,190

80,831

47,655 72,435 39,196 63,683

72,926 | 100,693

30,335

31,756 26,462 1,450 1,421 1,007

27,953

969

Total,

31,785 33,177 27,469 28,922

24,750

23,933 23,827 32,014 70,070 46,776 52,429 817 1,970 2,899 2,267 2,736 5,942 25,797 34,913 72,337 49,512 58,371

Grand Total,

163,248 | 166,921 |168,827 |109,753 72,405 98,232

74,109 | 136,020 |122,438 |159,064

Table XX.

Return of Vessels Registered at the Port of Hongkong during the year 1921.

Name of Vessel.

Official

Number.

Registered

Tounage.

Horse

Power.

Rig.

Build.

Where and

when built.

Remarks.

1. Hau Hoi I,

151,417

18, N.H.P.

2. Yue Ying Wa,

151,418

816

187.

None

Schooner

Carvel

Hongkong, ......1916

Purchased from Foreigners.

Clencher | Greenock,

3, Kwong Eng

150,114- 969

162,

In and out Lubeck,

...1876

.1906

Transferred from Singapore.

4. Teo Pao,

150,118

972

163,

1907

5. Soochow,

151,419 1.594

195.3,

Clencher Hongkong,

1920

First Registry.

6. Whangpu,

151,420 1,975

198.

Nil

.1921

7. Yuet Tùng,

151,421

24,

8. Nora I......

151.422

30, B.H.P.

9. Pin Seng,

82,865

378

99, N.H.P.

None

Nil

Schooner

Carvel

1921

•

Leith.

1881

10. Yannis,

151,423

2.063

231,

Clinker

Shanghai,

1920

11, Tin Sing,

123,099

380

65,

Carvel

Hongkong,

.1907

12. Henry Keswick.

151,424

800.

None

Clencher

1921

་!

Transferred from Penang. Purchased from Foreigners. Repurchased from Foreigners. First Registry.

13. Fayth,

151,425

24, B.H.P.

Ketch

Carvel

.1921

14. Hermes I,.

151,426

41.6, N.H.P.

Nil

Clencher

1921

15. Sumatra II.

151,427

14.73.

None

16. Kwangchow,

151,428

1,572

1,600 B.H.P.

Schooner

Carvel

Clencher

1921

17. Aphrodite I,

151,429

41.6, N.H.P.

.1921

..1921

18. Sui Sang,

19. Luen Tai,

20. Kwangtung,

21. Achatina,

22. Paludina,

105.772 1,776 151,430 151,431 1,572

300,

Schooner

246

1.600, B.H.P.

Schooner

151,432 3,521

368, N.H.P.

151,433 3,491

342,

Middlesbrough 1895 British Isles,

Hongkong, 1921 California U.S.A.1921

Hongkong, 1921

Transferred from London. First Registry.

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Table XXI.

Return of Registers of Vessels Cancelled at the Port of Hongkong during the year 1921,

Name of Vessel.

Official

Number.

Registered

Tonnage.

Date of

Registry.

Rig.

Build,

Where and when built.

Reason of Cancellation.

1. Paco Figueras,

96,370

2,695 |

14.11.19

Schooner

Clencher Belfast.

.1889

Sold to Foreigners.

2. Rotorua,

75,214

555 5. 6.17

Dumbarton,

1876

3. Fatshan.

88,543

1.039 29. 6.87

4. Szechuen,

5. Gabo,

79.541

151,411 1,594 8. 7.20 1.246

None

Schooner

Leith,

1887

Hongkong,

1920

2.12.20

Kinghorn, Co., Fife,.

1883

6. Sochow,

151.419

1,594 |18. 2.21

Hongkong,

1920

Transferred to London.

Sydney, Australia. London.

7. Whangpu,

151,420

1.975 26. 2.21

8. Ming Sang,

150,114

96918. 2.21

Nil

Schooner

1921

}}

In & out

Lubeck,

1906

9. Lee Sang,

150,118

972|18. 2.21

1907

10. Singaporean,

87,587

830

9. 8.16

Clencher | Sunderland,

1883

་:་

Calcutta.

11. liong Kheng.

93,210

12. Pin Seng,

82.865

13. Roberto Figueras,

95,100

14. Shiu Cheong,

139,570

3,085 | 27, 8,15 37821, 5.21 1,168|29. 7.15 89|17. 7.17

Greenock,

1888

יי

Sold to Foreigners.

Carvel

Leithi,

1881

Belfast,

1888

15. Hunslet,

137,678

3,687 3. 2.15

Nil

Schooner

Hongkong.

1917

Clencher Newcastle on Tyne,

1898

at London,

16. Cavanba,

113,978

281| 16, 2 17

Paisley, Scotland,.

1901

to Foreigners.

17. Rupara,

123,662

18. Kwangchow,

151,428

1,572 5. 9.21

786 20, 1.20 Fore and Aft Schooner Schooner

Hebburn,

1906

Hongkong,

1921

Transferred to London.

19. Mausang,.

151.423

2,068 | 27, 5.21

Clinker

Shanghai,

1920

ད.

20. Burrumbeet,

91,487

1,561 | 24. 7.20

Clencher Wallsend,

1881 Sold to Foreigners.

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Appendix E.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1921.

STAFF.

1. Commander C. W. Beckwith, R.N., Harbour Master, acted as Superintendent in addition to his other duties for the first ten days of January. For the remainder of the year Mr. N.L. Smith acted as Superintendent.

Chief Preventive Officer S. J. Clarke went on long leave on 28th April and Revenue Officer G. Watt acted in his place.

Senior Revenue Officer D. J. Mackenzie retired on pension on 1st October. Revenue Officer G. Watt was appointed Senior Revenue Officer in his place, but continued to act as Chief Preventive Officer.

The staff was augmented on 1st July by the addition of one European and ten Chinese Revenue Officers.

LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION ORDINANCE.

2. The duty on all liquors was on 7th April increased by a Resolution of the Legislative Council. This increase was generally about 50%, except in the case of Champagnes and other sparkling wines, on which the duty went up from $4 to $10 per gallon. By a subsequent Resolution on 27th October the duty on brandy was restored to the same figure as before the general increase.

The net revenue collected under the Liquors Ordinance from Duties and Licensed Warehouses during 1921 was $1,040,637.04 as compared with $779,795.85 for 1920.

The general details are as follows

Duties on European Liquors Duties on Chinese Liquors......... Licensed Warehouse Fees

Licensed Warehouse Overtime

Fees

Total...

1921.

1920.

$331,183.58 241,544.70

702,563.46

530,928.49

6,750,00

6,729.16

140.00

593.50

.$1,040,637.04 779,795.85

Full particulars are shown in Tables I-V.

E 2

TOBACCO ORDINANCE.

3. The duty on all tobacco was on 7th April increased by a Resolution of the Legislative Council. This increase was generally slightly over 100% except in the case of the most expensive class of cigars, on which the duty was raised to only $2.50 per lb. from $1.50.

The net revenue collected under the Tobacco Ordinance was $1,062,031.14 as compared with $631,877.66 for 1920.

The general details are as follows :-

1921.

Duties on Tobacco

$1,051,568.39

1920. 621,229.91

Licensed Warehouse Fees

1,918.75

1,993.75

Licensed Warehouse Overtime

Fees

72.00

78.00

Retailers' Licences

7,596.00

7,692.00

Manufacturers' Licences

744.00

772.00

Importers' Licences

132.00

112.00

Total

$1,062,031.14 631,877.66

Full particulars are shown in Tables VI-IX.

OPIUM MONOPOLY.

4. The revenue for 1921 was $3,938,197.99 as compared with $4,317,970.90 for 1920, a decrease of $379,772.91. The price of $14.50 per tael was maintained throughout the year.

Tables X-XII show the movements of raw opium during the year. Apart from opium for the monopoly and opium in transit - for the Japanese and Macao Governments the only chests now in Hongkong are a small residue in the hands of local merchants left over from the days when Hongkong was an entrepôt for raw opium.

Table XIII shows the seizures of illicit opium, indicating another large increase on previous years.

TRADE STATISTICS.

5. Table XIV shows the number of permits, etc., issued during the year under the provisions of the Importation and Exportation Ordinance; the figures slightly exceed those of 1920.

The form of the Quarterly and Annual Trade Returns was altered early in the year, the effect being greater clearness and portability besides a saving on the expenses of production of over $10,000.

The total trade (excluding Treasure) for 1921 amounted to £135,834,936 as compared with £212,302,539 for 1920. Of this Imports were valued at £68,143,059 (as against €103.932,602 for

E 3

1920) and Exports at £67,691,877 (as against £108,369,937 for 1920).

Treasure imported during 1921 amounted to £13,797,095 (including £5,447,487 of gold and £8,193,934 of silver). Treasure exported during 1921 amounted to £17,981,357 (including £7,091,582 of gold and £10,519,014 of silver).

Tables have been included in the Annual Trade Return to show that the apparent drop in the volume of Trade as compared with 1920 is largely explained by the fall in the sterling value of the dollar, and in no way corresponds either to the dollar value or the actual quantities of the various commodities imported and exported.

Complete figures will be found in the Annual Trade Return for 1921, from which the following items may perhaps be of chief interest:-

Imports.

Exports.

GOODS.

VALUE.

GOODS.

VALUE.

Chinese Medicines (not

specially mentioned)

Coal

Chinese Medicines (not 1,248,634 specially mentioned) 1,233,232 2,320,398 Cigarettes

1,121,289

Fish and Fishery

Coal

510,800

Products, (Other).

889,276 Dyed Plain Cottons (not)

Flour, (Wheat)

1,675,042

specially mentioned) 1,507,402

Ginseng

884,765 Fish and Fishery

Kerosene

2,362,143

Products, (Other)

1,427,318

Leather, Sole

811,249 Flour, (Wheat)

1,091,694

Peanuts

527,051 Gunny Bags

685,597

Broken

Rice Meal, (Rice Bran)...

2,506,638 Leather, Sole.

618,251

Kerosene

2,390,041

921,750

Cargo

1,119,896 Matches.

534,618

White

6,694,037 | Rice Meal, (Rice Bran)..

680,175

Shirtings, White

Broken

2.202,620

(40/43 yds.)

774,800

Cargo

908,594

Silk, Piece Goods..

1,492,260

Glutinous

669,583

Sugar, Raw

8,771,351

White

5,278,244

Refined

949,392 Shirtings, White

Tin Slabs and Ingots Yarn, Cotton.

1,224,576

(40/43 yds.)

893,262

5,565,518 Silk, Piece Goods..

1,419,249

Sugar Candy...

606,302

Raw

2,774,115

Refined

7,774,824

Tea..

587,656

Tin Slabs and Ingots...

1,387,800

Tobacco, Prepared,

Native

322,966

Vermicelli

514,911

Yarn, Cotton

5,257,802

ΕΙ

GENERAL.

6. Apart from the unprecedented number of opium seizures, Revenue Officers in the course of their duties seized 526 gallons of Chinese wine (11 persons convicted), 552 bottles of European liquors (7 persons convicted), 738 lb. of Chinese tobacco, 45,650 cigars, 1,986,300 cigarettes (126 persons convicted), 95 arms of various kinds, 33,523 rounds of ammunition (40 persons convicted) and 36 lottery tickets (2 persons convicted).

A light motor-van was purchased towards the end of the year for the conveyance of opium and other miscellaneous duties." At the same time the Department's steam launch was transferred to the Police Department, which gave in exchange a capacious motor-boat.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

7. The net revenue collected by this Department was $6,040,866.17 an increase of $311,221.76 as compared with 1920.

The actual expenditure of this Department for the year was $591,756.04 an increase of $89,641.38 as compared with 1920. Of this increase over $73,000 is attributable to the lower purchas- ing power of the dollar in rupees, that being the figure by which the cost of exactly the same quantity of Indian opium exceeded the 1920 figure. Personal emoluments, due to an increased staff and the revised rates of clerical salaries, show an increase of some $17,000 over 1920, but this sum, as well as the cost of a motor- truck and of a more expensive type of uniform for Chinese Re- venue Officers, is more than offset by savings in other directions.

March, 1922.

N. L. SMITH, Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

Table I.

European Liquors.

Balance in

Exported

Bond on

ex Ship

Class of Liquor.

31st

to Ship

Arrivals.

Ships'

Stores.

Denatured.

Consumed

Locally.

December,

1920.

or ex

Bond.

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec., 1921.

In H.K. & K.

Wharf & Godown Co.'s General Bonded Warehouses.

In Holt's

Wharf

In Licensed

Total.

General

Bonded Warchouses.

Warehouses,

E 5 -

Gallons.

Gallons. Gallons.

Gallons.

Ale, Beer, and Stout,.

Bitters,

112,715

463

386,068

153,258

35,120

261,056

20,620

5,492

23,237

49,349

455

105

256

498

504

Brandy,

18,580

75,100

63,639

1,308

3,776

8,908

3,156

12,893

24,957

California Wine,

350

Champagne,

3,691

5,545

2,402

406

2,205

1,656

2,567

4,223

Cider,

296

251

Claret,

9,492

19,792

14,176

810

(d) 1,486

5,110

1,424

326

5,952

7,702

Cocktail,

374

191

157

110

121

Gin,

8,135

20,115

11,460

4,218

5,297

692

284

6,299

7,275

Ginger Wine,

279

139

145

Liqueurs,

3,897

6,586

4,663

721

1,426

703

2,970

3,673

Madeira,

258

187

Malaga,

Marsala,

226

88888

115

219

223

Medicated Wine,

494

489

Muscatel,..

650

560

Port,

9,019

8,925

8,536

819

3,407

488

4,644

5,182

Prune Wine,

160

120

Rum,

3,436

21,223

7,944

129

14,873

280

1.407

280

1,433

(a) (b) (c)

(a)

(b) (d)

(c)

(a) Includes 6,833 gallons distilled locally,

(b)

(0)

14,873

384

(d) Used in manufacture of tobacco.

Table I,-Continued.

European Liquors,-Continued.

Balance in

Exported

Bond on

ex Ship

Ship's

Class of Liquor.

31st

December,

1920.

Arrivals.

to Ship

Denatured..

Stores.

Consumed

Locally.

or ex

Bond.

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec.,

1921.

In H.K. & K,

Wharf &

Godown Co.'s

General Bonded: Bonded

Warehouses. Warehouses.

In Holt's

Wharf

General

In Licensed Warehouses.

Total.

E 6

Gallons.

Sake,

184

27,719

21,187

· 8

6,450

258

Sherry,

3,698

2,874

1,231

716

1,660

112

2,853

2,965

Sparkling Wine,.....

302

774

148

421

477

485

Spirits of Wine & Arrack,

94,261

481,169

371,747

71 (a) 149,153

152

52,895

54,307

Still Wine, (not specially

mentioned),

2,826

6,715

2,712

389

2,732

346

3,350

3,708

Tonic Wine,

...

Vermouth,

3,090

7,721

3,991

613

2,911

868

225

2,203

3,296

Vibroua,

Whisky,

15,863

73,331

38,581

10,989

Wincarnis,

697

314

16,999

281

764

4.242

17,616

22,622

160

Wine and Spirits, (Un-

classified),

11,804 (b)121,725 (4)122,323 | (b) 794

...

(b) 8,698 (b)1,054 (b) 660

10,412

(b)

Note.-Fractions of a gallon are not shown in this table.

(a) For burning, perfumery, vinegar, etc.

(4) Transhipment eargo not examined.

Table II.

Chinese Liquors.

Balance in Bond

Consumed

on 31st Dec., 1920.

Arrivals.

locally

Exported.

Denatured and

used for

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec., 1921.

Vinegar, etc.

Imported

Liquors

Bonded

Liquors. Distilled Locally.

In H.K. and

Ware- Dis- houses. tilleries. ported. locally. ported. locally.

Im- Distilled Im Distilled,

ex Bond or

ex Ship

to Ship.

ex Dis.

tilleries.

ex Bonded

Ware-

houses.

Gallons. ĮGallons. |Gallons. | Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons Gallons. Gallons. 5,647 22,342 938,750 | 792,072 | 653,788* | 610,538 | 276,818

Im- ported Distilled Godown Co.'s Liquors K. Wharf and Licensed In Dis- Ware- tilleries.

Liquors. Locally. houses.

General

Bonded

Warehouses.

Total

Bond.

E 7

Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight,

€6,364 | 20,496

394 92,066

1,019 12,348 24,950 38,347

35%

1,372

1,389 52,078 25,761

14,791

22,055

37,013

4,871

187

1,646

537 2,183

45%

76,599

12 317,136 49,732 47,517

789 234,580

850

1,656

45.738

4,752 106,986

761 112,449

50%

1,388

1,040

968

1,460

Abore

50%

3,261

419

Total,

85,006

23,743 1,312,265 867,615 | 717,483 633,382 | 549,821

71,585

کم

175

2,667

2.842

22,339

39£

137,804

5,976 | 128,597

26,248 | 155,821

Note.-Fractions of a gallon are not shown in this table.

Table III.

Return of Distilleries for the year 1921.

Denatured for making preserving Tobacco.

Denatured

for

Stock on

Bean-curd.

31st Dec.,

1921.

Hongkong and New Kowloon

Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight,

Gallons. Gallons. | Gallons. | Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. 10,800 | 456,088 | 305,938

Gallons. Gallons.

Gallons.

20,146 43,443

87,197

10,164

35%

+0%

396

13,162

8,755

19,557

187

569 1,656

4,371

245

850

45,738

750

Rum,

(1) Total,

1,155

20,935

6,833 14,873

384

12,357 | 539,742 | 315,262

21,989 55,497 14,873

45,738

87,197

11,543

350 22,921

4,869

14,786

993 11,450 12,151

292

225

220

12,541

228,968 198,280

350 22,921

4,869

15,089

Manufactured in New Territories Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight, 11,542 217,293| 185,909 for consumption in Hongkong,

355%

+5%

(2) Total,

E 8

Table III,-Continued.

Return of Distilleries f

r the

year

1921,—Continued.

Manufactured in New Territories Not more than 25% of alcohol by weight,

for consumption in New Territories.

35%

45%

Stock on

31st Dec.,

1920.

Output,

1921.

Consumed

locally.

Bond. Sold into

Exported.

Gallons.Gallons. Gallons. Gallons. Gallons,

118,691| 118,691

1,149 1,149

Denatured Denatured for making

for

preserving

Tobacco. Bean-curd.

Used for

Vinegar.

Stock on

31st Dec.,

1921.

Gallons. | Gallons, Gallons. Gallons.

(3) Total..

(1) Hongkong and New Kowloon,

(2) Manufactured in New Territories for consumption in Hongkong, (3). Manufactured in New Territories for consumption in New Territories,

119,840 119,840

12,357|| 539,742 315,262 21,989 55,497 12,541 228,968 198,280

119,840 | 119,840

14,873 45,738 87,197

11,548

350 22,921

4,869

15,089

Grand Total,.

24,898 888,550| 633,382 22,339 78,418

14,873

45,738 92,066 26,632

NOTE.-Fractions of a gallon are not shown in this table.

— E 9 -

Table IV.

Return of Duty Paid European Liquors during the year 1921.

MONTHS.

Brandy. Liqueurs. Champagne.

Sparkling

Wine.

Spirits

Gin.

Whisky.

Rum.

Madeira. Malaga. Port.

Sherry.

Marsala.

Claret

Bitters. in

Claret

Ginger

Wine.

Moscatel.

Wine.

Bottles. Wood.

Red Wine Red Wine in

Bottles.

Wood.

January, ....

+43

165

223

475

1,970

548

254

February,

426

132

275

486

1,672

March,

456

375

119

598

1,215

April,

180

141

147

428

1,507

May,

263

152

399

1,080

June,

208

258

1,042

8582 1

532

153

10 10

159

237

112

209

...

246

154

222

254

113

115

181

278

2-1

156

145

142

July,

117

115

255

825

151

132

...

Angust,.

118

113

425

1,432

188

119

160

139

ོོ སམ ོ་

...

September,.

252

120

580

1,288

213

161

October,

148

125

369

1,233

217

130

709

November,

297

166

226

564

1,438

189

112

372

December,

538

173

337

460

'2,295

532

229

111

249

Total,

8,776

1,426

2,205

421-

5,297

16,999

280

152

115

3,407

1,660

256

1,320

3,087

139

(4) 90

552

151

Note-Fractions of a gallon are not shown in this table.

N..B.-Rates of Duty increased on 7th April, 1921,

Table IV.

Return of Duty Paid European Liquors during the year 1921.

Amount

Bitters.

Claret Claret

in in

Bottles. Wood.

Red Wine Red Wine

Wine.

Ginger Moscatel.

Tonic

Still Wine.

Vibrona. Vermouth.

Wine.

Bottles.

Wood.

White Wine White Wine in

bottles.

Wincarnis.

Sake.

Beer.

Stout. Cyder.

Wood.

Duty

Collected.

159

237

438

108

25,273

4,168

112

209

183

873

24,710

3,214

28,652.50

26,206,71

222

111

282

144

352

16,934

1,661

21,897.94

113

115

265

787

21,471

1,960

278

144

681

14,520

1,869

29,709.72

24,794.18

E 10

142

161

146

471

16,581

1,380

23,154.29 |

182

176

278

186

15,194

1,105

20,105.07

160

139

181

16,920

2,157

26,375.72

225

331

19,358

2,383

28,898.43

130

709

155

711

17,061

2,166

26.353.41

372

153

-380

122

791

17,086

2,014

31,301.39

111

249

140

219

122

1,214

28,804

3,037

45,817,50

256

1,320

3,087

139

(a) 90

552

151

(b) 1,142

972

618

281

6,450

233,912

27,144

251

333,266.86

(a) Includes 56 gallons in wood.

330

(1)

มว

Table V.

Return of Duty Paid Chinese Liquors during the year, 1921.

DUTY COLLECTED ON CHINESE WINES IMPORTED EX SHIP AND/OR EX BOND.

DUTY COLLECTED ON CHINESE WINES DELIVERED FROM DISTILLERIES FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION.

DESCRIPTION.

Amount

MONTHS.

25%

Gallons.

35%

Gallons,

46%

Gllons.

46 to

50%

above

of Duty Collected.

50%

25%

Gallons.

35% +5% Gallons. Gallous.

46 to

50%

above

50%

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Gallons. Gallons.

January,

73,063

2,278

4,878

101

33,442.10

46,584

3,943

277

February.

34,400

1,020

3,843

112

16,574.01

47,861

3,639

20,112.00

20.088.50

March,

56,656

2,279

5,814

109

27,325.72

56 290

5,795

807

24,651.78

April,

58,028

3,408

2,322

36,825,66

48,045

2,522

25,189.53

May,

54 924

1,15%

4,802

38,619.93

40,374

1,215

23,817.45

June,

54,598

414

2,861

120

36,011.21

15,906

1.219

27,196.61

July,

38 709

844

3,102

225

27,185.93

36,492

505

20,199.13

Angust,

51,960

384

3,126

34,615.18 46,472

297

September,

25,586.30

48,408

929

3,145

32,979,44

40,722

729

October,

22,524 77

61,742

1,199

4,055

196

42,205.04 42,161

645

November,

22,299 10

54,476

656

5,184

38,172.99 49,611

577

December,

27,076.02

***

66,824

328

4385

44,698.11

46,010

939

24,613.23

546,528*

22,055

789

283,354.42

* Excludes 64,010 gallons-$10,565,55 duty collected and paid into the Treasury by the District Officer, North,

Total,

653,788

14,791

47,517

968

419

408,655,62

Note:-

N.B. :—

Fractions of a gallon are not shown in this table.

Rates of Duty increased on 7th April, 1921,

E -

Table VI.

Return of Duty Paid Tobacco Manufactured Locally during the year 1921.

CIGARS.

CIGARETTES.

CHINESE TOBACCO.

MONTH.

$1.50

70 6.

30 c.

20 c.

10 e.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

70 0.

per lb.

20 e.

10 e.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty Collected.

10 e.

1er lb.

A mount

of Duty

Collected.

Total

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

mille.

$ e.

lb.

January,

258

650

1.710.06

3,020

18,060

8.205

17,390

26.131 05

56.843

5,681,30

33,525,41

February,

17:

267

695

1,968.61

3.631

15,000

7.435

14,135

23,909.90

40,263

4.026.30

29,904.81

March,

267

618

2.016.57

2.839

14.845

8,530 |

15,485

23,139.01

52,184

5,218.40

30,378.98

April 1st to 7th,

127

330,32

782

4,200

2.185

3,456

6.207.70

11,303

1,130,30

7,668.32

Total,

160

840

2,090

6.025 66

10.272

52,105

26,355

50,466

79,387,66

169,598

16,059,30

101,472,52

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Table VI.

Return of Duty Paid Tobacco Manufactured Locally during the year 1921, Continued.

CIGARS.

CIGARETTES.

CHINESE TOBACCO.

Amount

of Duty Collected.

Total

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

MONTH.

$2.50

per lb

$1.50

per lb.

70 c.

50 c.

30 e.

per lb.

Per th

per lb.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

$1.50

per lb.

70 e.

50 c.

30 c.

Amount

per lb.

of Duty

Collected

30 c.

per lb.

mille.

April 7th to 30th.

May,

June

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Total,

00:00 - 00

mille.

lb.

145

273

2.828.24

972

8.585

4,520

8,926

29.323 35

35,847

10.754.10

42,405.69

188

285

2,719.72

1.513

11,160

6,590

13.777

41,556.16

49.787

14.936.10

59,211.98

149

223

2,383.32

1,740

10.620

7,860

15.031

43,134.87

51.104

15.331.20

60.849.39

111

175

1,780.88

1.497

10,000

7,120

14,397

40,408.21

55,573

16,671:90

58,857.99

130

154

4,824.11

1,447

11,460

7,513 17,833

45,322:02

56,460

16.938.00

64,084.13

148

186

2,164.46

744

6,720

6.880

15.110

32.785 09

50,490

158

223

2,085.81

813

8,620

7,315

15.986

36,491.00

135

270

2,207.64

699

9,510

6,650

13.687

85,897.80

122

857

334

6,307;63

609

7,500

7,690

16.401

34,676 53

15,147.00 50,096,55 55,449 16,634.70 55,211.51 49,602 14,880.60 52,486.04 52,841 15,852.30 56,836.46

103

339

1,521

2,123

23,801.81

10,034

84,175

61,638

131,148

339,092.03

457,153 137,145,90 500,039.74

Grand Total,

150

499

2.361

4,213

29,827.37

20,306. 186,280

87,993

J81.614 418,479.69

617,746 153.205.20 601,512.26

Note.—Fractions of a mille or a pound are not shown in this table.

E 13

Table VII.

Return of Duty Paid Tobacco Imported during the year 1921.

E 14 -

CIGARS.

CIGARETTES.

TOBACCO.

CHINESE TOBACCO.

TOBACCO LEAF.

MONTH.

$1.50

per lb.

70 c.

per lb.

30 c.

20 c.

per lb.

Amount

10. c.

70 c.

per 1b.

per lb.

of Duty

30 c.

20 c.

10 c.

Collected.

per lb.

Amount

of. Duty

700.

30 0.

20 e.

10 c.

Collected

per

lb.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

10 c.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Amount

10 e.

per lb.

of Duty

Collected.

$1.50

per lb.

SNUFF.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Total

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Mille.

Ib.

lb.

January,.

February,

March,

April 1st to 7th.

5 6 70 19

1.250.54

3,127

11,909

3,257

2,400

17,416.15

1,223

899.25

15,938

1,593.75

1,319

131.88

21,291,57

1.631.78

2,929

12,595

3,293

2,572

17,031.19 887

504

686.39

10,645

1,064.52

274

27.40

20,441.28

2,128.30

16,323

5,654

4,523

5,481

27,252.56

950

491

744.72

18,352

1,835,24

5,712

571.27

39.75

32.571.84

901.35

3,320

4,118

2,800

472

11,210.81

592

104

720

517.28

4,798

479.82

13,109.26

202

170

152

18: 5,911.97

15,030

44,945

13,873

10,925

72,910.71 3,652

301

1,814

2,847.64

49,733

4,973.33

7,305

730,55

39.75

87.413.95

Table VII,-Continued.

Return of Duty Paid Tobacco Imported during the year, 1921.

— E 15 -

CIGARS.

CIGARETTES.

TOBACCO.

CHINESE TOBACCO.

TOBACCO LEAF.

MONTH.

$2.50

$1.50

70.c.

Amount

50 c.

30 %

per lb.

per lb. i

per lb

per lb.

of Duty

$1.50

70 e.

50 c.

30 .

Collected.

per lb.

per Ib.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty Collected. per 1 b.

$1.50

70 c.

50 c.

80 c

per lb.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

30 c.

per lb.

Amount

of Duty Collected.

30 c.

per lb.

A mount

of Duty Collected.

$2.50

per lb.

SNUFF.

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Total

Amount

of Duty

Collected.

Mille.

lb.

April 7th to 30th..

1.434.23

3,226

May.

3,630

2,960

22,504.17 275

1,811.76

1,799

6,525

2,041

June,

1,975

23,583.14

275

105

3.313.84

2 312

6.994

July,

2.088

1,031

29,550.05

419

2,469,27

2,031

August.

7,033

2,680

586

25,380.84

335

ཁྐྲ ུ༠:

426.93

8,734

2,620.06

1.70

lb.

499.55

14,261

4.278.27

309

92.64

435

763.02

12,201

3,660.24

871

261.42

720

2,539.36

726.07

4.074

September,

7,894

3,270

12,700

3.310 03

1,989

37,738.01

931

279.36

1312

2.50

15.00

2.50

26,989.59

30,280.36

37,551.07

500

6.25

765.72

2,533.52

15.307

32,671.82

October,

3,628

12,122

3,007

3,312

44,351.51

4,592,26

300

2,179

653.58

864

752.93

46,288.93

2.880.49

3.277

November.

9,558

12,205

3.661.44

2,801

2.057

35,528.82

2,728

818.52

640

52.117.92

968.01

2.859.76

2,852

December,

12,785

4,640

657

106

42,170.31

11,048

3,314.25

714

1,772

531.48

43.223.05

5.436.98

1,103.10

2,988

8.685

2,442

1,307

82,721.07

1,658 3.497.40

3,434

624

1,030.14

136

720

1,219.34

11,899

3,569.79

2,645

793.62

3.75

50,664,46

5.00

43,745.80

Total....

483

365

254

25 25,279.21

26,187

75.226

23,014

18,874 293,527.92

4,082

203

236

2.806 7,224.67

110,013 83,003.74

14,875 4,462.46

35.00 363,533.00

Grand Total..

685

533

406

13 31.191.18

41,217

120,171 36,887

29,799 866.438.63 7,784

304

331 1,620 10.072.31

159,746 37.977.07

22,180 (a) || 5,193.01

74.75 450,946.95

(a) Used in manufacture of Chinese Pipe Tobacco consumed in New Territories. Note.-Fractions of a mille or a pound are not shown in this table.

Table VIII.

Tobacco Local Factories for the year 1921.

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec.,

Issued

for

Produced.

Exported.

Ships' Stores

1920.

manu-

Removed

to other

Factories.

Consumed locally.

Balance in Bond on 31st Deg..

1921.

Class of Tobacco.

facture.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille

'Mille.

Hb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Cigars 1. Valued at not less than $2.20 per Ib.

1,353

1.212

150

$1.60

1,234

1,223

$1.10

472

6,913

6,198

499

543

$ .60

499

3,700

995

2,361

792

Valued at less than

$..60

984

6,169

1.708

4.213

1,227

Total.

2,138

19,369

11,331

7.281

2,710

Cigarettes 1. Valued at not less than $1.60 per lb...

9,862

424,610

407.587

20,306

12,529

$1.10

5,475

426.030

321,176

136,280

5.938

፡፡

$..60

15,369

1.729,457

1,587.744

87,993

108,340

Valued at less than

$ .60

5,113

192.957

13,241

181,614

2,455

Total,.

35,819

2,773,054

2.279,748

Note.~~Fractions of a pound or mille are not shown in this table.

426,193

129,262

-E 16

Exported.

Ships' Stores.

Table VIII,—Continued.

Tobacco Local Factories for the year 1921.

Removed

to other

Factories.

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec.,

1921.

Consumed locally.]

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille. lb. Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Balance in Bond on 31st Dec.,

1920.

Issued

for

Class of Tobacco.

mauu-

facture.

Pipe Tobacco (non-Chinese) valued at not less than

$1.60 per lb at less than 60c. per lb.

Total..

Produced.

- E 17

617,746

19,842

617,746

19,842

g23,376

88,941

412,317

289,472

13,115

...

252,587

13.316

2,104

11,776

202

15,420

11,978

Pipe Tobacco (Chinese) valued at less than

60c. per lb.

Total..

17.535

17,535

1,028,414

408,361

1,028.414

408,361

American and Manila Tobacco Leaf,

502,782

6,610,420

Clean

95.330

}

7,619,040

Total,

598,112 6,610,420

7,619,040

(a)

Asiatic Tobacco Leaf.

336,380

1,591,113

9.722

Clean

9.818

976,734

་ ་་

Total..

346,198 1,591,113

976,734

9,722

Note.-Fractions of a pound or mille are not shown in this table. (4) Includes 22,180 lbs. consumed in New Territories.

CLASS OF TOBACCO.

Cigars 1. Valued at not less than $2.20 per Ib.

less than

$1.60

$1.10

$ .60 $ .60

(Unclassified),.

Total,

Cigarettes 1. Valued at not less than $1.60 per lb.

BALANCE IN BOND ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1920.

TOBACCO

MAN

ARRIVALS

ISSUE

FACT

Cases. Pkges. Bales. Hhds. Mille.

lb.

Cases. Pkges. Bales. H hds. Mille.

249

581

986

345

986

$1.10

$ .60

less than

$ .60

(Unclassified),

292

Total,.

292

(Non Chinese)

Pipe Tobacco 1. Valued at not less than $1.60 per lb.

•

$1.10 $ .60

less than $ .60

(Unclassified),

Total.....

(Chinese)

Pipe Tobacco, Valued at less than $ .60 per lb.

(Unclassified),

Total,.

Sunff.

(Unclassified),

Total,...

☺

ون

ск

со

883

591

501

2,111

16,153

132,191

4,098

205,633

13,126

56,132

9,887

31,973

7,413 1,112

43,264

7,413 1,112

425,929

1,719

754

851

452 239

3,415 452 239

48,340

74,064 2,972

48,340 74,064 | 2,972

3,358

16,476 1.851

536 13,979

32,842

1,911,968

1,911.968

3,041

American and Manila Leaf,........

(Unclassified),

Total,....

3,358

3.041

20,424

6.910,238 6,610.

1,430

568 7,410

783

20.424

568

7.410

783

16,970.238! 6,610.

Asiatic Leaf,

[1,150,558

5.140,835 1,591.

(Unclassified),

4,113 24,806

63,218

139

Total.....

4,113 24,806

1,150,558

63,218

139

5,140,835) 1,591,

Note.-Fractions of a

31ST

E 18

Table IX.

TOBACCO RETURN FOR THE YEAR 1921.

General Table.

MANUFACTURED TOBACCO.

CONSUMED

ARRIVALS.

ISSUED FOR MANU-

FACTURE.

EXPORTED EX SHIP OR EX Bond.

SHIPS' STORES.

IOCALLY.

HOU

le.

Ib. Cases.Pkges. Bales. Hhds. Mille.

lb.

Cases. Pkges. Bales. Hhds. Mille.

lb.

Mille.

lb.

Mille.

Ib.

Cases..

986

145

986

883

591

501

198

685

533

102

406

1,001 18

1,001

361

1.756

2,111

****

132,191

85,946

9,022

41.217

205,633

84,929

3,740

120,171

56,132

18.341

3,067

36.887

31,973

4,067

132

29,799.

7,413 1,112

7,523

7.413 1,112

425,929

7,523 1,115

193,283

15,961

228,074

1,719

754

851

452

239

3,415 452 239

48,340

|74,064 | 2,972

48,340 71,064 | 2,972

3,358

16,476 1.851

536 13.979

448 239

32,842

448 239

1,911,968

74,018 2,980.

1,911,968

74,018 2,980

3,011

3,041

20,424

568 7,410

783

...

20,424

568 7.410 783

1,150,558

63,218

63.218

139

RAW TOBACCO.

6,910,238 6,610,420

5.476

1,542

7,784

1,064

327

504

331

4,310

246

4,620

10,857

2,214

13,189

1,710,647

5.518

246.420

477 7,012 333

...

|6,910,238

6,610,420

477 7,012 333

246,420

5,140,835

1,591,113

3,209.787

771 66,187

|5,140,835|

1,591,113

771 66,187

3.209,787

Note. Fractions of a pound or mille are not shown in this table.

181.926

Appendix F.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONGKONG, FOR THE YEAR 1921.

I.-GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS,

The grounds were kept in order by the Botanical and Forestry Department with the assistance of the Observatory coolies.

The old magnetic hut was pulled down early in the year and quarters for the European assistants built on the site. They were completed in September.

II. METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Barometers.-The glass tube for the Marvin compensated syphon barometer was received in December and the instrument set up in February, 1922. The circuit for the seismograph minute time break apparatus is led through two contact springs on the face of the barograph clock. When the minute hand arrives at 591 minutes it breaks this contact and makes contact for one minute through a third spring placed above the other two. The current instead of passing through the seismograph time-break coil thus passes through the coil of an electric hammer which time-scales the barogram every hour. Diverting the current from the seismograph at the 60th minute also serves to identify the minute breaks on the seismograms.

Beckley Anemograph.-This instrument was oiled and the

orientation of the vane checked once a month.

Dines-Baxendell Anemograph.-The bearings of the vane were oiled and its orientation checked once a month. The spindle of the float was cleaned and oiled once a week. In November the instru- ment was carefully calibrated at low velocities by a pressure gauge constructed locally. The gauge was tilted about 80° from the vertical in order to obtain a measurable displacement of the water for a velocity as low as 5 miles an hour. The observations indicated that the float was too light; shot were therefore placed in the cup on the spindle until the float sank to the correct level. The criterion being that the line produced through the observations of the pressure gauge, plotted against the corresponding pressures read from the anemogram, should pass through the zero of the anemogram scale.

The mean monthly results of comparisons with the records of the Beckley Anemograph from 1910-1920 are given in the following table, together with the results for 1921,

F 2

Factor for converting the actual run of the Beckley Anemo- graph cups to velocities recorded by the Dines Pressure Tube Anemograph.

Factor (Dines÷ Beckley

Month.

Mean 1910-1920.

1921.

January,

February,

March,

April,

May,

June,

July,

August,

September,

October,

November,

December,

Year,

1.87

1'49

I'91

1*46

1'93

1.60

1'93

1'73

1.99

1.69

2'02

177

2:08

192

2004

1.88

2.03

1-83

197

178

1.89

1-83

1-85

1'96

196

174

Gap Rock Anemograph.-This instrument was dismounted and brought to the Observatory to be overhauled in November. A leak in the float was repaired, the vane lightened and a vertical tail added, with 'stream line cross section as recommended by the London Meteorological Office.

Owing to its exposed position the vane was designed to with- stand exceptionally heavy gales, with result that, owing to its weight, it was very sluggish. This caused erroneous records not only of direction but velocity also, as the true velocity is only recorded when the vane is pointing in the direction from which the wind blows. It follows that in estimating the amount of turbulence in the atmosphere from records of Dines Anemographs the sensibility of the vane must be taken into consideration, the alternate lulls and gusts shown on the anemograms being partly due to the vane not responding to changes of wind direction, and to the fact that the vane is continually oscillating on either side of the wind direction. only remaining parallel to the wind for a short time.

Thermometers.—All thermometers in use were compared with the Kew Standard in winter and summer.

Richard Thermograph.—This instrument worked satisfactorily during the year, though the base lines as laid down from the hourly eye observations of rotating thermometers still show irregularities, except on dull days with small range of temperature. The period during which the fan automatically aspirates the thermometers has been further increased to 5 minutes i.e. from the 55th to the 60th minute of each hour. The effect of the fan on the dry and wet bulb readings for the year 1921 is being measured. The results may modify the figures given on page 16 of the 1918 report.

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III-METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION AT THE OBSERVATORY.

Automatic records of the temperature of the air and evaporation. were obtained with a Richard dry and wet bulb thermograph, and of the direction and velocity of the wind with a Beckley and a Dines-Baxendell anemograph, modified as described in the report for 1912. The amount of rain is recorded automatically by a Naka- mura pluviograph, the amount of sunshine by two Campbell-Stokes universal sunshine recorders, and the relative humidity of the air by a small Richard hair hygrograph. Eye observations of barometric pressure, temperature of the air and of evaporation and the amount of cloud are made at each hour of Hongkong Standard time. The character and direction of the motion of the clouds are observed every three hours. Daily readings are taken of self-registering maximum and minimum thermometers.

Principal features of the Weather.-The principal features of the weather in 1921 were:

(a) Heavy rainfall from April 27 to July 6, during which period 59 inches of rain fell on 59 days; and a drought from September 9 to the end of the year when only 1 inch of rain fell.

(b) Abnormally low wind velocity in March, increasing

gradually to normal in July.

Barometric pressure was considerably above normal in January, July and October, and considerably below in May, June and August. The mean pressure for the year at station level was 29.848ius. as against 29.814ins in 1920 and 29.843ins for the past 38 years. The highest pressure was 30-323ins. on January 14 as against 30-374ius. in 1920 and 30-509ins for the past 38 years.

The lowest pressure was 29-319ins on July 24, as against 29 208. in 1920 and 28.735. for the past 38 years.

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The temperature of the air was moderately above normal in February, March, April, August and December and moderately below in January. The mean temperature for the year was 72° 2 as against 72°0 in 1920 and 71°8 for the past 38 years. The highest temperature was 92°2 on August 22 as against 93°1 in 1920 and 970 for the past 38 years. The lowest temperature was 44°0 on February 4 as against 45°1 in 1920 and 32°0 for the past 38 years.

The rainfall was very considerably above normal in May and moderately above normal in March, August and September. It was considerably below normal in April, October, November and December. The total for the year was 97 34ins as against 107-88ins. in 1920, and 842 for the past 38 years. The greatest fall in one civil day was 6'06 on September 3 and the greatest in one hour was 3.25s between 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. on May 31.

The wind velocity was considerably below normal in January, March, April, May and October. In July it was normal and in the remaining months it was slightly below normal.

The mean

velocity for the year was 107 m.p.h. as against 120 m.p.h. in 1920 and 127 m.p.h. for the past 38 years. The maximum velocity for

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one hour, as recorded by the Beckley Anemograph, was 51 miles at 11 a.m. on July 24 as against 51 miles in 1920 and 108 for the past 38 years. The maximum squall velocity, as recorded by the Dines-Baxendell Anemograph, was at the rate of 69 m.p.h. at 5h. 53m. a.m. on September 3 as against 61 m.p.h. in 1920 and 105 m.p.h. for the past 12 years.

Rainfall at Four Stations. In the following table the monthly rainfall for the year 1921 at the Observatory is compared with the fall at the Police Station, Taipo; the Botanical Gardens; and the Matilda Hospital, Mount Kellet :-

Months.

Observatory Police Station

(Kowloon)..

(Taipo).

Matilda

Botanical

Gardens Hospital (Hongkong). (Hongkong).

inches.

January,

0*195

0'19

0.28

0.31

February,

1040

1*48

I 20

0.80

March,

4'505

5'70

474

374

April,

2.820

2.70

3'01

2.95

May,

33.785.

35'49

33950

29.67

June,

14740

20'32

16.59

19.83

July,

11875

15'47

13.88

11.30

August,

15445

15°27

1595

1295

September,...

1 2 100

16.31

15'77

10*49

October,

0*395

0.80.

0.15

0'24

November,

O'220

0.88

243

0°25

December,

0.220

0'02

033

0*32

Year....

97'340

11463

107.83

92.85

Floods. The heaviest rainfall occurred at the Observatory as

follows:

Period.

Amount.

Duration.

Greatest fall

in 1 hour.

Amount. Time.

d. 11.

d. 1.

inches.

hours.

inches.

d. h.

May... 4 23 May... 9 10 May... 14 12 May... 22 6 May... 31

13 June 29 9 to July 6 21 Aug... 24 4 10 Aug. 26

18 Aug... 30 » to Sept. 7 14

to May 5 23 To May 10 to May 18