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“...,
Of the several varieties of opium exported, Malwa decreased by
348 chests, or 6T per cent., Patna by 1,674 chests, or 7'8 per cent.,
Benares by 1,228 chests, or 12'0 per cent., Persian by 410 chests,
or 13 per cent., while no Turkish opium was either imported or
exported, and Chinese opium has never formed any appreciable part
of the trade of the Colony. It is obvious from the above figures that
the supply does not meet the demand, as 1,300 more chests were
disposed of than were imported. China took 92'4 per cent, of the
exports.
Imports of Compounds of Opium increased, as compared with
1908, by 2,543 lb., or 23*83%, and exports by 1,613 lb, or 19*56%,
Avhile the amount which remained in the Colony for consumption
increased by 930 lb, or 38'1%. Imports of Morphia showed an
increase of 356 lb, or 5*06%. Imports and exports of Cocaine were
recorded for the first time and for the period from April 22nd to
31st December showed 68 lb. imported and 12 lb. exported.
Sugar.The imports of sugar...”
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“...Another disposing cause
for the decrease is the fact that the Shanghai flour mills, which obtain
their raw material locally, are now successfully competing with
American flour at the coast ports :Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, &c.,
and are even sending through cargoes to Canton.
Rice.In spite of a hopeful outlook last year, Rice has failed
to come back to its previous figure. It has again declined from
721,254 tons to 541,078 tons, or 25 per cent. This is due to a
partial failure of the crops in Cochin China, and to the fact that many
cargoes of rice from Saigon have been sent direct to coast ports,
without touching, much less transhipping, at Hongkong.
The total reported Imports during the year amounted to
4,195,968 tons as against 4,109,856 in 1908, an increase of 0
Exports also show an increase, from 2,102,857 tons to 2,239,731
tons or 6*5%; and Transit Cargo increased from 3,372,993 tons to
3,991,347 tons or 19%, but for the reason given these figures ar
not reliable....”
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“...and boiler shops capable
of dealing with the heaviest classes of engines. Two vessels of over
13,000 tons (gross) each were docked by this company during the
year.
The building yard is laid out with furnaces and plant suitable
for building vessels up to 20,000 tons.
The depression which existed in 1908 in this industry was
continued during the year under review.
Sugar Refining.The year 1909 was a favourable one for the
Sugar Refining Industry of the Colony as there was a good demand in
the China markets throughout that period, and in consequence of a
general advance in sugar all over the world a satisfactory margin of
profit was obtainable....”
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“...soap which are locally consumed or exported to North China.
(6.) Industries.
(Under Chinese Management.)
Rattan and Fibre Furniture.The making of rattan chairs
has been an important industry in Hongkong for many years. There
has also been lately a large development in the use of what is called
Sea Grass (Arundo Mitis) and hemp string. The ordinary rattan easy
and garden chairs are used all over the Far East and are exported to
Australia and latterly to South Africa, and sea grass and linen
fibre furniture is exported to India, Copenhagen and America.
Tobacco.There are thirteen or fourteen native factories which
do a small manufacturing business, importing the tobacco leaf from
Pakhoi and the Canton Delta.
Tinned Goods.The manufacture of tinned goods in Hongkong
and parts of the neighbouring province of Kwongtung has acquired
considerable dimensions. The products of the factories are consumed
locally and exported to other parts of China and to countries where
there is a Chinese population...”
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“...engaged in the manufacture
of soy in Hongkong, and three firms export it to Europe. It is also
exported to America. The wholesale price is about $20 the cask of
700 lb. Business during the year has been dull.
Paper.There is one paper mill capable of turning out 9,000 lb.
of paper in 24 hours. At present only half the machinery is used
and about 100 men are employed. The mill is lighted by electricity.
Most of the paper is exported to China: a little goes to the Straits
Settlements and elsewhere to the South. ^ The rags are collected from
all over South China: the other materials are imported from England.
Vermilion.There are three vermilion factories. Their average
annual output is stated to be about 830 piculs. There is a demand
for the vermilion all over the Far East from Japan to Calcutta. This
business is falling off owing probably to the primitive methods of
manufacture.
Lard.There are seven lard factories in existencethe largest
turning out about 60,000 piculs a year and the remaining...”
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“...1908 being made in 1909
instead of in the year in which it was due ; to increased transit pay-
ments on the basis of the weight of correspondence despatched
during November, 1907, under the Convention of Rome, and to
increase in the volume of correspondence sent by the trans-Siberian
Railway.
This Colony commenced to forward direct closed mails to the
United Kingdom and Germany via Shanghai, Dalny and the trans-
Siberian Railway on 24th April. The parcel post arrangement
between this Colony and China came into operation on 1st October.
The Cash on Delivery Service in connection with parcels exchanged
with the United Kingdom was adopted by this Colony on 1st May.
XI. Ml L1T A11Y UX P EN 1) I T U UK.
(a.) Colonial Contribution.
The Colony contributed $1,226,441 (being the statutory contri-
bution of 20% of the Revenue) towards the cost of the maintenance
of the Regular Forces in the Colony including Barrack Services and
Defence Works.
(b.) Volunteer Coups.
The expenditure on the Volunteers...”
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“... containing opium, morphine or
any compound of opium must bear a label to such effect in Chinese
writing for the information of the purchaser.
The import, for purposes of export, of morphine and compounds
of opium is regulated by licence under conditions for storage in a
bonded warehouse and for the keeping of books, whereby the trade
is supervised.
The export of prepared opium or dross opium by any person
(including the Monopolist of the preparation and sale of prepared
opium) to China, French Indo-China or any country which prohibits
the import of prepared opium or dross opium, is illegal.
The export of prepared opium and dross opium to countries to
which it is lawful to export them, is only allowed under permit.
Similarly the export of morphine and compounds of opium to
countries which prohibit their import, is illegal.
Stringent regulations are in force for regulating the trade in
cocaine, its derivatives and compounds with a view to prevent their
use as substitutes for opium....”
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“...of the Liang Kuang Province, $200,000, Chinese residents in
Weichow through Mr. Chang Pat-sze $92,764, Chinese residents
in Hongkong $198,000, Chinese residents in Canton $13,971,
Chinese residents in Saigon 10,000, the Hongkong and Shanghai
Bank $50,000, Messrs/ Jardine, Matheson & Co. $25,000, and
Messrs. David Sassoon & Co., Messrs. E. D. Sassoon & Co., the
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China and Messrs. Chater
& Modv £10,000 each. Other sums have been promised. Mr. Ng
Li-hing, a resident in the Colony, has undertaken to transfer
a sum of §50,000 originally intended for the Hongkong College
of Medicine to the University and the Chinese residents of
Saigon have promised a second subscription of $31,000. The
total fund at the close of the year stood at $1,279,164. His Majesty's
Government, as a token of their sympathy with the undertaking,
granted a sum of £300 per annum for the endowment of a scholarship
at the proposed University, and H.M. the King was graciously
pleased to...”
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On the 27t.li of November the Club Germania commemorated
its fiftieth anniversary, a large number of the English community,
including His Excellency the Governor, being present.
On the 21st of April Mr. George Murray iiain, who hay been
aptly called the doyen of the Press in the Far East, passed away
after some months of precarious health. Mr. Murray Bain came to
the Colony in 1864 as sub-editor of the China Mail. In 1872 he
became proprietor of the paper with which he was successfully and
honourably identified up to the time of his death.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most, obedient,
humble servant.
F. H. MAY,
Officer Administering the Government.
The Right Honourable
The Earl of Crewe,
His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies,
c6c., &c....”
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“...under British
Law is well-known in Hongkong, and Chinese women here feel that
they have a distinctly more independent position than they have in
most parts of the neighbouring districts.
The number of persons reported to the Po Leung Kuk as miss-
ing in Hongkong during the year was 238 of whom only 37 were
found. The corresponding figures for 1908 were 91 and 39. The
number of boys reported missing was 97 as against 37 in 1907.
The total number of persons reported missing; including reports
from China and Macao, was 399. Of these 50 were reported to have
been found. The corresponding figures for 1908 were 181 and 48.
The large increase in the number of missing children has received
the serious attention of the Government.
The annual report of the Po Leung Kuk Society will be found
in Annexe A to this report.
Emigration.
Emigration Ordinance, No. 1 of 1.889.
(i.)Female Emigration.
(Table IV.)
The number of women and children examined was 11,686 as
compared with 12,108 in 1908 and 15,571...”
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“...which he did when all classes of male emigrants were
examined indiscriminately. This is apart from the supervision
exercised over them on their arrival in the Colony and during their
residence in the boarding-house. A very watchful eye is kept on
anything in the nature of organized emigration of Chinese labourers
from Hongkong and from the neighouring ports, not only by this
office, but by the various Chinese local societies. Estimates have
been made at various times of the wealth brought back to China by
labourers who have emigrated to the Malay Peninsula or the Dutch
Indies. I find it stated in one of the Chinese Customs reports that
one shipload of 467 labourers returning to Hoihow has brought back
savings to the amount of $29,035, or nearly $65 a head, which may be
accepted as the equivalent of the wages of a farm labourer for ten
months.
The number of emigrants examined shews a slight increase which
is formed of an increase of 5,000 in the emigrants going to the Straits
Settlements set...”
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“...by the neighbours.
Population.
Marriages, Ordinances No. 7 of 1875, No. 15 of 1902 and
No. 6 of 1903.
The number of marriages solemnized during the year was 205
as compared with 158 in 1908. The number contracted at the
Registrar General's Office was 65. In 1908 it was 36.
Births and Deaths,Ordinance No. 7 of 1896.
The registration of births and deaths was transferred to the
Sanitary Department on the 1st July.
Exhumations.
Five permits were issued to exhume human remains for removal
to China or for reburial in the Colony. The issue of these permits
was suspended until statutory authority for their issue was obtained,
and was transferred to the Sanitary Department at the beginning
of July.
Certificates of Identity to Chinese Entering the United
States of America.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1898.
Seven certificates were issued to Chinese British subjects,
resident in Hongkong, to enter the United States.
Registration of Books.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.
Thirty-eight books were registered...”
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“...deducting the
v 69,009 subscribed for the small-pox hospital, amounts to $76,625.
The expenditure exclusive of £10,500 in repayment of loans, and
£20,807 spout on buildings, was 190,908. The hospital ends the
year with a nominal credit balance of 123,419, but is pledged as
mentioned above, by its promise to the subscribers to the small-pox
hospital at Kennedy Town to spend more than this sum on certain
definite objects.
The hospital has been called on twice for assistance to relieve
destitution in China. In the case of the Foochow Typhoon the di-
rectors made a private subscription of £995, and made a loan of $5,000
from the Kwong Sliiu Flood Relief Fund in aid of the sufferers from
the inundations in the Yangtsze Valley.
In addition to the usual tables there are inserted this year
statements shewing the state of the various funds administered by
the hospital and the way in which they are invested.
In September, I was able to report that a contract had been
entered into to build the Kwong Wah...”
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“...children a few years' instruction in English. The
question is now under the consideration of an Education Committee.
A petition was received in November from owners of house-
property in the district in which it is proposed to remove ceilings.
A final decision has not yet been arrived at by the Sanitary Board.
A draft Limited Partnership Bill is now being considered by
the Chinese and has received their support.
Kidnapping of childrenmostly boysboth in Hongkong and
in the adjacent districts of China lias been very prevalent. This
department has had the fortune occasionally to discover kidnapped
children who had been brought to Hongkong and to obtain, through
the Po Leung Kuk, the restoration of children who had been taken
away from the Colony. The traffic in children from Shanghai, re-
ferred to in last year's report, appears to have ceased. There were
only three cases discovered, all in the early part of the year.
Alongside the harmless fortune-tellers, selectors of lucky dates,
palmists...”
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“...land at Hongkong
will be sent to this office, to prevent the men spending it on the
voyage and arriving here destitute. In November a large number
of dccrepits were repatriated from Tong Kali through the Protect-
orate of Chinese at Penang ; sixteen of these landed in Hongkong
and were sent home.
Reports have been furnished on 24 applications for British-born
Subject Certificates.
The issue of licences to letter-carriers carrying letters between
Hongkong and the adjacent country districts of China which was
instituted in 1902 and transferred from this office to the Post Office
in 1906 has now ceased.
Confucius's birthday was publicly celebrated, and the clay is
every year more widely observed as a holiday. The celebration is a
sign of the growth of a national spirit among the Chinese. Two of
the other signs of the times are public theatrical performances by
amateurs and amateur boxing contests.
There was a suggestion to boycott a line of steamers running to
America, but the alleged grievances...”
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“...--------- $ 46,766.99 50.00 4,409.89 Gift to boatman Chan Tai, Balance, -- -- -- -- - $ 50.00 51,176.88
Total, _ 51,226,88 Total, - ' 51,226.88 !
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DISPOSAL OF BALANCE.
Yuen Sh'ing Bank, ---------- $20,000.00
On Ue Bank, ----------- 20,000.00
Ming San Bank, ----------- 10,000.00
Tsun Mi Bank, ----------- 1,000.00
Cash in hand, ----------- 176.88
Total, ----------- $51,176.88
Note.This Fund was formed out of the gift of 30,000 Taels made by H. M. the Emperor of China
towards the relief of the sufferers in the 1906 Typhoon. [See 7522 06 C.S.O.]'...”
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“...vessels entered at
each Port.
IV. Number, Tonnage, Crews and Cargoes 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 Sfceam-launclies 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.
XXL Vessels struck off the Register.
XXII. Comparison in Number and Tonnage of vessels in Foreign
Trade entered and cleared since 1900.
XXIII. Revenue...”
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disposed of than were imported. China took 92'4 per cent, of the
exports.
Imports of Compounds of Opium increased, as compared with
1908, by 2,543 lb., or 23 33;*, and exports by 1,613 lb, or 19 56%,
while the amount which remained in the Colony for consumption
increased by 930 lb., or 38'1%. Imports of Morphia showed an
increase of 356 lb, or 5'06%. Imports and exports of Cocaine were
recorded for the first time and for the period from April 22nd to
31st December showed 68 lb. imported and 12 lb. exported.
Sugar.The imports of sugar shows a considerable increase of
89,766 tons, or 36 per cent. This article is peculiarly liable to sud-
den fluctuations, and the increase may be due to increase of stocks
owing to favourable prices.
Besides the above items, I propose to say a few words on the
subject of others, which, from the figures at my disposal, appear to
have experienced considerable increases or decreases during the
past year.
Cotton and Cotton Yarn. The figures show the...”
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Table I.NUMBER, TONNAGE, CHEWS and CARGOES of VESSELS ENTERED in the COLONY of HONGKONG from EACH COUNTRY, in the YEAR 1909.
COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED.
1 Cochin China. Continent of Europe. | j Formosa. j Great Britain, j India and Straits Settlements. Japan. Java and other Islands in ihe Indian Archipelago. 3 & C V Ld Macao. | Ships. 1
49 9 5 160 140 180 49 709
67,426 35,280 11,031 566,611 372,598 508,741 73,209 548,805
2,999 1,023 280 12,099 17,148 14,217 2,956 27,839
115,000 7,000 3,000 166,000 190,000 .235,000 125,000 96,000
7,000 41,000 8,000 589,000 191,000 2 6,53S 272 310,000 3 9,632 254 28,000 1 2,744 99
49 9 6 160 142 183 50 709
67,126 35,280 14,031 566,611 379,136 518,373 75,953 548,805
2,999 1,023 2S0 12,099 17,420 14,471 3,055 27,839
115,000 7,000 3,000 166,000 ; 190,000 235,000 125,000 96,000
7,000 41,000 8,000 589,000 191,000 310,000 28,000
33 140 78 23 1 69 3S4 87 93 135
34,074 501,843 72,300 95,722 152,251 1,110,157 151,701 36,653 22,422 1
1,463 16,155...”
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I ( Cargoes,
I Shipped, < Bunker
L I I Coal..,
r f Vessels,
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J Crc\ys..................
- ( Cargoes,
! i Shipped, \ Bunker
L I Coal,..
C Vessels, ........
| Tons, ...........
j Crews,.........
tBunker Coal, ,
Vessels.........
Tons, ...........
Crews...........
Shipped,
Cargoes,
| Bunker
Coal,..
COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED.
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| A ustralia and j New Zealand. i ! British North Borneo. i Canada. 1 Ccast of China. 1 Ships. _____________________ i Coast of C hina Steamships under 60 ton Coast of China, i Junks. j Cochin China. | Continent of Kurope. | i Formosa. | 1 Great Britain, j . India and Strails Settlements. Japan, Java and other Islands.
25 11 29 3,227 45 5 1 2! 117 105 1S2 16
54,320 19,764 118,350 2,749,829 60,118 13,633 9,141 453,113 296,S34 557,400 23,597
2,251 893 5,049 162,463 ! 2,515 240 192 10,599 13,405 14,S01 899
22,000 3,000 26,000 610,COO 3S,000 1,000 102,000 162,000 53,000 19,000
9,000 2,000 2,000 107,000 12,000 4,000 20,000 20...”
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