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“...greater quantities of coal (principally Japanese, North China and Hongay) passing through Hongkong direct to Canton than heretofore, also to the falling off in ocean tonnage. Of the many varieties of coal imported, Japanese heads the list. Next come North China and Hongay. The importation from Pulo Laut is increasing. There was only one cargo of Cardiff coal commercially imported. Xo Australian coal was discharged throughout the year. Kerosene Oil shows a big increase in bulk oil of 62,367 tons or liri% and in case oil an increase of 4,112 tons or 8"8^, while liquid fuel has increased by 7,759 tons or 82"3 %. The huge increase in bulk oil can be attributed to a great extent to the cutting of rates between the Standard Oil and Asiatic Petroleum Companies, also to the fact that stocks were left short in 1910, and that much oil hitherto shipped direct to coast ports was last year trans-shipped in Hongkong, because the revolution in China caused a restriction of sales in the interior. The increase...”
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“...latter half of the year, however, there has been very little trade in either morphine or cocaine owing to further restrictions placed on the import of these drugs at the various ports in China and the neighbouring countries. Sugar.The imports of sugar show-a decrease 42,076 tons or Cotton and Cotton Yam.Here is shown a large decrease amount- ing to 34,730 tonB or 87 5% chiefly due to high prices ruling for cotton during the year, which made it prohibitive to the poorer Chinese and so checked business. The last two or three months of the year were particularly bad for business owing to the Revolution. Flour.Our returns show a great increase of 49,679 tons or 153'8% due to the poor rice and wheat crops in China throughout the year. Districts, which were supplied last year from the abundant crops of China, have this year been compelled to fall back on the American products. The price of rice has also enhanced the demand for American flour, this being used as a substitute for rice and rice-...”
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“...the year the Revolution in China dislocated business and the outlook is still unsatisfactory. Rope Manufacturing.There is very little requiring special com- ment, and the trade for the year has gone on without any distinguish- ing feature. The power of absorption of the local and adjacent markets seems to vary very little. The price of hemp has been fairly steady throughout the year, the extreme fluctuation not exceed- ing $3 per picul in Manila. Cement.There has been a fair demand throughout the year. Brewing.The Oriental Brewery, of which hopes of succcss were confidently expressed in 1910, was unfortunately unable to compete with other breweries and has passed into liquidation. (ii.)Under Chinese Management. Rattan and Fibre Furniture.Business showed a slight falling off. There are forty-one firms, large and small, in the trade. Native Tobacco.There are twenty-six factories in existence. Business is still unsatisfactory owing to the competition in China of foreign tobacco corporations...”
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“...between Hongkong and Canton was established but, owing to the disturbances in Chinese Territory, traffic on the Chinese section was suspended at the request of the late Viceroy on November 7th and was not resumed until the 14th of December. Thereafter the traffic to the end of the year was below normal. The local traffic, was steady during the year and receipts were more than was anticipated. Passengers carried between 5th October and 31st December- are as follows : British Section to China, .......... China to Hongkong and Kowloon, .29,338. .27,053....”
5 Page 23

“...dwelling by the new premises erected in accordance with the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance 1903 is effecting a slow, but certain, im- provement in the healthiness of the native quarters; but this has been somewhat discounted during the past year, by an abnormal influx of Chinese refugees from the Canton district, which was coincident with the revolutionary movement in South China. It has been estimated that at least twenty thousand people arrived in Hongkong within a period of a few weeks during the months of April and May from this cause, and although some of these fugitives had no doubt returned to China before the close of the year, yet there is ample B evidence that a sufficient number have remained to throw a consi- derable strain upon the housing accommodation of the Colony. A further, but smaller, influx due to similar causes occurred during the month of November. The chief sufferers from this cause would seem to be the Portuguese, who are largely employed as clerks, accountants...”
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“...that on Hongkong copper cents varied from 9 to 12 %. The loss on such coin collected as Revenue came to $49,434.96. His Majesty's Government made the Colony a grant of £12,000 for the year 1911-12 on account of an estimated loss of $225,860 incurred during that year in respect of opium revenue. By the agreement of the 8th May, 1911 between Great Britain and China, no Indian opium can be imported into China, unless accompanied by a certificate issued by the Indian Government that such opium has been exported from India for consumption in China. To prevent attempts to smuggle non-certificated Indian opium from Hongkong into China, an Ordinance was passed on 1st September, 1911, prohibiting the import of non-certificated Indian opium into Hongkong except for the use of the Hongkong Opium Farmer. In August, 1911, the port of Macao was added to the list of places to which the export of morphine and compounds of opium is not permitted except on production of an official certificate from the...”
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“...English supervision. The practice of giving grants in aid of rent to vernacular boys' schools occupying leased premises is being discontinued. The reason for this restriction of expenditure is that the grant hitherto offered to vernacular schools was too high for the standard of work attained. On 4th October the Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway was opened for through traffic, thus completing direct com- munication by rail between Kowloon and Canton. The revolutionary movement in China was reflected in the Colony on 6th November by an ebullition iamong the Chinese com- munity, which for some days was in a state of great excitement. A proclamation under the Peace Preservation Ordinance 1886, as amend- ed by Ordinance No. 52 of 1911, was issued on 29th November and was si ill in force at the end of the year. It was also found necessary...”
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“...- 24 - to introduce the use of the "cat" under the Flogging Amendment Ordinance No. 12 of 1911. This punishment was awarded in 29 cases during December. The Police succeeded in preventing any serious outbreak of lawlessness, though the influx of undesirable characters from Canton and other parts of China was disagreeably apparent; and many cases of disorderliness, assaults and petty thieving were reported. Military assistance was provided in the form of armed patrols, and the Police Force was temporarily augmented by enlisting 20 special constables. On 21st January, Sir Henry May vacated the office of Colonial Secretary to take up the office of Governor of Fiji and High Com- missioner for the Southern Pacific. His place was filled by the appointment of Mr. W. D. Barnes from the Federated Malay States Service, whose untimely death on the 28th October again rendered the Colonial Secretaryship vacant. Mr. Claud Severn of the Federated Malay States Service was subsequently appointed, but...”
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“...53 7,837-64 Balance of Nursing Sisters' Quarters Fund. i 6,814.20 0,814.20 Sanitary Department ...... ,................. Do., Special Expenditure ...... ... ;: 363,880.00 20,000.00 339,788.07 10,000.00 338,445.28 1,34279 x 0,000.00 r : .,96,000.00 j $2,802.14 I 95.8io.83 3)008.69 Botanical and Forestry Department ... ^ 48,041.00 45.62852 41.70 7-95 3,920.57 t Education ..........!j 264,337.00 237,942-35 225,605.56 12.336-79 Half estimated loss on working of Postal Agencies in China 27,000 00 2,998-37 2,998-37 i Military Expenditure ........................; 1,392,587.00 1,390,568.66 1.407,231-03 16,662.37 Imperial Contribution on account Opium Revenue ..... 133,953-49 ; 99,3'0.34 34,643-i5 1 i i 1 Public Works Department.....................! I Do. Recurrent .....................! 352,455.00 416,200.00 308,408.12 4S6,940.80 309,784.71 429,835.24 57.105-56 1,376.59 &
10 Page 40

“...General, a precau- tion taken to prevent their being forced into prostitution. Thir- teen girls were struck off the list, and three married. The total on the list at the end of the year was 44. The number of persons reported to the Po Leung Kuk as miss- ing during the year was 244, of whom only 39 were found. The corresponding figures for 1910 were 221 and 48. The number of boys reported missing was 71 against 90 in 1910. The total num- ber of persons reported missing, including reports from China and Macao, was 41G, of whom 59 were found. The corresponding figures for 1910 were 395 and 75 (for 1909, 390 and 50). The timidity and docility of Chinese girls make them still as easy a prey as ever to procuresses and render it very difficult to obtain convictions against such women. Several cases of alleg- ed forcing into prostitution were investigated during the year, but the only action that it has been found possible to take has been to send suspicious cases to the Po Leung Kuk: in no case...”
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“...C 17 - Every society, registered or exempt, is required to supply on demand from the proper officers true copies of its constitution and rules, and information as to its officers and membership. It is not intended that permission to be registered under the Ordinance shall he withheld except in the case of a society which is likely to be used for unlawful purposes (or for purposes in- compatible with the peace and good order of the Colony), or which may possibly excite tumult and disorder in China. No. 52 of 1911.Peace Preservation Amendment Ordinance. This Ordinance gives the Magistrates power, during the continuance of any proclamation under the Ordinance, to inflict the punishment of flogging for a number of offences against peace and good order, in addition to the ordinary penalties. No. 53 of 1911.The Chinese Partnerships Ordinance. This is an Ordinance to provide for the registration of Chinese partner- ships, and to enable partners therein to register and thereby to limit their...”
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“...Chinese Affairs at Singapore, 249 Chinese who were repatriated from the Straits Settlements were sent on to their destinations in China and given travelling expenses. Under similar arrangements made with the Protectors of Chinese in British North Borneo and at Penang, four decrepits from Borneo and eight from Penang were likewise sent back to their homes. The Anti-spitting Society under the organisation of Mr. S. W. Tso continued to display considerable activity. The Society's lecturers still deliver lectures on the river steamers, and further notices have been affixed to walls and trees in prominent positions throughout Victoria requesting people to spit in the gutters, and not on the pavements and side-walks. Labour Trouble. A serious strike of the printers and compositors occurred towards the end of the year. The trouble originated in the office of the South China Morning Post, in an assault by a European on a Chinese employe, and was nursed by the agitators of a powerful guild which controlled...”
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“...finding their new hands unsuitable, gave in to the men's demands. This strike was closely connected with a strike among the shipyard carpenters at Aplichow, where the arrest of two agitators led to a general strike. The dispute between masters and men was, however, soon compromised. There was also a short strike of the members of the black- wood workmen's guild, who demanded more favourable terms from their masters, to which the latter eventually assented. Owing to the prevailing unrest in China and bad harvests in many Provinces, the price of rice rose to abnormally high figures during the year ; several large rice-shops were accused of attempt- ing to corner the supply and measures were under consideration by the Government to secure a sufficient supply at proper rates for the Colony. The arrival of supplies from Bangkok and Siam relieved the tension before furthur steps were necessary. A permit was granted for special theatrical performances in aid of the distress caused by the floods...”
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“...good year for all merchants, but the state of China upset many calcula- tions towards the Autumn. There were not however (as was at one time feared) any serious bankruptcies, and the very large sub- scriptions sent by the Colony to the Revolutionary Government showed that the Chinese had still been able to make their business pay. The rice merchants seem to have been the hardest hit. The variations of price were most marked in this commodity, and the consequent gambling was often unfortunate or ill-judg6d. Large profits seem to have been made in no particular line except perhaps in fancy goods and European clothing, hats and boots. The boom in these goods, the direct result of the Revolution, is reported to have benefited the few firms concerned to the extent of over four lakhs of dollars in the closing months of the year. The prospects for the coming year are not brightened by the fact that largo accounts are still owing from customers in China to Hongkong merchants. The disturbed state...”
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“...Gift to boatman Li Tso Fulc, ..................... $ 50.00 400.00 55,845.30 I 1 j 56,295.30 Interest, ................................................ Fung Wa Yau,.................. Total, ........................$ Total, ........................$ Disposal of Balance. Deutsch-Asiatische Bank,...................................................... $ 30,000.00 Holland China Trading Co.,................................................... 25,845.30 Total, ............................................................$55,845.30 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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“...in the Po Leung Kuk on the 1st January, 1911, was 40, and 514, of whom 117 were children, were admitted during the year. The circumstances of their admission and the action taken regarding them are detailed in Table A. 201 were admitted with their own consent, 10 were lost children, one accompanied her parents, and 19 were runaway maid- servants. On leaving the Po Leung Kuk 194 were placed in the charge of their husband, parents, or other relative ; 37 were sent to Charitable Institutions in China ; 17 were married ; 17 adopted ; and 20 released under bond. The Italian Convent, the Eyre Refuge, and the Victoria Home are all ready to receive suitable Li Chung-chik, Li Wing-kwong, Leung Hok-lau, Yung Yik-ting, Lam Heung-lun, Li Sui-kam, Un Wan-kiu, Wu Chu-wan, Wu Wan-cho, T.p Yung-sun, Li Shun-fan, Kwok Sui-cho....”
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“...Committed under Warrant j from Emigration Office. 1 Pending the opening of the Registrar General's Office. Sent with their own consent by Registrar General. Sent with their own con- sent. from Singapore. Manila and Swatow. j Sent with their own con- | sent by the Police. Lost Children. i; ; bp i* § si S 3 < | Runaway maid-servants. "ci H j Released after enquiry. | ! Released under bond. 1 l CO p O ci -a a S rf JS £ Placed in charge of parents and relatives. Sent to Charitable Jnstitu-j tion in China. j o a 2 o xi JO O S fj Adopted. j T3 Cases under consideration, j | i i o In the Po Leung Kuk on | 1st January, 1911, ......I 4G 26 10 3 3 2 2 46 8 3 12 5 2 10 5 46 Admitted during the year,... 614 187 ] 71 1 19 130 13 58 ! 16 1 19 514 142 23 ' 1 23 I 169 36 42 15 7 67 1 514 Total,......... 560 213 81 19 133 16 60 16 1 i 21 560 150 26 | 23 171 37 47 j 17 17 -! j 560 1 Remaining in the Po Leung j Kuk on the 31st .Decern- ber, 1911, ..................J 72 35 9 j i 6...”
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“... (1911 35*3 on 269 cases. 1910 48 per cent, on 25 cases.) In small-pox 69"4 for the second period as against 69*1 for the first. (66-4 1911 on 271 cases, 63*6 on 22 cases 1910.) For plague the figures may I consider be taken as satisfactory ; in considering the slight set back in the percentage of 1911 as com- pared with 1910, the difference in the total number of cases must be taken into account, as must also the exceptional number of strangers in the Colony as a result of the troubles in China. This influx must naturaliy have tended to throw back the sanitary education of the Chinese. For small-pox, the results cannot be called altogether satis- factory. The total percentages (always too high) have risen slight- ly, and last year shews a bad return. The influx would be expected to have more effect in connection with small-pox than with plague; for the small-pox education even of residents of the Colony being necessarily more exacting is far short of the plague education. Sanitary ...”
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“...HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE YEAR 1911. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tables. I.Number, Tonnage, Crews and Cargoes of Vessels entered. II.Number, Tonnage, Crews and Cargoes of Vessels cleared. III.Number, Tonnage, Crews and Cargoes of 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 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. Table of Contents. Report. -Shipping. -Trade. -Revenue and Expenditure. -Steam-launches. Emigration and Immigration. -Registry of Shipping...”
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“...D .2 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 1902. XXIII.Revenue and Expenditure of the Harbour Department. XXIV.Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered. Annexes. A.Report on Mercantile Marine Office. B.Report on Imports and Exports Office. C.Report on Marine Surveyor's Office. D.Report on Gunpowder Depot. 1.Shipping. The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1911 amounted to 543,570 vessels of 36,179,152 tons, which, compared with figures for 1910, shows a decrease in numbers of 3,594 vessels, w ith a decrease of 355,209 tons. Of the above, 44,978 ve ssels of 23,063,108 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade, as against 40,714 of 23,160,256 tons in 1910...”