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1 Page 15

“...European manufacture are now favouring the native weed. The output has increased 30 per cent, on the previous year and business has been profitably carried on. Tinned Goods.The volume of exports increased and local factories report a very good year. Scimshu.The Superintendent of Imports and Exports reports that the trade has been steady during the year, an increase being shewn in Samshu (a) distilled localty, (b) imported, (c) exported and (d) consumed locally. New distilleries have been opened in Hong- kong and the New Territories. * Vinegar.The output shews a slight falling off as compared with the previous year and business generally has not been profit- able. Knitted, Vests and Socks.Notwithstanding the keen competi- tion of the Japanese who imported largely in the early part of the year, business cannot be said to have been bad, and prospects for the coming year are good. Leather and Hides.Local tanneries have almost died out, but the export of raw hides to Penang has greatly increased...”
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“...0 17 - unnecessary schools, an appeal lying to the Governor-in-Couucil. This Ordinance has brought 620 schools with 11,909 pupils under control. The total numbers of pupils at school in the Colony are: 1 English Schools. Vernacular Schools. j Total. i Government, - i 2,155 107 1 | 2,262 Naval, Military and ex- cluded, Grant Schools, - 675 2,029 2,169 675 4,198 Private Schools, Hong- kong, Private Schools, New Territories,- - 1,196 7,490 3,223 8,686 3,223 i j 6,055 12,989 19,044 The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools (of which the Department has no knoAvledge) are Queen's College for Chinese and three District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of about 120. The Diocesan School and Orphanage, St. Joseph's College and the Ellis Kadoorie School are important boys' schools. The Italian, French...”
3 Page 47

“...Replacing Assessments of.......... 81,155 48,895 -- 15,656 -- 3/>9 818,906 ! 97,928 Assessments cancelled, tene- i ments pulled clown or being * 128 98,105 58 86,918 in other respects not rateable, \ No. and Increase............. 412 220,801 181 $ 1 i 61,010 15. The following Table gives a comparison of the Assessments for 1913-1914 and 1914-1915:- District. Valuation 1913-14. Valuation 1914-15. | Increase. i i Per cent. The City of Victoria, ... liill District, and Hong- kong Villages,...... Kowloon Point and Kow- loon Villages, ...... Total,.........$ $ 10,236,737 802,318 1,396,757 $ 11,945,570 864,511 1,600,022 $ 1,708,833 62,193 203,265 % 16-69 7*75 14-55 12,435,812 114,410,103 1,974,291 15-87...”
4 Page 69

“...C 20 Fifth Grade Clerk. Mr. Tsoi Kin Yung was promoted to 4th Grade Clerk on the 1st June and his place was filled by the appointment of Mr. Wong Hi Yung from the 1st June to the 30th September, and by Mr. Leung Kwai Lam from the 1st October. Sixth Grade Clerk. Mr. Yung Kwong Ip resigned on the 1st June. The post was raised to 4th Grade and was filled by the appointment on promotion of Mr. Tsoi Kin Yung. Typist (temporary). Mr. Tsin Yik Hong resigned on the 16th March and Mr. Chau Chun Yat was appointed in his place. His services were dispensed with on the 1st June, as the work in the Translator's Office was then not so pressing. First Grade Translator. Mr. Lo Kam Cliak obtained First Class Translator's Certificate- on the 3rd October. E. It. Hallikax, freeretary for Chinese Affair*. 4th April, IV14....”
5 Page 144

“...Table XXI. Return of Registers of Vessels Cancelled at the Port of Hongkong, daring the Year 1913. Name of Vessel. 1. Circe, ........... 2. Hong On...... 3. Cholon, ....... 4. Daswin. ........ 5. Lungshan, ..... 6. lona, ........... 7. Algcrine,........ 8. Wing Hon,..... 9. John Bull, ..... 10. Luisa............ 11. Hoi Tung, ..... 12. Nor man hurst,.. IB. Tai Yeuk Fong, 14. Tai Wan,........ 15. Luen Ho,........ 16. Luen Yi........ Official Number. 128,715 127,003 133,233 126,988 107.007 41,246 64,091 109.870 41,191 109,854 116,031 88,846 128,697 S7,005 127.229 127.230 . 4) O 5 8P £ a *Hb ? CJ o H P5 ! 314.20 47.50 67.75 12.53 140.74 549.78 160.96 412.19 248.00 23.08 467.S7 55.93 11.24 1,041.70 1.735.23 o w 21 1912 1909 1912 1908 1897 1863 1873 1904 1860 1900 1909 18SS 1911 1905 1913 & o Pu
6 Page 194

“...H 2 5,Crown Rent Roll. The total Crown Rent due in respect o£ leased lands in Hong- kong and Kowloon (excluding certain Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon entered in the Village Rent Roll) amounted for the year ending 25th December to $399,296 a decrease of $10,077 on the previous year which was due to the expiration of quarry leases and to the reductions in rent granted to a number of lessees of quarries who had suffered considerably by the closing down of their quarries owing to the Revolution in' China. The total amount due in respect of leased lands in the Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon appearing in the Village Rent Roll for the year ending 30th September was $3,547 a decrease of $2 due to the resumption and re-entry of a few small lots. The total number of lots of Crown land appearing in the Rent Rolls with the total Rents is shown in Table V. 6.Naval and Military Lands. A new agreement was made with the War Department with reference to Kowloon City Rifle Range. Kowloon Inland...”
7 Page 387

“...spite of prejudice and ignorance, I can feel no doubt that a few years' steady effort will produce good results. 84. The subsidy system is justified as a temporary measure. It is undesirable to engage a number of men on salaries until more experience is acquired on both sides, and it is already clear that however much the Government pays is more likely to go into the pockets of the parents than of the teachers, until a point is reached when school fees disappear. But judging by experience iu Hong- kong a supply of good education produces a demand. Before long- it may be hoped that parents in the New Territories will gladly pay according to their means for the education, the efficient education, of their children. Technical Institute. (Tables VIII and IX.) 85. The nett cost was $6,527 (an average of $6,209 for the pre- vious 5 years). The increase is due to the withdrawal of the Li Shing and College of Medicine Grants which now go to the Univer- sity....”
8 Page 529

“...the year under review amounted to 247,462 representing an increase of 13,308 on the figures for 19.12 ; of this total Chinese registered letters from the United States and Canada accounted for 160,794 the remainder 86,668 coming from China and other countries. The figures for the last three years are as follows: 1911. 1912. 1913. From U. S. A. and Canada, ......141,496 156,541 160,794 China and other countries, ...71,898 77,613 86,668 Total,.........213,394 234,154 247,462 The number of Hong Licences issued during the year was 27, a decrease of 1 as compared with the previous year. wfvstern Branch Post Office. 7. The following correspondence passed between this office and Canton: Despatched 788,233 letters, 7,630 other articles, and 4,731 registered letters; Received 1,071,928 letters, 6,759 other articles, and 5,550 registered letters. These figures show an increase of 56,298 letters and other articles including registered...”
9 Page 530

“...despatched, and a decrease of 32,317 letters and other articles including registered letters received. In addition 7,590 hong packets were despatched and 362* received during the year a* compared with 8,815 despatched and 9,879 received in 1912. The value of stamps sold at this branch amounted to $75,760.80, an increase of $6,797 on the sales in 1912. Miscellaneous. 8. During the period from 1st to 28th May statistics, in accord- ance with the regulations of the Postal Union, were taken by all Administrations in the Union to form a basis for calculating the transit charges payable on international correspondence for the years 1914-1919 inclusive. E. D. 0. Wolfe, Postmaster General. loth March, 1914. Note,The small number received is due to the despatch of most of the hong- packets from Cantdn to the Chinese Branch Post Office where no statistics of the number of hong packets recei ved are kept....”