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“...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 and...”
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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 156

“...Table III, Continued. Places of Destination of Opium Exported during 1913, Malwa. Patna. Benares. Persian. Turkish. Chinese. I Total. Total chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. chests. i chests. i in lbs. Bv Steamers to the following Ports in or i i i adjacent to China : i 102 69 220 391 59,806 955^ 975 261 i 2,191* 324,7751, Chef oo,.................................... 171 9 180 24,183" 97* 12 990 131,994 140 ' ... mo 22,400 104 212 82 398 60,872 Kong Moon,.............................. 6 804 50 i 860 137,488 Macao,*.................................... 1 134 11 146 23,333 Pakhoi,..................................... 19 8 27 4,320 Shanghai,................................. 167 15 7 i 189 25,731 Swatow, .................................. 1,710* 167 48 1,925* 261,698* By Steam-launches .Junks and Railway ) 1331 16 1 i i i 1504 20,409* to various adjacent Ports in China, j ... | 2 4,328* 2,563 697 ... ! ! 7,588* ! 1,097...”
5 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...”
6 Page 387

“...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 $6,209 for the pre- vious 5 years). The increase is due to the withdrawal of the Li Shing and College of Medicine Grants which now go to the Univer- sity....”
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“...P 91 New Territories. § § Tsun Wan VillageContribution towards rebuilding bund damaged by typhoon, 300.00 Ping Shan, Un Long and Ha ChunInstall- ing telephone alarms, - 110.93 Kong Hau and Kong To VillagesContri- bution towards construction of bridge,- 100.00 Compensation for resumption of lots near Kowloon City, - 540.10 Compensation for land resumed in connection with Fan Ling Golf Course, ...... 969.38 1913 Estimates,...........................$ 3,000.00 1913 Sup. Votes,.................,....... 11,450.00 SI 4,450.00 1913 Expenditure,........................ 11,151.31 Works Not Provided for in Estimates. Hongkong. 149. Temporary Quarters for Scavenging Coolies.In con- sequence of the scavenging of the City being taken over by Government instead o£ being let to contract as hitherto, it was found necessary to make provision for housing the coolies, number- ing 200, and it was decided to erect temporary quarters until a permanent building could be provided. The site selected...”