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“...Engineers were made during the year. Seven (7) steam-launches were permitted to carry arms for their protection against pirates. 5. Emigration and Immigration. 10. Ninety-six thousand two hundred and ninety-eight (96,298) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year 1917, (117,653 in 1916). Of these, 59,285 were carried in British ships, and 37,013 in Foreign ships. Ninety-eight thousand two hundred and thirty-two (98,232) returning emigrants were reported to have been brought to Hong- kong from the several places to which they had emigrated either from this Colony or from Coast Ports, as against 72,405 in 1.910. Of these 55,028 arrived in British ships and 43,204 in Foreign ships. 6. - Registry, etc., of Shipping. 20. During the year, 46 ships were registered under the pro- visions of the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, and 8 Certificate of Registry cancelled. 320 documents, etc., were dealt with in connec- tion with the Act, the fees on which amounted to $0,298.0') as compared...”
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“...year for the last ten years is shown in Table III. 4.Fees. The total amount of fees collected by stamps, exclusive of the New Territories, during the year amounted to $51,047.75 being $1,649.50 more than the previous year. The amount of land regis- tration fees in the New Territories amounted to $3,150.80. The amounts of fees collected wilder the different headings for the years 1.908 to 1917 are shown in Table IV. 5.Crown Rent Roll. The total Crown Rent due in respect of 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 $4-26,127.27, an increase of $15,791.33 on the previous year, which was due mainly to increased rents for quarries. The total amount due in respect of leased lands in the Villages in Hongkong and Kowloon appearing in the Village Rent...”
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“...table which shows comparatively the totals of the last three years : VI.Liquor District. No. of Dis- tilleries in 1917. Revenue Revenue Revenue 1915. 19.16. 1917. Tsun Wran, ......... Kwai Chung, ...... Rest of mainland (including Kow- 11 9 & 44,244 28,957 $ $ 70,323 64,576 40,355 : 4.1,627 . i loon City and Sham Shui Po), Cheung Chau,.... Tai 0, ............. 2 47,267 70,809 66,002 15,363 20,347 22,055 1,252 2,201 2,128 A considerable quantity of this liquor is exported for Hong- kong consumption....”
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“...failure of the Wong Fa and Pak Fa fisheries. The con- struction of a market and the installation of an electric plant are in hand and will undoubtedly prove a boon to the place. The salt- pans again increased their out-put by 250 tons this year as against an increase of 109 last year. Apart from two armed robberies in the Tung Chung District there has been'very little crime this year. Chevntj Chan, (Dumb-bell Island).The health of the island has been excellent this year. There is a tendency among Hong- kong residents to use the island as a week-end resort. A more convenient ferry-service however will have to be supplied before much can be expected of this development. Owing to the increas- ed price of coal and other material the Distilleries, although main- taining their level of business, did not experience a very profitable year. Tsun Wan.One Nut Oil Factory was opened during the month of October with an average monthly out-put of 280 piculs. The pineapple season was poor. A considerable...”
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“...to the revolution. This estimate is probably much too low but only by taking another census could reliable information be obtained. Owing to the war the estimate of the white population for 191b has been adopted unchanged for the year 1917. Hoi;se Cleansing. House building has gone on and the staff has been depleted thus rendering it impossible to maintain a quarterly cleansing. Barely three house cleansings per annum have been possible. The total numbers of floors cleansed were (18,549 for Hong- kong and 1)2,140 for Kowloon. LJ y\ L WASH I NT;. The annual limewashing of Chinese tenement houses is still carried on and entails a great amount of trouble both to this Department and to the general public. Little or no improvement has resulted from By-law 4 which makes compulsory liniewashiug possible and it would seem as if the only possible solution of the difficulty lay in making this measure a part of the ordinarv routine public scavenging services. Markets. No new markets were opened...”
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“...- M 7 Annexe B. JOINT 1113PORT OF THE PRINCIPAL CIVIL MEDICAL OFFICER AND TH15 MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH; Area. The Sanitary Board's control extends over the island of Hong- kong, which has an area of about 32 square miles, and to that portion of the mainland between the shore and the range of fvowloon Hills extending from the village of Tsenng Kvvan 0 in Junk Bay on the east, to the village of Kau Pa Kang on the west, with a seaboard of about 13 miles and an area of about 10 square miles. This area includes Old Ivowloon which has been British since 1801, and has an area of about 2if square miles, and a portion of the New Territories, leased to this Government in 1898. The remainder of the New Territoriesabout 200 square milesis outside the Board's jurisdiction. The City of Victoria, situated on the northern side of the Island, has a frontage on the sea of nearly five miles and is separated from the Kowloon portion of the Colony bv the Harbour. The domestic buildings in Victoria...”
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“...Scholarships. Income Mini Expend it nre Account For 9 months end ins? 31st December, 1917. Expenditure. & e. \) 1)jdanee at Bank,... 27S.66 $278.fi6 Income. .f c. By Donation,.............12,5.00 Iii terest on f 500 6% Exeliecpier Bonds,... 41.16 .1 merest, on £500 6% Exchequer Bonds, ... 112..50 $278.66 Balance .Sheet, 31st December, 1917. Liabilities. e. To Capital,............ 3,611.99 (Scholarship Fund.) $3,611.99 Assets. fc c. £500 in 6% Exche- quer Bonds (in Lon- don Office of Hong- kong and Shanghai Bank),............... 3,333.83 Cash at'Bank,......... 278.66 $3,611.99 E. Ralphs, Inspector of Kn-tjlhli Schools....”
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“...R. O. Work Q 20 - An extensive block ol' buildings for carrying oil the business of a tannerv in accordance with modern methods was erected on K. I.L's 040 & 1207, Ma Tan Kok. Substantial progress was made with the formation of a large area, partially reclaimed from the sea, to the eastward of the Hong- kong & Whanipoa Dock Company's premises at llungliom, in order to provide 3 building slips, each 750 feet in length. Amongst other works which have been commenced or completed during the year, the following may be mentioned : Worlis commenced. 3 Chinese houses, S.I.L. 118, Shaukiwan. 4 ,, l.L. 2105, Wongneichong. 10 I.L. 734, Matheson Street. 3 I.L. 729, R.P., Sharp Street East. 34 M.L. 43, Praya East. 23 I.L. 017, Pedder's Hill. 13 I.L. 47, Star Street, 34 I.L's 082 & 083, High Street, Third Street and U Lok Lane. 2 M.L. 198, Queen's Road West. 10 ,, K.I.L. 1173, Reclamation Street, 3 Iv.I.L's 560-502, Battery Street. 6 ,, K.I.L. 964, Reclamation Street, 12 ,, K...”
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“...of the Registration and Parcels Branch in addition to his other duties. Mr. P. A. V. Remedios, First Grade Clerk, resigned and was granted his pension after 29 years service in the Post Office, and Mr. R. Gutierrez, First Grade Clerk, after 35 years service retired oil a well-meri ted pension. During the year four clerks were transferred to other Govern- ment Departments, eight resigned, one was invalided, and one was dismissed. 2.Mails. The number of mail bags and packets despatched from Hong- kong during the year amounted to 123,691. as against 123,238 in 191.6, an ijicrease of 453 ; and the number received to 1.16,017 as against 1.15,678, an increase of 369. The number of mail bags and packets sent in transit through the Colony amounted to 09,5-10 as agiinst 68,33:") in. 191.6, an increase of 1,205. ' Boxes and Baskets in transit amounted to 1.2,192 as against 11,203 in 1916, or 989 more than in 1910. 4,415 steamers carrying mails arrived and 5,693 left in 1917 as against 4,023...”
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“...0. Full details appear in Tables VIII, IX, and X. The Money Order accounts are kept in various currencies: ster- ling, gold dollars, yen, rupees, gold francs, Singapore dollars, and Mexican dollars but for the purpose of this report all totals are given in sterling at the average rate of the dollar for the year. 6.Chinese Correspondence. Chinese Delivery Section General Post Office. During the year this Section handled 1,00-1,()11. ordinary letters, 85,750 other articles, and 7,623 postal hong packets. The registered articles delivered amounted to 231,837 of which 144,801 were from the United States of America aud Canada, and 87,030 from China, and other countries, showing a decrease of 2,401 as compared with 234,238 in 1016. 2,227 insured letters were-dealt with as against 1,932 in 1916. The licenc.es of 24 Chinese Postal Hongs were renewed. Two licences were cancelled during the yearone because the licensee absconded and the other because the licensee committed a breach of the Post...”