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“...granted.
Registration of Books.
Ordinance No. 2 of 1888.
40. Twenty-seven books were registered during the year as
compared with fifty-two in 1916.
Tung Wa Hospital.
Ordinances No. 1 of 1870, No. 9 of 1904, and
No. 10 of 1908 (Man Mo Temple).
(Tables VII to XII.)
41. The following gentlemen were elected to form the Com-
mittee for 1918 :
Tong Yat-chun, Chairman. Lau Yik-cheuk.
Tsoi Hing. 'Au-yeung Shan-ting.
Tse Yu-nung. Tsoi Cheung.
Tong Nai-keung. Pun Ngoi-shan.
Pang Shiu-ming. Ip Li-kong.
3U]
Ko Yik-kam. Ho Wun-shang
Luk Pung-shan. Chan Cheuk-ting.
to-
of whom the first three named are in charge of the Hospital
finances.
42. The 1917 Directorate under the chairmanship of Mr
Wong Pik-cliuii carried on the Hospital work of previous years....”
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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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“...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 number...”
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“...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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“...M 47
Annexe G.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS. KENNEDY TOWN.
Hepokt by Dr. C. \Y. MoKknny, Medical Officer.
JhiiIdings.No structunil additions or changes have been
made.
Sfaffi.Wardmaster Kong" Yee resigned. VYardmaster Tong
Chung was appointed.
The hospital was open during the year as follows:
From January 1st to April 12th.
,, December 24th to Decern her 3.1st .
Thirteen patients were carried over from 191b.
Twenty-three new patients were admitted during the year.
Of the total (36), 31 patients were suffering from small-pox, two
from chicken-pox, two were in attendance, and one was under
observation but proved not to be small-pox.
The patients were classified as follows :
European, .................
Japanese, .................
Eurasian, .................
Indian,....................
Chinese, .................
22
5
5
Four deaths occurred which gives a death-rate of 12'9% among
the 31 cases of small-pox treated. Three of these patients were
suffering from the confluent...”
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“...plant is also found in. the New Territories.
Seeds of the Momordica have been sent to Kew for analysis.
Strychnos anujustlflora, a native of Hongkong and the New
Territories, produces seeds very similar in outward appearance to
those of Strychnos Nux-voni ica except that they are smaller, and as
these are sometimes sold locally for the same purpose as those of
Strychnos Nux-vomica a quantity has also been forwarded to Kew for
analysis.
About 35,000 pine tree seedlings were raised in the Ping Kong
nurserv and about 8,000 in the Beacon Mill nurserv for planting
out in "1018.
The first rice crop was poor but the second was up to the
average.
The Litchi and peanut crops were fair....”
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“...for active service on August 31st,
and Mr. Y. P. Law has been acting for him since that date.
Sujsi i.) is el) SchoolsNew Territories.
33. 01' the 47 Subsidised Schools in the New Territories in .1.91(),
7 were struck off the List at the end of the yea.]'. These were at
Shan Tsui, Sheung Shui, Chau Tau, Ping Long Wan, Sail Ilui,
Yeung Siil Hang, and Tseng Lan Shui. Nine new ones were sub-
sidised at the beginning of 1917, viz.y the schools at Ha Wo Tse,
Chung Pak Long, Cha Hang, Nam Wai, Un Kong, Ping Shan, Shek
Pai Wan, Tai YVan, and Un Long, the last named being a Girls'
School. The total number of Subsidised Schools at the beginning
of the year stood at 49. The two schools at She Tau and Wun Yin
were shortly afterwards found to be unsatisfactory and their sub-
sidies were withheld since duly. xY Girls' School at Sheung Shui
and a Boys' at Sliing Muii were struck off at the end of the year,
and the number of Subsidised Schools is now 45.
34. Of the 45 schools, 9 are placed in Class...”
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“...s.
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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“...Q 13 Land Snies,
Numerous soundings were taken in connection with various
applications for Marine Lots and projected reclamation schemes at
A piichau.
The surveyor stationed in the New Territories was transferred
to Tai (), for the survey of Tai 0 Village which is now progressing.
The following villages in the New Territories were surveyed
and plotted during the year : Nei Wai, Sluing Fung Wai, Chung
Uk Tsuen, Fong Kong Tsuen, Sha Kong Mi, Sha Kong Po, Ngao
Horn San Tsuen, Ngao Horn, Nam Shi Wat, Tin Sum Wai, Sai Shan
Tsuen, Li Uk Tsuen (new), Shek Po Tsuen, Shek Po Wai, Li Uk
Tsuen (old), Mong Tsing Un Ling Tsai, Mong Tsing Kak Tin Tsuen
and Mong Tsing Wai, Tin Sum Tsuen.
20. Rites for Booths at the Race Course.A sum of $ 13,432 was
realized by the letting of sites by auction for the erection of booths
and stands at-Happy Valley during the Race Meeting.
21. Squatters.
22. Military J ancls.
23. Naval hands.
24. Piers.The only grant in Hongkong under long lease was
that of permanent...”
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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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“...Q 39 - r.W Li. Ilono-kong.
A comparative statement of the local rainfall for the year at
various points is given in the following table :
Month. Royal Observatory. Kowloon Reservoir. | Public Gardens. 1 I Taitam Reservoir. i 1 Taitam Tuk 1 Reservoir. L_..... l'okfulam Reservoir. o S s H S
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“...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
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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...”
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