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“...- p II) - j I ni tors-. Rear Admiral Learmouth, the Hydrographer, visited the Obervatory on .January 13. Lieut. A. L. B. Oarmona, Harbour Master at Macao, came to obtain information concerning the Milne-Shaw Seismograph on September 25, and Professor K. Tamgnchi to obtain information concerning the Climate of Hong- kong, on October 11. Sir Keith Smith visited the Observatory on October 10-12 in connection with a projected round the world flight. Professor Kiyogusa Sotome, of the Tokio Observatory, visited the Observatory on November
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“...§9,921.56. Twenty-three (23) new accounts were opened during the year amounting to $16,515.15. 8.Official Trusts. The number of Trust Estates in the hands of the. Official Trustees at the end of 1922 was 18 with Trust Funds amounting to $85,643.01 the same as in 1921. No Trust was wound up during the year, nor was any new Trust opened. The amount of Commission collected was $70.72 as against $150.03 in 1921. 9.Registrar oe Companies. On the 31st December there were 473 companies on the Hong- kong Register, of which 23 were in course of liquidation. During the year 53 new companies were put on the Register and 29 struck off....”
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“...for the last ten vears is shown in Table III. 4.Fees. The total amount of fees collected by stamps, exclusive of the New Territories, during the year was $75,040.50 being $1,890.50 less than the previous year. Land registration fees in the New Territories amounted to $4,893.00 and Crown lease fees to $30.00. The amounts of fees collected under the different headings for the years 1913 to 1922 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...”
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“........ Kow To, Shatin .............................. Tung Lo Wan, Sluitin ...................... Chung Pak Long.............................. Sheung Shui (Lui Kwok Cliuen) ........ Kwai Tau Ling .............................. Tai Tail Ling ................................. Tai Wan, Saiknng ........................... Tai No, Saikung .............................. Nam Wai ....................................... Pak Kong........................................ Liu Pok, San Tin ........................... Fuk Hing Lie, San Tin ..................... Tai Hong Wai, Kam Tin .................. Cbuk Hang, Toi Slum........................ Tai Tseng, Ping Shan ..................... Nga.ii Horn, Ping Shan ..................... Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan ........................ Tai O, L.M.S. Girls' School ............... Tai O, (Lo Kwooii Sang) .................. Cheung Chau 'Fung Kun F.S............. Cheung Chau (Lo Wai Ming)............... 19 26 26 25 25 3.1 29 (3 Gls.) 18 13 15 25 ...”
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“...including 11 in the Peak District, 31 ,, ,, Kowloon, 115 Chinese houses in Victoria, 51 Hongkong Villages, 228 ,, ,, ,, Yaumati and Mongkoktsui, 189 ,, ,, ,, Shamshuipo, 12 Hunghom, 20 ,, ,, ,, Kowloon Villages, and 23 ,, ,, ,, Kowlobn Bay Reclamation, besides numerous buildings of a non-domestic character in Hong- kong and Kowloon. 11 7 orks Com me¡i eed. 46 European houses in Hongkong, including 7 in the Peak District, 18 ,, Kowloon, 1.90 Chiuese houses in Victoria, 79 ,, Hongkong Villages, 114 ,, Yaumati and Mongkoktsui, 123 Shamshuipo, 48 Hunghom, 8 Kowloon Villages, and 34 ,, ,, Kowloon Bay Reclamation besides numerous buildings of a non-domestic character in Hong- kong and Kowloon....”
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“...urgently needed. Radio- Telegraph Branch. The changes amongst the staff of the Radio Telegraph Branch were one Landline Telegraphist and one Wireless Apprentice trans- ferred to the Royal Observatory. One Wireless Apprentice was transferred from the Cape D'Aguilar Wireless Telegraph Station to the General Post Office Station to replace the Landline Telegraphist. There are at present no Wireless Apprentices at the wireless station. 2.Mails. The number of mail bags and packets despatched from Hong- kong during the .year amounted to 175,402 as against 174,600 in 1921, an increase of 733, the number received was 183,839 as against 174,179, an increase of 9,060. The number of mail, bags and packets sent in transit through the Colony amounted to 128,149 as against 108,509 in 1921, an increase of 19,640. Boxes and baskets in transit amounted to 8,320 as against 18,978, a decrease of 1.0,658. 4,597 steamers carrying mails arrived and 6,301 left in 1922 as against 5.334 and 7,774 respectively...”
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“...- R 4 It will be remembered that during the early part o the year tinder report a prolonged shipping strike affected the Colony and had it not been for this the stamp sales would have been much greater. No one who knows the Post Office on ordinary occasions will ever forget that Black Monday when only some 23 letters were posted in Hongkong and none were received. The balance of total revenue over total postal expenditure amounted to $404,746.54. It is gratifying to note that the Hong- kong Post Office is one of the very few in the world which has not been compelled to increase its rate of postage since 1914. It is thought that only the United States and China are in the same happy ijosition. There were some trivial changes of rates during the year. The postcard rate to China was increased from cents to 2 cents in order to conform to the Chinese domestic rate, and the rate from Hongkong to Canton was varied from 2 cents the hall: ounce to 4 cents an ounce. The newspaper rate which was...”
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“...bags of mails for Hongkong dispatched from Lungchow between 1st and 5th May were stolen by highway robbers in Kwangsi and 2 bags for Hongkong dispatched from Nanning on 20th August were stolen by pirates on the West River. No bag or registered letter was however lost while in the custody of the Hongkong Posts. There were three prosecutions during the year. 1. Postal Clerk Kan Chun-kong was charged on 9th March, 1922, with removing postage stamps from correspondence. He was allowed, out on bail of $50 and later failed to appear. His bail was estreated. 2. Chan Cheuk-sang, Master of the Clieuk Kee Postal Hong, was charged on 3rd September, 1922, with having in his possession certain forged dies with intent to defraud. He pleaded guilty and on 20th September, .1922, was sentenced to 4 months hard labour. 3. Postman No. 18, Chan Kwai, was charged on 27th October, 1922, with (1) Larceny of 03 letters (2) Failing to deliver 63 letters. He was found guilty and was sentenced to 6 weeks hard labour...”
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“...S 10. About 3,100 sleepers were renewed in the Main Line. O these, 807 were of reinforced concrete and the remainder Australian hardwoods. During the year 1,165 reinforced concrete sleepers were cast. 17. In July Messrs. Butterfieled & Swire terminated their lease for the 1,800 scj. feet of spare railway land occupied by them for coal storage, and new leases were entered into with the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Oo. for several areas to be used as timber yards 18. Owing to the very heavy demands made on the Locomo- tive Department by the Traiiio Department and the increased weight of most of the through trains, it was somewhat difficult to lay up the locomotives for a general overhaul. Only Xo. 4 and Xo. 2 were given a general overhaul and repairs were begun oil No. 8 towards the end of the year. The above remarks also apply to the overhaul of the Carriage and Goods stock. This situation was, however, considerably relieved as to Coaching stock by the completion, late in the...”