Industries (1918)

This report was originally under the section of Trade and Shipping, Industries, Fisheries, Agriculture and Land of the Administrative Reports for the year 1918. It reported the conditions, operation of major companies, and import and export trends affecting the selected industries in the year. The report also identified some external factors that affected the performance of some industries. For example, political unrest in China and the war in Europe affected some industries in Hong Kong. From 1908 to 1926, this heading continuously appeared in the government administrative reports.

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Industry shipbuilding | sugar | cotton yarn | rope | cement | tin | rattan | furniture | tobacco | tinned goods | Chinese spirit | vinegar | knitting | leather | ginger and preserves | soy | paper | vermilion | lard
Company Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company, W.S. Bailey Co., Kwong Tuck Cheong, Lau Sum Kee
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Source "Trade and Shipping, Industries, Fisheries, Agriculture and Land", Administrative Reports for the year 1918, pp.13-15. Hong Kong Government Reports Online (1842-1941).
Repository The University of Hong Kong Libraries Digital Initiatives
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