Hong Kong Blue Book, 1919

Hong Kong Blue Book, 1918 This official colonial administrative register compiled for 1918 lists the complete governmental, legislative, and revenue structure of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. The contents provide detailed schedules and statistics across numerous categories including agriculture, charitable institutions, civilian establishments, foreign consuls, councils, criminal statistics, currency and banking, ecclesiastical returns, education, hospitals, imports and exports, legislation, lunatic asylums, manufactures, meteorological observations, military expenditure, municipalities, population and vital statistics, post and telegraph services, public works, railways and infrastructure, and revenue sources. The text includes extensive licensing fees and tax schedules specifying duties on vessels by tonnage capacity, property assessment rates across different districts (Victoria, Hill District, Kowloon, etc.), and licensing requirements for commercial enterprises including auctioneers, billiard tables, boarding houses, boat operations, breweries, carriages, motor vehicles, and Chinese hotels across various classifications.