been analysed carefully by competent chemists to test their purity, they are slowly boiled and stirred for a given length of time. The liquid is then forced, by a rotation pump,
is always a large demand for it. The factory
is owned by a local private company, of
which Mr. Yip Yung Soon is the manager.
LEITNQ Hin CHO
(Managing Partner).
THE MAN LOONG GINGER FACTORY.
into collapsible iron forms. Here it is allowed
to cool, and, when the sides of the forms are
taken away, the solid blocks of soap remain.
In the manufacture of some soap great care
has to be taken to ensure that it does not
cool too quickly. When the solid block of
soap, weighing about two tons, is obtained
from its iron form it is cut, by wire, into
convenient sizes, and then by a simple little
machine is converted into whatever shape
may be desired. A Chinese coolie, with a
hand machine, stamps the tablet with the
required design, and the soap is then ready
for the market.
Mr. Siebler is the manager of the factory.
He and his assistant have excellent quarters
over the factory itself, and by their ability
and their application to business have
deservedly won the full confidence of the
proprietor.
THE CHOY FONO OINOER FACTORY.
The Choy Fong Ginger Factory, situated at
No. 8, Sai On Lane, West Point, has been
established in the Colony for about fifty years
and is well known in China and abroad for
the excellence of its products. The whole
of the ginger is obtained from the Canton
district, and is preserved in the local factory,
which is equipped with the most approved
appliances and a boiling pan of a specially
improved pattern. The finished article is
packed in several styles for the European
market, and. as dry ginger and syrup ginger,
is exported largely to America. Europe, and
Australia. The output of the factory during
the season is about 30,000 piculs of ginger,
a great deal of which goes to the Chinese
retail shops in San Francisco, where there
THE MAN LOONG GINGER FACTORY.
A co.NsiDEKAULE amount of ginger is exported
from the Colony, and consequently competi-
tion is so strong that a firm wishing to hold
a high place in Ihe market finds it nccess.nry
to exercise extreme care that its productions
are of the highest quality. P'or this reason,
the Man Loong Ginger Factory has only to
refer to the volume of its trade to prove the
excellence of its manufactures. The firm has
been established in the Colony for forty years
and exports to England, America, Germany,
and Australia, preserved ginger and all kinds
of Chinese fruits, such as pears, plums, cum-
quats, and chowchow. The ginger comes
from Canton, is peeled and boiled there, and
preserved and packed at the factory. No. 60,
Temple Street. Yaumati. Three grades only
are dealt with — the finest choice selected
stem ginger, young stem ginger, and cargo
ginger and these are packed in pure syrup
and in first grade Java cane sugar. During
the season, from August to the end of the
year, upwards of three hundred men and
women are employed. The Company also
manufactures sugar-candy, which is sent largely
to Bombay and to tlie northern ports of China.
The firm sends a great deal of its products
to India under the name of Sam Shing, and
despatches best tliick soy to London. The
managing partner of the firm is Mr. Leung
Hiu Cho, who has been engaged in business
in the Colony for a number of years. The
offices of the Company are situated at No. 13,
Des Voeux Koad West.
THE HING LOONG GINGER FACTORY.
Thkuk are many ginger factories in the
Colony, and one of the largest and best
known is the Hing Loong factory, occupying
Nos. 322 to 324, Des Voeux Koad West.
The ginger requn-ed by the factory comes
from the Canton district, and the care exer-
cised in the selection of the raw product has
given the firm an excellent reputation in the
markets of Europe, America, and Australia.
For the export trade only the finest qualities
of stem ginger are used. When cured the
product is put up in heavy stone jars, and
carefully packed. The business is managed
by Mr. Wong Chi Chau, the managing part-
ner, who started the Company four years
ago. Mr. Wong Chi Chau is a well-known
man In the Colony. He has for some eight
THE IMPERIAL BREWERY.
