Alguns dados estatísticos de 1954/55

Macau consists of the island of Macau and the two smaller adjacent islands of Taipa and Coloane.

Capital: Macau.

Area (square kilometres): 16

Estimated Population (1955): 187,772

Production:

Little production; Imports and exports due to transit trade. In 1954 Almond Oil 95 tons.; Matches 984 tons; Tobacco 438 tons;  Wine 1,608.6 litres.

Currency

The currency of all the Overseas Provinces is the Portuguese Escudo. In Macau the Pataca is used as local and trading currency but the Escudo is the unit for official accounts. The Portuguese Escudo in April 1956 was exchangeable at the rate of 28.6 to the US dollar and 80.1 to the sterling. The Pataca Macau is worth half a US dollar, 7.6 to the sterling.

Administration

The Overseas Provinces are all administered under the Colonial Act of 1930, later incorporated in the 1933 Constitution of Portugal. Each province is under the control of the Metropolis but it is financially and administratively autonomous. The Budgets must be approved by the Minister for the Overseas Provinces and no public loan may be contracted in a foreign country. A governor is appointed to each province by the President of Portugal.

The town of Macau is divided into a Chinese and a non Chinese ward each with its own administrator acting under the Governor (in Macau, Real-Admiral Joaquim Marques Esparteiro).

Press

Notícias de Macau: Calçada do Tronco Velho, 6 f. 1947 Daily independent Dir Cassiano de Castro Fonseca Propr. H. Machado Monteiro.

Boletim Oficial: PO Box 33 Macau f. 1838 Weekly. Government publication Dir. Jaime Robarts (na verdade era o director da Imprensa Nacional)

Boletim Eclesiástico: Câmara Eclesiástica da Diocese de Macau Dir. Father Nunes da Costa. Weekly Religião e Patria: Seminario de S. José Macau Dir. Father Ferreira.

Broadcasting

Emissora Vila Verde: Independent station owned by Dr Pedro José Lobo broadcasts in Chinese, Portuguese and English

Banking

The following foreign banks have branches in Macau:

Banco Nacional Ultramarino - Av. Almeida Ribeiro, 2 Caixa Postal 514; Macau bank of issue for all Portuguese overseas provinces except Angola. Head Office Lisbon.

Bank of China - Macau

Kwangtung Provincial Bank - Macau

Insurance

The following Portuguese companies are represented in Macau:

Comércio e Industria - agents H Nolasco & Ca, Macau Head Office Rua do Arco de Bandeira 22 Lisbon 

Companhia de Seguros Tagus SA - Rua da Praia Grande. Macau agent F. Rodrigues. Head Office Rua do Comércio 48 Lisbon.

Ultramarina SA - Av. Almeida Ribeiro PO Box 223. Macau agent H. Nolasco da Silva Head Office Rua da Prata 108 Lisbon

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Excertos de Orbis, Encyclopaedia of Extra-European Countries - A Survey and Directory of Political, Industrial, Financial, Cultural and Scientific Organisations in the Countries of Africa, America, Asia and Australasia, 1958.

Nota: Não sendo exaustiva, a informação compilado no livro pode considerar-se bastante completa.