THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZTTTE, MAY 4, 1906.
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21. The following table summarises the foregoing information with regard to the trade of the Ports of Hongkong for the Year 1905.
Toss.
Passengers.
Emi-
No. of Ships.
Dis- charged.
Shipped.
In Transit.
Bunker Coal shipped.
Total.
Registered Tommage.
grants.
Arrived. Departed.
British Ocean-going, Foreign Ocean-going, British River Steamers, Foreign River Steamers,..
Total..........
Steam-ships under 60 Jens Foreign Trade, .
3.995
1.952.778. 1.221.580
3,845 1,622,548
7.488
249.449
2,835,795 909.522 1,079,623 179,051
975 41,976
33.598
16.308 8,869,751 2.313.701 3.115,418
255.801 5.765.904 7.672,824 385.783 8.047.426 3,820,785 48.057 476.557 5.574.022 9,178 88,052 G59.597
649.669 10,277.939 19,706,728
180,881 100.874
103.281 48.289
84,996 16.052
1,284.023
1,249,849
65.642
73.688
1.639,920
1,511,814 64,341
1,800
1,733
2.500
2.484
6.687
71418
7.258
8.161
Junks Foreign Trade.
33,475 548.522
665,104
1.208.626
2.875.440
41867
45.934
Total Foreign Trado.
51,578 4.415,000 3,011,305 | 3,415,418
651,523 (11.498,252 | 22.4158.614
1.680.045
1,565,909 64.341
Steam-Launches Local
Trade. ...... Junks, Local Trade.....
Total Local Trade.
* 387,913
63.267 $18.937
401.180 BI8.937
50,187
25,895
*
375,424
25.805 * 9.160,312
2.362.168.
65.274
4,058,522 * 3.873.470
71,986
56.487
25.895 401.810 11,581,475 1.128.796 3,045,456
Grand Toful...... 452.758 4.733.943 3.067.792 3,415,418
677,418 11,894.571 34.13.091 5.812,841 5.511,365 64.341
*Not including Star Ferry Company's craft.
3.-REVENUE.
22. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $800,567.76, being a decrease of $366.19 on the previous year :-
1. Light Dues,
$74,233.45
2. Licences and Internal Revenue,
62,668.45
3. Fees of Court and Office,
163,665.86
Total,
$300,567.76
4. STEAM-LAUNCHES.
23. On the 31st December, there were 276 Steam-launches employed in the Harbour, of these, 109 were licensed for the conveyance of passengers, 147 were privately owned, 15 were the property of the Government, and 5 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of Military Authorities.
Twenty-three Master's Certificates were suspended, 4 for three months, 9 for two months, 8 for one month, 1 for six weeks and 1 for four weeks; two Masters were cautioned and discharged respectively.
Four hundred and forty-two (442) engagements, and four hundred and thirty-three (433) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made from 1st January to 31st December.
Eleven (11) Steam-launches were permitted to carry arms, etc., for their protection against pirates, of these, nine were previously permitted, and two during this year.
5. EMIGRATION.
24. Sixty-four thousand three hundred and forty-one (64,341) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year, of these, 48,289 were carried by British Ships and 16,052 by Foreign Ships; 140,483 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 113,796 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.
Returns No. XVIII and XIX will give the details of this branch of the Department.