THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 4, 1906..
APPENDIX C.
563
MARINE SURVEYOR'S OFFICE.
3. During the year, 188 vessels of 421,521 gross register tons were surveyed for Passen- ger Certificate and Bottom Inspection.
Of these, 115 of 297,811 tons were British and 73 of 123 710 tons were Foreign vessels viz.:-51 German of 86,139 tons, 9 French of 13,178 tons, 6 Chinese of 12,821 tons, 5 Norwegian of 6,439 tons, and 2 Italian of 5,133 tons. A comparison with the work for 1885, so far as Passenger Certificate and Bottom Inspection are concerned, may be of interest.
In that year the total tonnage surveyed was 242,801, of which 177,388 was British and 65,413 foreign.
The increase in British and Foreign shipping combined is, therefore, 178,720 tons or 73.6 per cent., as compared with that of twenty years ago.
In British shipping the proportion is 120,423 tons or 67.9 per cent. and in Foreign shipping 58,297 tons or 89.1 per cent.
During the year, 92 emigration surveys were held, of which 49 were on British and 44 on Foreign vessels; 17 vessels were measured for registration purposes, and 1 Foreign vessel for certificate of British tonnage; 1 inspection of crew space and 7 minor inspections took place.
193 passenger launches were surveyed, 23 boilers were inspected during construction, and 172 inspections of Government launches were made while under repair.
RETURN of WORK performed by the Government Marine SurveyoOR'S DEPARTMENT DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.
Years.
1896,
142
68
1897, 158
79
1898,
164
1899.
144
1900, 151
1901,
157
92
1902,
175
93
1903, 190
111
1904. 1905,
196
125
188
93
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3-12 OCTNN-
97
20
37
77
66
1,409
109
96
51
1,631
121
48
1,729
134
78 1,602
187
124
1,834
217
102
88
118
2,031
210
25
126
109
76
1.768
184
30
126
85
72
2,107
203
45
126
82
104 2,140
193
23
172
77
81 1,989
APPENDIX D.
GUNPOWDER DEPOT.
4. During the year 1905 there has been stored in the Government Gunpowder Depût Stonecutters' Island :---
Approxi-
No. of cases.
mate
weight.
lbs.
Gunpowder, privately owned,
Do. Government owned,.
Cartridges, privately owned,..
Do. Government owned,
5,743
123,315
1,229
103,726
2,180
483,575
1,445
336,845
Explosive Compounds, privately owned,..
860
48,328
Do.,
Government owned,
1,967
133,616
Non-explosives, privately owned,
Do.,
Government owned,
29 1,287
3,500
123,542
Total,
14,740 1,806,447
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