3. The average tommage of Ocean-going vessels entered has increased slightly, from 1,784.9 to 1,785.6 tons, while that of River steamers has declined from 734 to 661 tons. The British Ocean average has decreased from 1,945 to 1,921 tons. The Foreign Ocean average has increased from 1,654 to 1,670 tons. The British River steamer average has declined from 719 to 678 tons and the Foreign River steamer average has declined from 623
to 567 tons,
4. A comparison between the years 1906 and 1907 is given in the following table :
1006.
1907.
Inercase.
Decrease.
Ships. | Tommage, ships, Toumage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships, Tonnage.
British Oreon-
going. Foreign Ocan-
going British Hiver
Sivumers.
3,697
4.287
0.161 1.812,501 6,828
7,189 471 | 8.756 7,216,169
7.093.895 4.6021 7,720,875 !
1,630,341
59 26,698
384 627,380.
861
212.187
:
Foreign River Steamers... Steamships un- der 60tons(Fo- reign Trade). Junksia Foreign ! Trade, .........!
0071 667,917 1,310
743.992 230 76,075!
40.282 1,581
70.021 703 29.739
22.153
2,619,611 29,564
2,651,176 1411 P2,40
Total.. 14.550 22,453,077 17,660 23,032,801 8.110 701.931
212,137
Stern-launchies
plying in waters
8,251,536 419,202 11.218,532,85,642-2,964.996
of the Colony,
Trade,
Junks in Local † 51,616 * 2,042,625 10,772 * 1,778.887
Grand Total.... 129,726-32,717,208 1507,474 | 86,028,310 88,772 8,756.917 10,844
10.841
268.763
175.905
NETT,
77.808 3.281,042
Ek
Including 23,430 Conservancy and Dust Boals of 858,746 tons,
† Including 18,090 Conservancy and Dust Boats of $20.958 tons,
5. For Ocean vessels under the British flag, this table shows an increase of 59 ships of 26.698 tons.
In British River steamers there is an increase of 364 ships with a decreased tonnage of 212,137 tons, which is mainly due to the withdrawal of the large sized steamer Hankow and the addition of the two small Macao steamers Sui Tai and Sui An.
For Foreign Ocean vessels an increase of 334 ships of 627,380 tons is shown, which is wholly due to the Japanese firms increasing their carrying trade. Under this flag, an increase of 455 ships of 976,450 tons is found, with a general falling off under other flags.
For Foreign River steamers an increase of 238 ships of 76,075 tons is shown, which can be accounted for, by vessels under the German, Chinese and Portuguese flags making more trips in 1907 than in 1906.
Junks in foreign trade show a legitimate increase of 1,111 vessels of 32,039 tons.
The decrease in local Junk trade, 10,844 vessels of 263,768 tons may be ascribed to the cessation of the Naval extension work and to the falling off in Conservancy boats.
6. The actual number of individual Ocean-going ships of European construction enter- ing during the year was 800, being 362 British and 438 Foreign.
4.