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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1907.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 140. It is hereby notified that information has been received from H.B.M.'s Consul at Bangkok to the effect that vessels arriving from Hongkong will, in consequence of bubonic plague, be required to complete 10 days before arrival at a Siamese port.
1st March, 1907.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 141.-Shipping and Trade Returns of Hongkong, for the year 1906.
Trade of the Port of Hongkong for the Year 1906.
TONS.
Passengers.
No. of Ships.
Dis- charged.
Shipped.
In Transit.
British Ocean-goilips Foreign Ocean-going. British River Steamers Foreign River Steamers..
Total..
3.697 1.893.234 1.092.842 4.287 1.851,058 6,464
847.432
1.668.276 1.210.084
173.483 222.256 1.071: 62,634 49.587
15,519 1.029.177
2.163.314 2,878,360
688,767
Bunker Coal shipped.
248.581 4,902.933 387.030 4.295.599 43.350 439,089 9.806 122,027
9.759,648
Total.
Registered Tonnage.
7.89.171
Emi- grants.
Arrived. Departed.
7.003.195
163,889 102.738
100.701 63,830 100,811 12,895
4.612,501
657,917
1.1992.833 88.522
1.195,615
84.991
10,798,884
1.553.992
1.182.119
76 725
Steam-ships under 60
tons Foreign Trade, ..... į
878
23.219
8,253
1.922
33.391
10.282
3.889
6.241
Junks Foreign Trade.
Total Foreign Trade,
28.153 441.319 606,844
1,048,163 2,619.411
38.725
36,482
44.550 4,493,715 2.778,441 2,878,360
690.689 10,841,205
22,453,077
1.598.606 1,524,842 76,725
Steam-Launches Local
Trade....... Junks, Local Trade,.
Total Local Tra le
*333,560
*23.023
51,616 315.623
78,672
*23,023 *8.251,536 $3.792,605
389,295 2,042,655 56.119
385,176 315,623 73,672
23.023 412.318 10.284.191
3.848.724
*3.076.294
61,004
3,137,298
Grand Total....
429,726 | 4,809,338 2,852,113 2,878,360
713.712 11,253,523 | 32.747,268
5,447,330
4,662,140 76,725
* Not including "Star" Ferry Company's Craft.
Comparative Shipping return for the Years 1905 and 1906.
1905.
1906.
Increase.
Decrease.
3,995 7,672,324 3,697 7,189,471
1,800
British Occan-
going. Foreign Ocean-
going, Britishi River
Steamers, Foreign River
Steamers..... S'ships under 60 tons (Foreign Trade).
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tounage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
298 182.853
3,845 5,820,785 4,287 7,093,495 442 1,272,710
7,488 5,554,022; 6,464 4,842,501
975 659,597 | 1,071 667,917 96 8,320
71,448 878 40,282
·∙1,024 711,521
922 31,166
Junks in Foreign
33,475 2,875,140 28,153 2.619,411
5,322 250,029
Trade,
Total..
Steam launches
plying in the Colony,
51,578 22,653,616 44,550 | 22,453,077
337,913 9,169,312 | 333,560
8,251,536
538 1,281,030 7,566 1,481,569
4,353 917,776
Junks in Local
Trade,
*
+
63,267 2,362,163 51,6162,042,655
Grand Total.... 452,758 34,185,091 | 429,726 | 32,747,268 538 1,281,030 23,570 2,718,853
11.651 319,508
NETT,
23.032 1.437,823
*Including 32,121 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons. Including 23, 130 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 858,746 tons.