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SUPPLEMENT TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1899.
IMPORTS.
EUROPEAN-CONSTRUCTED VESSELS.
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1897.
1898.
Increase.
Decrease.
No.
Tonnage.
No. Tonuage. No. Tonnage.
No. Tonuage.
Steamers,
River Steamers,
Sailing Vessels,
3,071
4,262,283 3,338 4,750,148
1,547 1,694,077 1,975 1,768,489
356 107,280
121,065
267
487,865
428
74,412
226
13,785
130
Total,
4,974 6,063,640 5,539 6,639,702
695
576,062
130
Nett,.........
565
576,062
Imported tous,...
2,743,061
3,388,489
Beans,
Bones,
Coal,
As follows:
Cotton Yarn and Cotton,
Flour,.......
Hemp,
Kerosine (bulk),
Do. (case),
Lead,
Liquid Fuel,
Opium,
Pitch,
Rattan,
Rice,
Sandalwood,
Sulphur,
Sugar, Tea, Timber, General,..
Articles.
1897.
1898.
Increase.
Decrease.
11,092
500
601,544 30,581
817,967
11,092 500 216,423
36,611
6,030
85,904
103,544
17,640
43,360
55,160
11,800
47,782
67,362
19,580
60,346
59,115
1,231
5,496
4,200
1,296
2,150
2,150
2,531
2,638
107
1,700
1,700
2,920
6,441
3,521
361,130
747,895
386,265
3,459
2,055
1,404
2,040
535
1,505
211,777 5,929 64,862
267,422
55,645
6,554 46,599
625
18,263
1,211,700
1,151,149
60,551
Total,.........
2,743,061
3,388,489
731,378
85,950
Transit,
1,852,462
2,020,322
167,860
Grand Total,..
4,595,523
5,408,811
899,238
Nett,........
813,283