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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH APRIL, 1895.
3. The following statement shows how the amount of shipping is apportioned.
Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1893 and 1894.
1893.
1894.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
British,
6,128
Foreign,
Junk in Foreign
Trade.....
2,630 47.197
7,732,195 | 6,022 7,778,396 2,803,664 | 2,430 2,690,786
3,488.007 45,861
3,482,124
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
46.201 106
200 112,878 1,386 5,883
Total,
55,955 || 14,023,866 54,313 | 13,951,306
..
Junks in Local
Trade,.....
9,886 325,256 8,478 297,364
1,408 27,892
Grand Total,...[65,841|14,349,122 |62,791 || 14,248,670
46,201 | 3,050| 146,653
NET......
3,050 100,452
4. The 1,646 British ships, exclusive of river steamers, that entered the port in 1894, carried 11,402 British officers and 197 foreigners as follows:-
British,
American,
Austrians,
Danes,
Germans,
Portuguese, Swedes,
.11.402
83
18
12
32
31
21
11,599
100 of the British officers belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve 14 of them being engineers.
The 1,214 foreign ships, exclusive of river steamers, that entered in 1894, carried 856 British officers:-
In American ships,.
19
99
""
Chinese German Japanese
25
12
18 ....552
30
.256
856
5. The number of European constructed vessels, exclusive of river steamers, that entered the port during the year is shown in the following tables, distinction being drawn between (i) those that entered eight times and less, or on an average at intervals of six weeks; (ii) those that entered from nine to twelve times, i.c., on an average once a month, and (iii) those that entered thirteen times and oftener, or more frequently than once a month.
The second table divides the steamers into nationalities, and gives the numbers of ships and num- bers of entries for each.
EIGHT TIMES AND UNDER,
NINE TO TWELVE.
THIRTEEN TIMES AND OVER.
TOTAL.
FLAG.
Ships.
No. of times enter- ed.
Steam
Total Ships. Tonnage.
No. of times enter- ed.
Sailing Total Tommage.
No. of times Ships-enter-
No. of
No. of
ed,
Steam Total Ships. Tonnage.
times enter- ed.
Steam Total Tonnage.
times
Steam and Sail
Ships.
enter- ed.
Total Tonnage.
British, American,
211 734 1,264,777
20
44.728
82 32
40 48.064 35 45.202
25 258 310,773 28 614 629.096
296 1,646
2,252,710
38
55
89,925
Austrian,
7,223
6
22
57,223
Chinese,
13
18
37,917
9
8,442
Danishi,
3
1,788
595
ลง ce
49
73,788
16
106:
120,147
98 42,506
102
44,889
Dutch,
15
19.295
15
19,295
French,
60
112,139
German,
187
281,200
5,295
95
77,603
17
55 852
40,645 13 311,882 78 639
115
152,784
673,980
Italian,
13
19,238
1,578
5
16
:
20,816
Japanese,
18
49
76,735
18
49
76,735
Norwegian,
10
20
20,578
1,848
11
22,154
2
45
33,783
15
85
78,363
Nicaraguan,
673
673
Russian,
1
2,785
2,785
Siamese,
650
656
Spanish,
2.448
2
Hawaiian,
70 2,505
2,518
2,505
Total,..
335 1,181
1,910,846
79
93 104,486
36
373 418,972 541,213 1,131,700
504 2,860 3,596,004
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