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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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