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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1890.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 230.
The following Report of the Harbour Master for the year 1889, which was laid before the Legis- lative Council on the 30th instant, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1890.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 106.
HARBOUR Department, HONGKONG, 8th March, 1890.
SIR, I have the honour to forward the following Annual Returns for this Department for the year ending 31st December, 1889.
I. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered.
II. Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared.
III. Number. Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered. IV. Number. Tonnage and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared.
V. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels entered at each Port. VI. Total Number, Tonnage and Crews of Vessels cleared at each Port. VII. Return of Junks entered from Macao.
VIII. Return of Junks cleared for Macao.
IX. Return of Junks entered at each Port from China and Formosa. X. Return of Junks cleared at each Port for China and Formosa.
XI. Gross Total Number of Junks entered at each Port
XII. Gross Total Number of Junks cleared at each Port.
XIII. Return of Junks (Local Trade) entered.
XIV. Return of Junks (Local Trade) cleared.
XV. Summary of Arrirals and Departures of all Vessels, and of all Chinese Passengers. XVI. Return of Vessels registered.
XVII. Return of Vessels struck off the Register.
XVIII. Amount of Fees received under Section 3 of Ordinance $ of 1879.
XIX. Return of Chinese Passenger Ships cleared by the Emigration Officer.
XX. Return of Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from Places out of
China.
XXI. Return of Marine cases tried.
XXII. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.
XXIII. Return of the work performed by the Government Marine Surveyor.
XXIV. Return from Imports and Exports (Opium) Office.
SHIPPING.
2. The Shipping Returns show 30,777 Arrivals with a tonnage of 6,371,087 tons, and 30,611 Departures of C,301,604 tons, making a grand total of 61,388 vessels and 12,672,691 tons.
3. The following statement shows how this amount of shipping is apportioned:-
Ships.
Tonnage,
British, Foreign,
5,212
6,500,869
2,376
2,471,121
Junks in Foreign Trade,
45,568
3,417,331
53,156
12,389,321
Junks in Local Trade,.
8,232
283,370
Grand Total,
61,388
12,672,691
4. Compared with 1888, there has been an increase of British tonnage amounting to 26,526 tons, and a decrease of foreign tonnage of 61,213 tons.
There has also been a decrease in the Junk trade of
289,018 tons.