Number of Shipping
Destination.
Companies.
America (North)
21
weekly, fortnightly
Atlantic &
Approximate Sailing.
and
Pacific Coasts.
America
(South)
Time of transit to first port. 16-42 days.
monthly.
1
every two months
75 days.
Australia
Borneo
4
fortnightly and
15-20 days.
monthly.
1
fortnightly.
5 days.
Burma
2
fortnightly and
10 days.
3 weekly.
Canton
3
daily
China
6
weekly and
1 day. 3-6 days.
Central & Northern
ports
Europe
00
fortnightly.
fortnightly and
monthly.
26-49 days.
Formosa
India
2
every 6 or 8 days.
2 days.
6
Indo China
Japan
Macau
North African ports
fortnightly
and 3 weekly.
fortnightly
and
monthly.
15-26 days.
3-4 days.
4-15 days.
18
fortnightly and monthly.
درم ا
3
5
daily. fortnightly and monthly.
1 day. 19-34 days.
23-30 days.
South African ports
2
monthly and 2 monthly.
Persian Gulf
2
fortnightly
28 days.
and
monthly.
Philippines
9
fortnightly
2-3 days.
and
monthly.
United Kingdom
5
fortnightly
30-42 days.
and monthly.
CIVIL AVIATION
In the course of the year Hong Kong became the busiest air centre in the Far East and the traffic of the airport rivalled that of the major airports of Europe and America. Kai Tak aerodrome continued to be used by all civil land planes and flying boats and, being only 15 minutes drive
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