Reference
No. of
Relevant
Table
Foreign
Base
Monthly Average
INDICES ON BASE
Monthly Average
1948
1949
December
1949
Monthly Average, 1947 (10,646,666 kgs.) 100
7,240,364 kgs. 68.0
1,226,019 kgs. 11.5
181
Tonnage of
Shipping (over
Monthly Average, 1947 (669,424 tons)
60 tons net)
100
774,732 tons
115.7
976,736 tons
145.9
1,040,548 tons 155.4
cleared
182
Passengers
Monthly Average, 1947
arriving &
departing by
(98,225 persons) 100
120,430 persons 122.6
139,149 persons 141.6
122,156 persons 124.3
shipping (over
183
Foreign Trade
Conducted by
Junks and
Launches:
Tonnages of
Cargo
Monthly Average, 1947
(45,456 tons)
100
36,499 tons
80.3
37,539 tons
82.6
27,385 tons
60.2
Tonnages of Vessels
Monthly Average, 1947 (200,990 tons)
100
229,722 tons
114.3
206,766 tons
102.8
95,010 tons
47.3
Number of Passengers
Monthly Average, 1947 (3,489 persons) 100
6,807 persons 195.1
6,975 persons 199.9
85 persons
2.2
60 tons net)
169
* Kowloon-Canton Railway through traffic was suspended on the 15th October, 1949, and had not been resumed at the close of the year.