HONGKONG.
453
No. 25
1901
REPORT OF THE ACTING HARBOUR MASTER FOR THE YEAR 1900.
Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Governor.
No. 134.
HARBOUR Department, HONGKONG, 15th March, 1901.
SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Report for this Department for the year ending 31st December, 1900.
I. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered.
II. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared.
III. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels entered at each Port.
IV. Number, Tonnage, Crews, and Cargoes of Vessels cleared at each Port.
V. Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each Nation entered. VI. Number, Tonnage, and Crews of Vessels of each Nation cleared. VII. Junks entered from China and Macao.
VIII. Junks cleared for China and Macao.
IX. Total number of Junks entered at each Port.
X. Total number of Junks cleared at each Port.
XI. Junks (Local Trade) enterid.
XII. Junks (Local Trade) cleared.
XIII, Summary of Arrivals and Departures of all Vessels.
XIV. Licensed Steam Launches entered.
XV. Licensed Steam Launches cleared.
XVI. Vessels registered.
XVII. Vessels struck off the Register.
XVIII. Chinese Passenger ships cleared by the Emigration Officer (Summary).
XIX. Vessels bringing Chinese Passengers to Hongkong from places out of China (Summary).
XX. Marine Magistrate's Court.
XXI. Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.
XXII. Statement of Revenue collected.
XXIII. Return of work performed by the Government Marine Surveyor.
XXIV. Return from Imports and Exports (Opium) Office.
SHIPPING.
1. The total tonnage entering and clearing during the year 1900 amounted to 18,445,134 tons, being an increase, compared with 1899, of 343,825 tons.
There were 41,223 arrivals of 9,228,762 tons, and 41,233 departures of 9,216,372 tons.
Of British Ocean-going tonnage, 2,841,936 tons entered, 2,821,410 tons cleared.
Of River Steamers (British) 1.746,674 tons entered, and 1,745,178 tons cleared; making a grand
total of British tonnage of 9,155,198 tons entering and clearing.
Of Foreign Ocean-going tonnage, 2,425.086 tons entered, and 2,425,311 tons cleared.
Of Foreign River Steamers, 8,286 tons entered, and 8,286 tons cleared; making a grand total of
Foreign tonnage of 4,866,969 tons entering and clearing.
Of Junks in Foreign Trade, 1.604,632 tons entered, and 1,620,224 tons cleared.
Of Junks in Local Trade, 602,148 tons entered, and 595,963 tons cleared.
Thus-
British Ocean-going tonnage represented 30.7%.
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(Local Trade)
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26.3%.
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17.4%. 6.5%.
2. Five thousand three hundred and ninety-five (5,395) steamers, 78 sailing vessels and 17,782 junks in Foreign Trade entered during the year, giving a daily average of 63.6 as against 76.9 in 1899.
For European constructed vessels the daily average entry would be 14.99 against 14.91 in 1899, and, of the vessels entering 68.77 were British.