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A comparison between. the years 1903 and 1904 is given in the following Table; Steam Launches are not included :---
1903.
1904.
Increase.
Decrease.
British,. Foreign,
Ships Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
8,449 11,250,296 10,190 13,406,094 1,741 2,155,798 6,040 || 7,768,115 | 4,732 | 5,821,218
Junks in Foreigu 31,766 2,698,459 36,251 3,072,270|| 1,485
Trade,
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1,308 1,946,897
373,811
Total,...... 46,255 | 21,716,870 51,173 | 22,299,582 | 6,226 2,529,609 1,30$ 1,946,897
Junks in Local
Trade,
||58,215 || 2,136,51462,965 || 2,348,676 | 4,750 | 212,162
Grand Total,... 101,470 23,853,384 114,138 24,648,258 |10,976 2,741,771 1,308 |1,946,897
NET,
9,668 794,874
* Including 17,210 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 637,032 tons. Including 82,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons.
For vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows a total increase of 1,741 ships of 2,155,798 tons, viz., an increase of 352 ships of 930,300 tons to Ocean- going, and an increase of 1,389 ships of 1,225,498 tons to River Trade.
The above increase in Ocean-going trade is principally due to a large influx of colliers and other tramp steamers in ballast, attracted to the Far East by the War.
The increase in River Trade is due to 10 new vessels having started to ply during the year,
Under Foreign Flags, the Table shows a decrease of 1,308 ships of 1,946,897 tons of which 159 ships are River Steamers. The River Steamers tonnage, however, shows an increase of 36,008 tons, giving a net decrease in Foreign Ocean shipping of 1,149 ships of 1,910,889 tons.
This decrease is due to :-
(1.) The disappearance of all Russian and almost all Japanese ships-
from the run since the War began.
(2.) The transfer of a large number of small German and Norwegian
vessels to the Japanese Coast Trade.
(3.) A considerable decrease in numbers (but increase in tonnage) of
vessels under United States of America colours.
The decrease in numbers of Foreign River Steamers is due to the smaller number of individual vessels plying, while the increased tonnage is accounted for by their larger size.
The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of River Steamers and Steam Launches) entering the port during 1904 was 860, of which 498 were British and 362 Foreign. These 860 ships entered 3,981 times, giving a total tonnage entered of 6,509,919 tons. Thus compared with 1903, 119 more ships entered 38 times less and with a total tonnage decreased by 499,262 tons.
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