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21. The following table summarises the foregoing information with regard to the trade of the Ports of Hongkong for the Year 1905.
British Occan-going,
Foreign Ocean-going,
No. of
Dis-
Shipped.
Ships. charged.
TONS.
Passengers.
In Transit.
Bunker Coal shipped.
Total.
Registered Tonnage.
Emi- grants.
Arrived.
Departed.
3,995 1,952,778 | 1,221.530 | 2,335,795 3,845 1,622,548 909.529 1,079.623
255,801 5,765,904 7,672,321 189,381 103,281 335.783 3,947.426
48,289
5,820,785
100.$74
$4,996
16.052
British River Steamers,
7,488
Foreign River Steamers...........
975
249.419 44.976
179.051 33,598
Total,.
16,303 | 3,869,751 | 2.313,701 | 3,415,419
48.057 476,557
9,478
659,597
649,069 |10.277,080 19.706,728
5,554,022
1,284,028
1.249,849
88,052
65,642
1,639.920
73,688
1,511.814 64,341
Steam-ships under 60 toos Foreign Trade,.
1,800
1,733
2,500
2,454
6,687
71,448
7,258
8.161
Junks Foreign Trade.
33,475
543,529 665,104
1.208.626 2.875,140
41.867
45,934
Total Foreign Trade.
51.578 | 4,415,000 | 3,011,305 | 3,115,418
651,523 11,493,252 | 22,653,616
1,689,045
1,565,909 64.341
Steam-Launches Local
Trade.
Junks, Local Trade..............................
Total Local Traile,
887,913
*
✡
63.267 318,937
401,180 318.937
56.187
56,487
25.895
25,895 25,895 |* 9,169,312
875,424 2,362,163
401,319 | 11,581,475
*
4,058,522
65,274
4,123,796
*
3,875,470
71,986
3.945,456
Grand Total...
452,758 | 4,733,943 | 3.067,792 | 3.415,418
677,418 11,894,571 | 34.185,001 5,612,841 5,511,365 64,311
* Not including "Star" Ferry Company's craft.
3. REVENUE.
22. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $300,567.76, being a decrease of $366.19 on the previous year :-
1. Light Dues,
$74,233.45
2. Licences and Internal Revenue,
62,668.45
3. Fees of Court and Office,
163,665.86
Total,
$300,567.76
4. STEAM-LAUNCHES.
23. On the 31st December, there were 276 Steam-launches employed in the Harbour, of these, 109 were licensed for the conveyance of passengers, 147 were privately owned, 15 were the property of the Government, and 5 belonged to the Imperial Government in charge of Military Authorities.
Twenty-three Master's Certificates were suspended, 4 for three months, 9 for two months, 8 for one month, I for six weeks and 1 for four weeks; two Masters were cautioned and discharged respectively.
Four hundred and forty-two (442) engagements, and four hundred and thirty-three (433) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made from 1st January to 31st December.
Eleven (11) Steam-launches were permitted to carry arms, etc., for their protection against pirates, of these, nine were previously permitted, and two during this year.
5. EMIGRATION.
24. Sixty-four thousand three hundred and forty-one (64,341) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year, of these, 48,289 were carried by British Ships and 16,052 by Foreign Ships; 140,483 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 113,796 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.
Returns No. XVIII and XIX will give the details of this branch of the Department.