127
Thirteen Master's Certificates were suspended, 2 for 6 months, 1 for 4 months, 2 for 3 months, 2 for 2 months, 1 for 1 month, 1 for 6 weeks and 1 for 2 weeks; 1 cancelled and 2 Masters were cautioned and discharged, respectively.
Three hundred and thirty-four (334) engagements and three hundred and sixty-four (364) discharges of Masters and Engineers were made from 1st January to 31st December.
Twelve (12) Steam-launches were permitted to carry Arms, &c. for their protection against pirates, of these 11 were previously permitted and one during this year.
5.--Emigration.
25. Seventy-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-five (76,725) emigrants left Hongkong for various places during the year, of these, 63,830 were carried by British Ships and 12,895 by Foreign Ships; 134,912 were reported as having been brought to Hongkong from places to which they have emigrated, and of these, 105,780 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.
6. Registry, &c., of Shipping.
26. During the year, 9 ships were registered under the provisions of the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act, and 12 Certificates of Registry were cancelled.
The documents, &c., dealt with in connection with the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act were as follows:-
Number of Certificates of Registry granted,
9
12
Number of Certificates of Registry cancelled,
Number of copies from Register Book,
Number of Declarations of Ownership,
11
Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of
change of Masters,...
55
Number of endorsements on Certificates of Registry of
change of Owners,..
1
Number of Certificates of Sale recorded,..
1
Number of Mortgages recorded,
5
Number of Discharge of Mortgages recorded,.................
2
Number of endorsements on Register of change i.
ig or
Tonnage,
2
Number of Sales of ships recorded,.
4
Number of Desertions certified,
.293.
Number of inspections of Registry,.
15
Total Number of Documents, &c.,
.412
The fees collected on these Documents, &c., amounted to $1,201.
7.-Marine Magistrate's Court.
27. Twenty-seven (27) cases were heard in the Marine Magistrate's Court, breach of Harbour Regulations were the principal offences.