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The following Table in which the figures represent tonnage, shows the principal articles of import in the year 1906 in vessels of European construction, compared with similar returns for 1905 :-
Articles.
1905.
1906.
Increase.
Decrease.
Beans,.
2.113
3,360
1,247
Coal,.
1,083,987
971,365
112,622
Cotton Yarn and Cotton,
32,949
41,871
Flour,
54,508
79,635
8,922 25,127
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Hemp,..
26,784
23.356
Kerosine (bulk),
43,411
43,932.
521
(case),
74,506
28,937
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3,428
45,569
Liquid Fuel,
850
5,850
5,000
Lead,
800
800
Opium,
2,983
3,286
,803
Rattan,
3,430
12,531
9,101
Rice,
566,171
624,369.
58,198
Sandalwood,.
3,386
2,561
825
Sulphur,
100
100
Sugar,
311,787
482,178
170,391
Tea,...
900
900
Timber,..
66,324
52,242
14,082
General,
1,594,862
1,633,604
58,742
Total,
3,869,751
4,029,177
337,652
178,226
Transit,
3,415,418
2,878,360
537,058
Grand Total,
7,285,169
6,907,537
337,652
715,284
Nett,........
377,632
During the year 1906, 15,519 vessels of European construction of 19,793,354 tons (net register), reported having carried 9,759,648 tons of Cargo, as follows:-
Import Cargo,....
Export
Transit
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Bunker Coal shipped,
In Imports there is an increase reported of 159,426 tons.
In Exports there is a decrease reported of 232,864 tons.
.4,029,177 tons, ..2,163,344
71
.2,878,360
688,767
27
9,759,648 tons.
In Transit Cargo there is a decrease reported of 537,058 tous.
In Bunker Coal there is an increase of 24,349 tons.
The total reported Import Trade of the Port for 1906 amounted to 22,408 vessels of 11,249,233 tons carrying 7,372,075 tons of cargo of which 4,493,715 tons were dis- charged at Hongkong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of vessels in Local Trade.
Similarly, the Export Trade from the Port was represented by 22,142 vessels of 11,203,844 tons, carrying 2,778,441 tons of cargo, and shipping 690,689 tons of bunker coal.
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 had emigrated, and of these, 105,780 were brought in British Ships and 25,586 by Foreign Ships.
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