THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1926.
P.&O.-British India Apcar and
Eastern & Australian
Lines
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND), MAIL AND PASSENGER STEAMERS. TAKING CARGO FOR
STRAITS, JAVA BURMA, CEYLON, INDIA, PERSIAN GULF WEST INDIES. MAURITIUS, EAST AND SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALASIA. INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND AND QUEENSLAND PORTS, AND RED SEA, EGYPT, CONSTANTINOPLE, GREECE, LEVANTINE PORTS, EUROPE, &c.,
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (Under Contract with H.M. Government.)
From
Tuna Hongkong
5,289 18 Sept.
Destination
SHIPBUILDING.
THE CHINA MAIL..
pared with the previous quartz INDIAN BUILDINGS. Figures for the two periods are given by Lloyd's as follows, in gris.
ANOTHER LOW RECORD SINCE | tons
THE WAR.
GERMANY GOES BACK.
||
June 30, March 31.
1920.
Chited States.. 11,200 Great Brital and
1020. 10,700
91,810
Motor-ships.
VICTORIA MEMORIAL SINKS SIX INCHES.
BUILT ON QUICKSAND
NYK
SAILINGS "SUBJECT TO ALTERATION;
SIBERIA MARU
Calcutta, August 10.-A start- ing statement was made in SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghal, Japan Ports & Honolulu. Calcutta today with regard to the safety of the big buildings in Calcutta built on quicksand, over which there is only the thinnest SOUTH AMERICA via Japan. solid strap of earth.
TAIYO MARU TENTO MARU
Angeles, Mexico & Panama. ANYO MARU
'BOKUYO MARU
Monday, 21st September, at Noon. Tuesday, 5th October. Monday.. 12th October. Honolult, San Francisco,
Los
Tuesday, 12th October, at Noca Saturday, 27th November.
MARSEILLES, LONDON & ANTWERP via Singapore & Perta
HAKOZAKI MARU HAKUSAN MARU
Saturday, Saturday,
Ireland ......113.763 Another now low reebut in world Other Countries 136,253 145,000 shipbuilding since the war is shown
World Total 261.213247,510 by returns covering all the mari
During the quarter ended June time countries for the quarter end-50, 1925, however, 172.000 gross ed. June 30, last, and issued by tons of tankers were being built At throughout the world, of which Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
about 165,000 tons were in the yards) It has been discovered that the the end of June the mercha:t of Great Britain and Ireland, and motion of the quicksand is vesaela for all countries, on which more than 200,000 tons in other seriously affecting the "structures, particularly the new big ones. work had been commenced, agere- countries.
The foundations of the Victoria! unted., 1,070,000 gross tons, a decline
Construction of, motor vessels Memorial, one of the biggest of about 40,000 tons, as compare! showed a farther decrease during buildings in India, have actually SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports. with the previous quarter, and of the quarter, although a slight gain sunk six inches, fortunately even- ou 400,000 tons in comparison was shown for Great Britain and ly. The walls of a big new with the figures für June 30, 1925 Ireland. As compared with the commercial building which has The decline has now been a steady arter ended March 31, last, the also been built on foundations.in one for four years, und is well be decline was about 28,000 grows quicksand are leaning, outward at low the level fast prior to the wartons; but in comparison with a year a dangerous angle. The most re- It is also noted that the latest rego, when about 1,130,000 tena markable of all is a new building the river which is turns include 77,600 gross tons of were being constructed, the present adjacent to vessels on which work has been or total shows a drop of not far from bodily being carried forward to red suspended in the shipyards of quarter of a million tons. The the river by the motion of the Great Britain and Ireland.
contrast between the last two qan-quicksand. A sharp drop in the work of Gerters is given in the following table. It is now seen that in order to man shipbuilding yards is shown at gross tonnage:-
ensure safety they must be built June 30, Marcie 21 on piles. by the returns for the quarter just
1926. 1920. inded only 148,000 gross,tons being reported for Germany, as against Great Britain and 1216,000 tons in the quarter ending treland...293,341 280,66-1 In addition, coar 10ther Countries 301,556 823,435 aratively small declines are shown
Marsilles, Loulon, Antwerp, Ram, March 51, last.
Hamburg &-Hall- Murudis and Lomion
5. S.
"1.
About
MACEDONIA
11,080
4th Sept. Noon.
Marseliles & London
NAGPORE
MALWA
置
18th Sept,
NELLORE
4,853
29th
KASHGAR
1 9.006
MOREA
10.918
30th 30th
KIDDERPORE 5,334
MANTUA
DEVANHA
KARMAL MACEDONIA
DELTA
MARWA KALYAN
7,023
23rd Seht,
Sept.
18th Out.
110.500 13th Esth
8,155 25th
Oet.
Nov.
9.128 27th Nov, 11,080 11th Dec. 8,097 Brt Dec. 3425 5th
Jun.
Spore. Penang, Colombo & Bombay Spore, Penang, Colombo & Bombay Marseilles, London, Antwerp & Hall Marseilles & London
Marseillés, London & Antwern
pare, Penang, Colombo & Bombay Sapore. Fenang, Columbo & Bombay
Lotion & Antwerp Murseilles,
Marseilles and London S'pore,, Penang Colombo & Bumbay Marsellies, London & Antwerp. Marseilles and Laticion
Marselles, London & Antwerp.
Marseilles and London
1
MOREA
KASHGAR
2nd Jan. 10,918 6th Feb.
9.006
1901
Feb.
5th March
19th March
Marseilles, Lomb and Antwerp. Marseilles & Bondon
Marseilles & Londo
2nd April
Marseilles & London
10,002- 16,504 MACEDONIA 11.120
DEVANHA
KARMALA
MALWA
Marseilles, Lomelon & "Antwerp
For Italy, France, Denmark and Japan.
similar one for Holland.
United States Great Britain and Bryland Other Countries
9th April
[shipping launched 18th April ! 9.128
1991 30h April
Marseilles, London & Antwerp Marseilles and London'
Frequent connection from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo Constantimple, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Parts by steamers of Khudiyal Mail Steamship Co.
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
Singapore, Perung & Calcutta
·TAKADA
SANTHIA
TELAWA TALAMBA SHIRALA
6.544 7th Sept.
p..
| 7,754 | 15th Sept. 10,006 214t Sept. 80TH 24th Sept. 7,841 2nd Oet.
Singapore, Perang & Calcutt Singapore. Penang & Calcutta Singapore, Penang & Calcutta. Singapore, Petang & Calcutta
June
1926. 133.263
World Total 886,100 913,099 Italy alone is now constructing tone of vessels
Propulsive Power.
TANGO MARU AKI MARU MISHIMA MARU
11th September.
25th September.
Wethesday, 22nd September." Wednesday. 20th October. Wednesday,
24th November,
Monday, Saturday,
5th September:
t8th Septembur.
NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA.
TAKETOYO MARU
MAYEBASHI MARU ... BUENOS AIRES via Singapore, Durban & Cape Town, BOMBAY via SINGAPORE & COLOMBO.
SADO MARU.....
Saturday, 11th September. CALCUTTA via SINGAPORE, PENANG & RANGOON.
GENOA MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
AKI MARU
FISHING INSURANCE, SHANGHAI KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
NEW RISK UNDERTAKEN.
21st September.
Tuesday,
Saturday, 13th September.
HARUNA MARU
Monday, 6th September.
MORIOKA MARU
Friday,
10th Sufitember.
RANGOON MARU (Kobo direct). KAMO MARU
Friday,
17th September.
Tuesday, 21st September.
A new departure will be taken!
For further information apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA- in marine insurance in Japan, and fishing boats may be insured
The importance of Tel. Central Nos. 292 (Private exchanges to all departs.) against risks. extending insurance, facilities to the fahing trade has been emi- on many occasions in phasised the past, but the plans were drop- ped fer various reasons. Now the Tokyo Marine Insurance Com-!
THE BANK LINE, LTD.
pary, and Teikoku Marine Insur- AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE
ance Company have completed plans to strike but into this new field. Formal applications will be made to the Department of Com- merce and Industry for the
(ANDREW WEIR & CO., LONDON).
BOSTON & NEW YORK,
"SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG,
A gain is reported, however, for 215,183. Kro8H the United States, amounting to equipped with internal combustion about 15,000 gross tats, and engines, Lloyd's Register points out. a decline of but 5.000 tons from her high Agure, made in the quarter ending March 31, last.
Almost 45 per cent of the entire 841 present world construction of ship 996.081 ping, however, is of motor vessels. The proportion of the tonnage of World Total....1.970,687 Great Britain and Ireland's yards being devoted to this type of craft New work begun during the quaria 34 per cent. as compared with 32 ter Just ended fell short by about per cent, for all the other countries 150,000 gross tons of the volume of combined.
during that period, Comparative figures, how-
No decline, but an increase, how authorisation necessary for modi- M.v. "SPRINGBANK" From Houghtong via Suez Canal 30th September. to fiver, it is added, show that nearly
all this shortage was in countries ever, is shown in Lloyd's Registe.'sfications in the Articles of Asso- As things NOW stand, iother than Great Britain and figures of the power of various ulciation.
chand the result being given in engines being built or installed the applications will be the following table of the grosa, ton throughout the world. The Indicat-tained, since the authorities are
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.) nge of vessels commenced and sans ed horsepower of these engines at reported to be in favour of such
NEW YORK, BOSTON & BALTIMORE down the ways in the quarter end-the close of the quarter ending June
insurance, provided that it can be 30 was 782,216, as compared with effected by partial change in the s.s. "CITY OF ENVÁNSVILLE" From Hongkong via Suez Canal 24th Sept. ing Jude 30.
Berun. Launched, the figure of 733,496 for March 31, Articles of Association under 8.3. "CITY OF BATH" From Hongkong vin Suez Canal
last. A gaia was also shown in the which marine insurance business Great Britain and
Ireland ...... 167,820 1.69.09 world. figure for the shaft horse is carried on Other Countries..141,728 189,04 power of steam turbines, which advanced from 362,415 to 399,740, while the total of indicated horse- power of steam reciprocating en- gines declined from 432,968 to 370.394 in the same period.
the
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South)
ST. ALBANS
ARAFURA
TANDA
ST. ALBANS
ARAFURA
TANDA
4,500 1st
Oct.
| 8,000 | 29th Oct, 16.50 | End Dec.
4,600 $180 Dec. 0.000 28th
Jan.
6.956 14th March
Manila Sandakan, Thursday Island,
Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne,
World Total 309,548 358,081 Predominance of "Lloyd's."
It is shown by the returns for the quarter just ended that the cou struction work being done in all countries under the supervision of Lloyd's Register of Shipping, and intended to be classed with that society, aggregates 1,391,033 gress tons. Of this total; 762,155 grens to the United Kingdom, via Newtons represents work being super vised in the shipyards of Great Britain and Ireland, a gain in beth intonces over the previous quar ander. Slightly over 90 per cent of
Regular monthly sailings from Hongkong to Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
The E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd, steamers will also call at Shanghai, Iloilo, Cebis, Kolambugan, Tawao, Timor, Darwin, or other porta en route as inducement
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Company's steamers Zenland, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
offers,
The P.&O. Royal Mail steamers to London via Suez Canal. The P. & D. Branch Service of steamers, to Londor vin the Cape, The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers for Southampton London via Panama Canal.
SAILINGS TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN
KASHGAR
3rd Sept. Shanghai, Maji and Kobe
0.006
6 'a.m.
TALAMBA
8.018
7th Sept.
Kobe
ST. ALEANS
4,500
7th Sept.
SHIRALA
7841
14th Sept.
MOREA NYANZA KHYBER ARAFURA
1,
MAPORE
KARMALA
DEVANHA DENAN! TANDA
KHIVA NELLORE
MACEDONIA DELTA ST. ALBANS
MALWA NYANZA
KALYAN ARAFURA MOREA
KASHCAR
MANTUA TANDA TANDA MONGOLIA MACEDONIA ST. ALBANS DEVANHA KARMALA MALWA ARAFURA
10,918 18th Sept.
..7.023 0114 8,000 5th
Moji, Kobe. Cepka and Yokohama Shanghai. Moji and Kobe
Shanghai. Meji & Kobe
Shanghai, Mejl & Kobe
Moji and Kobe
28th Sept. 1st Oct.
Det. Moji. Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama
Meji and Kobe
10.902 16th. 16. 6,716
Ort.
net.
2ird
Y
Oct.
Det.
0.123 2013
Oct.
30th Oct.
2114
8.155 8,956 9,135 13th
136
Nov.
2nd Nov, Nov. Nov. KAR 4,863
15th 17,089 20th Nov.
8.007 8,097
97th Nov. 4.500 7th Dee.
:0th Dec.
13th Dec. 24th 6,000 4th 10,018
Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
4th
Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
0.000 10,902 0,900 16,504 17th 11,120 4,500 8.155 13th March 0,128 18th March 10,380
April 8,000 3th April
4th March 8th March
Shao & Kobe
Shanghai, Meli and Kobe
Shanghai and Kobe
Mp, Kobe, Osaka and Yokohama Shanghai, Mall and Kobe
Shanghai, Moji & Kube
Shanghai, Moj & Kobe
Shanghai, Moji and Kobe
Maji, Kobe, Osaka and Yokbhanta
Shanghai, Moji and Kobe
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe
Shanghai, Mejl and Kobe
Maji, Kobe, Osuka and Yokohama Shanghai, Mejl & Kobe Shanghai,
Shanghai, Moji & Kobe
Shangha, Moi and Kebe
Maji, Kobe, Den
Мод, коромо and
Denka & Yokohama Moji and Kobe Kobe
Shingh Maliy
Moji
Yokohama Kabe, Danka & Yo Shanghai, Maj & Kobe Shanghai, Moji & Kobe Shanghai, Moji & Kote, Muji, Kobe, Osaka & Yokohama
All dates are approximate and subject to alteration without notice. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
Passengers for Hangoon must defray their own Hotel expenses at
Singapore while awaiting the on-earrying steamer,
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge.
Steamers on London and Australian Linee are Atted with Lundrien. " Parcels measuring not more than 2% ft x 2 ft. x 1 ft. will bo received
at the Company's Office up to Noon on the day provious to sailing.
For farther Information, Passage Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to:-,.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
P. &.0. Building, Connaught 'Rd, C., HONGKONG.
Agents.
enter,
Foochow has declared Wenchow to be cholera infected. All vools arriving at Foochow from that port on and after August 29 will be gov erned by the sanitary regulations" for the port.
Great Britain and
Ireland
For Great Britain and Ireland, the total horsepower of marine en- gines under way at June 30,' last, was divided as follows: Steam re- ciprocating engines, 211,414; steam turbines, 146,915; oil engines, 278,-tries are shown in the following table of gross tonnage for the last 209, "For the other countries com.
two quarters: bined, the division was: Steam re
June 30 March 31. ciprocating engines. 159.180; steam ol engines,
1926 1926 turbines, 253,625: 504.007.
National Rankings.
814,338 343,070 287,346 298.530 all the work in the yards of Greet The sharp drop reported in GerItaly
.153,955 156,965 Britain and Ireland is now build-many's shipbuilding for the quarter France
.148,851 216,871 ing to Lloyd's classification, and ended June 80 last, results in a Germany
.148,245 133,805 more than seventy per cent of the recession from third to fourth place Holland
117,777 fotal figure for the world.
in world construction ranking for United States...133,208
42,873 69,458 that country, she exchanging places Denmark
38.270 45,690 with France. Holland is unly a few Japan
and the Only Italy, Holland behind Germany. hundred tons American, shipyards are still in United States are building larger sixth position, but are now within amounts of merchant tonnage than At that striking distance of the Dutch and they were a year ago. German huilders. A year ago Ger-time American shipyards "had only 92,000 groba tons in hand, Italian many held second place, which is now occupied by Italy. The rela-builders 212,000 tons, and Dutch tive positions of the various coun- | 100,000.-
The building of tankers, which had been declining during recent quarters, showed a gain during the three months ending June 30 last. This was chiefly accounted for by work in the building planta of Crent Britain and Ireland, and by a slight gain in American shipyards. the total for the other maritime coun- trles showing a decline, ag
.com-
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UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT. "ELLERMAN” LINE. (ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.S. CO., LTD.)
FOR LONDON AND HAVRE."
S.3. "KENTUCKY"
"From Hongkong 30th Sapt." FOR MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LONDON & HAMBURG. -S.S. “CITY OF RANGOON" From Hongkong 24th October.
FARES TO LONDON "A" 1st Class £88 2nd Class ‹£60: "B" let Class £80. 2nd Class £55.
..
ORIENTAL-AFRICAN LINE MAURITIUS & SOUTH AFRICA.
STEAMER
OCTOBER. From HONGKONG. Loading for Mauritius, Delagoa Bay, Durban, East Londos Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay and Capetown.
Through Bills of Lading issued to Beira, Quilimaine, The Port Amelia, Mozambique, Chinda, Inhambane, Zanzibar, Mombasa Killindini, Port Nolloth, Luderitz Bay, Walvis Ray and Madagascar
AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE.
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.) Sailings from Singapore on 6th of every month by "CITY OF PALERMO" or "MALATIAN" to Java, Fremantle, Adelaid♦ Melbourne and Sydney, and Vice Verss.
Through freight and passenger bookings from Hongkong i conjunction with "Ellerman" Line or other services.
FOR FREIGET OK' PASSAGE ON ANY OF THE ABOVE LINES
APPLY TO
Tel. Cent. 4791.
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BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE
JOINT SERVICE OF THE
BLUE FUNNEL"
LINE.
(OCEAN S.8. CO., LTD. & CHINA MUTUAL S.N. CO., LTD., AND
AMERICAN & MANCHUKIAN LINE
(ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL 8.8. CO., LTD.)
SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.
8.8. "ANTILOCHUS":
via Suez Canal
8.8. "CITY OF EVANSVILLE
98. "CITY OF BATH”,
đó, do
10th September.
24th September. 8th October.
Steamers proceed via Suez Canal or Panama Caral at Owners' Option
Subject to change without notice.
For Freight and particulars apply to:-
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE or THE BANK LINE, LTD., Hongkong. Hongkong & Canton: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., Cantow
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DOLLAR DIRECTORY
NOW ON
SALE.
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Old and New Firms, New Clubs and New Associationi are requested to send in full Particulars for the new issue of the Directory for 1927,
T. S. S.
NC WO*:
Passenger & Cargo River Steamer, built and engined at Kowloon Dock, by the Hongkong
& Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd., to the order of he Indo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.,
for service on the Middle Yangtze, Hankow - I-chang.
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manageri
R. M, DYER, B.Sc., MINA, Kowloon Deck, Hongkong.
ADE
CHINA MAIL.