NYIKLINE
THROUGH BOOKING TO EUROPE AT REDUCED RATES, £120, £112, '£110, £102, £83, via San Francisco:
G$440, G$420, via Japan and Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
TENYO MARU
KOREA MARU
*Calls Keelung.
HAKONE MARU
SUWA MARU
Tuoaday. Tuesday,
3rd April 17th April.
LONDON via Singapore, Suez, Marseilles & Ports.
Saturday, 7th April
SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila & Ports.
-AKI MARU
Saturday, 21st April.
Wednesday, 25th April.
Wednesday, 11th April.
BOMBAY, vią Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
AWA MARU
SOUTH AMERICA (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu, Los Angeles.
'Mexico & Panama.
BOKUYO MARU
Thursday, 19th April. SOUTH AMERICA (East Coast) via Singapore, Cape Town & Ports.
10th April. Tuesday, NEW YORK and/or BOSTON via PANAMA.
...Sunday, 16th April.
HAKATA MARU
†TOBA MARU
LIVERPOOL via Singapore, Colombo, Port Said & Ports.
†LIMA MARU
CALCUTTA via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
NAGANO MARU
NAGASAKI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA,
MISHIMA MARU
.Saturday, 14th April.
Sunday, 8th April.
Friday,
20th April.
SHANGHAI, KOBE & YOKOHAMA.
HAKOZAKI MARU
TOTTORI MARU (Moji direct).
31st March. Saturday, Monday. 2nd April Monday, 2nd April.
+Cargo only.
WAKASA MARU (Kobe direct)
Subject to alteration without notice.
For further inforination apply to-NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. Tel. Central No. 292 (Private exchange to all departments.)
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MESSAGERIES
M
MARITIMES.
MAIL AND CARGO STE AMERS TO AND FROM MARSEILLES, DUNKIRK, U.K. HAMBURG & ROTTERDAM.
From Marseilles
CHENONCEAUX ..10th Apr. ATHOS II.
.24th Apr. 8th May. D'ARTAGNAN
G. METZINGER...22nd May.
From Dunkirk, Antwerp, London
CAPT. FAURE (Cargo) 24th Apr.
For Shanghai, Japan and North
China
CAPT, FAURE (Cargo) `24th Apr.
For full Particulars, apply to:-
For Shanghai and Japan CHENONCEAUX.10th Apr. ATHOS II ... .24th Apr. D'ARTAGNAN
8th May.
G. METZINGER...22nd May, '
For Marseilles.
PAUL LECAT :10th Apr. ANDRE LEBON
..24th Apr. CHENONCEAUX .. 8th May. ATHOS II.
.22nd May. D'ARTAGNAN.... 5th June,
For Rotterdam, Hamburg, Dunkirk YALOU (Cargo) 1st week Apr.
Cje, des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES, Telephones: C. 651 and '740.
3. QUEEN'S BUILDING.
MAN LOONG PRESERVED GINGER MANUFACTURERS.
NEW SEASON PRESERVED GINGER. Best quality-Prompt attention to Exporters, Office: 221, Queen's Road Central. Tel. C. 2630.
Factory:-2 Godown. Prays. Dundas St.. Mongkok. Tel. 88.
BANK LINE
AGENTS FOR
H.K. HARBOUR..
SHIPPING FIGURES FOR 1927.
ENCOURAGING FACTORS.
THE CHINA MAIL,,
SHIPPING
SECTION.
Interesting particulars of the shipping in Hong Kong harbour during 1927 are contained in the report of the Harbour Mastor for
the past year,
RESOLUTE TOURISTS
DISAPPOINTING HONG KONG
WEATHER.
LEAVING TO-DAY.
The Hamburg-Amerika
round-
Of vessels of European construc-the-world liner "Rosolate" will tion 5,316 ocean steamers, 4,368 leave Hong Kong this afternoon. river steambra and 3,936 steam-The tourists have not had the op- shipa not exceeding 60 tons enter-portunity of seeing the island at ed during the year, giving a daily its best but their time here has boen fully occupied in planned average of 37.8 ships.
tours of places of intereat here, la Canton and Macao and in "ex- peditions" on their own account. Many were to be observed yestar. day at the China Exhibition held in St. Andrew's the grounds of Church, Kowloon.
River Trade. Comparisons between the river trade of 1926 and 1927 are as fol. lows:-
OX-
Import tona 1926, 117,421; port tons, 128,222 and passengers,
1,071,211.
EX-
Import tons 1927, 350,340; The figures given show that the total shipping entering and clear-part tons, 494,618 and passengers, ing Ports in the Colony during 2,331,588. 1927 amounted to 298,707 vessels of 44,127.161 tons, which compar ed with the figures of 1926 show a decrease of 261,566 vessels and an increase of 330,726 tons.
of
Of the above 61,289 vessels 36,834,014 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade as compared with 30,231 vessels of 28,371,104 tons, in 1926.
There was an increase in British ocean shipping of, 460 ships of 403,023 tons.
Foreign ocean-going vessels show an increase of 2,299 ships and an. increase of 3,982,445 tons.
Effect of C. N. Co. Stoppage. These figures are affected by the stoppage due to vessels. of the China Navigation Co, being laid up from July 1. 1927, to September 7,
1927.
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British river steamers show an increase of 3,273 ships and an in- crease of 1,826,653 tons. This in- crease in ships and tonnage is due to the vessels again running on the Canton and West rivers.
Foreign river steamers show an increase of 935 ships and an in crease of 483,420 tons.
In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in foreign trade there is an increase of 5,064 ships with an increase in tonnage of .146,044 tons.
Junks in foreign trade show an increase of 9,027 vessels, and an increase of 1,651,325 tons.
Harbour Limits Extension.
local trade In
(1.e. between places within the waters of the decrease in Colony) there is n steam-launches of 280,269 and a decrease in tonnage of 8,178.174 tons. This is partially due to the extension of the harbour limits, include places for which now which statistics were formerly re- quired.
Junks in Local trade show a de- crease of 2,355 vessels and an in- crease of 45,989 tons.
"
Business done at the local stores during the "Resolute's" stay here has not been great but there has been a fair demand for wicker work and some silk, jade and china bas been sold.
Junk Trade Figures, Comparisons between the junk
A Lady's Death. trade for the two years are as fol-
A harbour office notification la lows:
Engaged in foreign import trade) to the effect that the death of an during 1926, 7,388 junks with total Austrian lady aged 26 who embark- at Ville- tonnage of 704,111. Engaged in rd on the "Resolute" local import trade during 1926, tranche, occurred on March 19.
It is believed that the lady In 6,869 junks with total tonnage of 323,952.
question committed, suicide be- tween Batavia and Indo-Chinn.
Engaged in foreign. import trade during 1927, 11,000 junks with total tonnage of 1,502,466. En-! gaged in local import trade during 1927, 5,947 junks with total ton- nage of 253,175,
DOCK DISPUTE.
U. S. LINE AND PORT OF LONDON,
Engaged in foreign export trade during 1926, 7,630 junks with
CHARGE OF UNFAIRNESS. total tonnage of 683,805. Engag-
New York. It has become ed in local export trade during 1926, 7,065 junks with total ton-known that the American State nage of 415.158.
Department has addressed a Engaged in foreign export trade letter on behalf of the United during 1927, 12,064 junks with States Shipping Board to the Lon- Endon Port administration with re- total. tonnage of 1,536,773. gaged in local export trade during ference to the Port of London 1927, 6,658 junks with total ton-Authority's recent action in noti- fying the American merchant line nage of 274,722. -
junks to change its London terminal Commercial from the Surrey Docks to the Royal Albert Docks on May. 1.
Total imported cargo by
in 1927 was 331,959 tons and total exported cargo, 1,078,782.
Emigrants.
Increase In Revenue."
The Shipping Board officials, it during the The total revenue year from Light Dues, Special is declared, have suggested to Assessments. Licences and Inter- the State Department that the nal Revenue, Fees of Courts and London Port authorities have Offices, etc., was $1,000,229.80 as been persuaded to end the Surrey against $820,888.39 collected in the Commercial Dock concession to previous year' showing an increase the merchant line because of the wish of the Canadian Government of $179,341.41.
merchant marine vessels to use the Surrey berth as more desir- Hong able than the Royal Albert Docks. 285,693 emigrants left
Amicable Settlement. Kong for various places during the
The State Department is also year 1027 (216,527 in 1926). these 138,263 were carried in Bri-informed that, pending the out- tish ships and 147.380 in Foreign come of the present dispute, the ships.
Shipping Board cannot advertise emigrants the American merchant fleet and 181,100 returning were reported to have been brought the American West African Line to Hong Kong from the several for sale. places to which they had emigrat-
AMERICAN AUSTRALIA ORIENT ships.
LINE.
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U. S. Shipping Board By SWAYNE & HOYT, INC. FOR SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES.
3.S. "WEST SEQUANA" Apr. 6 S.S. "WEST CAJOOT" .Apr. 18 S.S. "MONTAGUE" ....Apr. 29
For full information apply to-
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L. EVERETT, Inc. General Agents
LTD.
ELLERMAN & BUCKNALL S.S. CO., LTD.
SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION WITHOUT NOTICE.
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT
S.S. "CITY OF GLASGOW" Havre, London, Rotterdam & Hamburg 9.8. "CITY OF BOMBAY"..Havre. London, Rotterdam & Hamburg
AUSTRALIA
"KAZEMBE"
SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA Leaves Singapore
ELLERMAN LINE!
.24th April..
25th May
Of
While an amicable settlement
ed either from this Colony or from of the situation is confidently ex- Coast Ports, as against 128,661 in pected, the usual suggestion of 1926. Of these, 100,889 arrived in retaliatory measures has been in- British ships and 80,211 in Foreign terjected, and it is pointed out that, if necessary, the American Government can rescind the pri Ships Registered..
vilege granted to ships of the During the year, 12 ships were Canadian Government merchant registered under the provisions of marine to dock at piers in New the Merchant Shipping Acts, and York Harbour which are under 26 Certificates of Registry cancel the control of the War Depart-
etc., were ment. led. 235 documents, dealt with in connection with the Aet, the fees on which amounted to $1,776.00 ns compared with $1,634.00 in 1926;
Too Often Raised. That the charge of unfairness interests against by foreign American shipping, is too readily raised by the officials of the Unit- Mercantile Marine Office. 37,500 seamen were shipped and fed States Shipping Board is de- 34,122 discharged at the Mercantile monstrated by a communication from the president of the Associa. Marine Office and on board ships tion of Marine Underwriters to the during the year, compared with Merchant Marine Committee of 32,982 shipped and 30,929 dlacharg- the House of Representatives: The ed during 1926.
association protests against the 62 distressed scamen were re testimony of Mr. Edward Plum- ceived and admitted to Sailors mer, vice-chairman of the United Home and Boarding Houses; of States Shipping Board, that these 10 were sent Home, 1 to Mel-American shippers are at the bourne, 4 to Shanghai, 4 to Singa-mercy of foreign marine insur- pore, 2 to Vancouver, i remained ance companies, who practise dis- em-crimination. It declares that a in Hospital, and 40 obtained
fully adequate American insur- ployment.
$846.07 was expended by thejance market is, always available Harbour Master on bohalf of the for any American shippers who Board of Trade In the relief of might decide that they were re- these distressed'seamen,
Marine Surveyor's Office. The total number of vessels sur- veyed for Passenger Certificates in 1927 was 128 vessels of 362,296 gross tons, 89 being surveyed at Kowloon Docks, 01 at Taikoo Dock-1 AUSTRAL-EAST INDIES LINE yard, 6 at Cosmopolitan Docks, 1 at Aberdeen Dock and 20 on Chinese slipways, the remainder being surveyed in the Harbour on, bottom Certificates.
For FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE & SYDNEY.
7th May.
Through Freight and Passeng r bookings from Hong Kong in conjunction with "Ellerman" Line and
other services.
BOSTON, NEW YORK & BALTIMORE.
8.8. "CITY OF DUNKIRK". S.8. "CITY OF EASTBOURNE"
S.S. "CITY OF NEWCASTLE",
via Suez Canal
via Suez Canal
via Suez Canal
ALSO AGENTS FOR
AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE
ANDREW WEIR & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
SS. "BIRCHBANK”
MAURITIUS MAY
BS "TINHOW".
SERVICES TO
vla Suez Canal
SOUTH AFRICA
.20th April. 18th May. 15th June
AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE
.31st March.
The nationalities and tonnage of these vessels were as follows:- British, 108 vessels of 328,077 tons (gross); Chinese, 9 vessels, of 7,287, tons (gross); Norwegian, d vessels of 21,140 tons (gross); and Danish, 2 vessels of 5,792 tone (gross)..
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
Consignees of Cargo ex
8.9,
"Andre. Lebon" are advised to send
"ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE in all claims to the Agent before
20th April.
Loading for Mauritius, Delaga Bay, Durban, East London, Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth). Mossel Bay
and Capetown, N Through Bills of Lading is sed Beira, Quilimaine, Ibo, Port Amolla, Mozambique Chinde bao Kilindini, Port Nolloth, Luderitz Bay,, Walvis Bay and Inhambane Zanzi
any of the above lines apply to:
Madagasc
For: froight or "passége.
THE BANK LINE, LTD.
April 2
A mine was netted by an Iver ness drifter. off the Donegal coast.
James Roney, 19, was washed overboard, and drowned, when the Hull trawler, "Lord Mersey, en- countered a storm off Iceland;
ceiving unfair treatment at the lands of foreign underwriters.
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BAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION.
LONDON,
r
HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM & ANTWERP Via Singapore. Colombo, Saer and Port Sall. ALASKA MARU
Monday, 9th April.
RIO DE JANEIRO, SANTOS & BUENOS AIRES -Via Salgon, Singapore
Colombo, Durban & Cape Town. LAPLATA MARU
BOMBAY Via Singapore and Colambo.
.Friday, 27th April
SHUNKO MARU (Calls at Karachi) Thursday, 5th April. BORNEO MARU (Cails at Penang) Thursday, 10th April. DURBAN, DELAGOA BAY, REIRA. DAR-ES-SALAAM, ZA SZIVAR
MOMBASA-Via Singapore and Colombo.
CANADA MARU.......Saturday, 31st March, CALCUTTA—Via Singapore, Penang and Hangoon.
SEATTLE MARU.Friday, 27th. April. · VICTORIA, SEATTLE, TACOMA & VANCOUVER Via Japra Ports. ARIZONA MARU (From Shanghai) Saturday, 7th April. HAIPHONG VÀ ROIHOW & PAK HỎI.
MENADO MARU..............
.....Thursday, 12th April, 10a.m. NEW YORK-Via Japan ports, San Francisco & Panama, JAPAN PORTS
SOUNABAYA MARU ANDES MARU
KEELUNG Vin SWATOW & AMOY,
MENADO MARU HOZAN MARU KISHU MARU TAKAO-Via SWATOW & AMOY
DELI MARU TAKAO & KEELUNG
BATAVIA MARU
CANTON
OXY-ACETYLENE, AND ELECTRIC WELDERS, MECHANICAL, AND ELECTRICAL
DELI MARU
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