# Comparative Return of Vessels anchored up the Port of Hongkong for the years 1854 and 1855
Received 10 Jun
Transmitting
Victoria, Hong Kong,
Governor Sir John Bowring
26th March, 1856.
## Comparative RETURN of VESSELS, TONNAGE and FLAG, ANCHORED at the PORT OF HONGKONG, during the Years 1854 and 1855.
FLAG 1854 1855 NUMBER OF VESSELS TONNAGE NUMBER OF VESSELS TONNAGE British 425 109,902 563 194,234 American 142 97,703 197 144,265 Spanish 52 17,079 47 12,689 Dutch 46 22,822 77 30,957 Danish 25 5,641 56 12,864 French 8 4,014 20 7,701 Hamburgh 28 8,841 70 19,196 Prussian 2 1,069 2 407 Mexican Sardinian 2 876 Portuguese 3,783 14 3,454 Siamese Swedish 7 3,446 7 1,914 Bremen 4 1,200 5 2,281 Belgian 13 2,302 Norwegian 403 600 Peruvian 1 154 Chilian New Grenadian Oldenburg 24 8,701 38 14,083 Hanoverian 6 2,987 11 2,587 Chinese 3 1,807 4 1,740 Austrian 2 294 1 857 Steamers from Canton River 4 1,510 210 2 Do. from India 39 52,000 Totals 576 126,538 1,736 ... 1,100 143,554 60 1,580 30 24,340THOS. V. WATKINS, Harbor Master.
Harbor Master's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 22d January, 1856.
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