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and Macao Steamers, which
Steamers, which considerably
exceed 1000
daily
and
of
whom through
the courtesy of the Directors I have received
accurate returns, and also co
computing
20,000
arrivals and departures for the same period
in passenger boats and
vessels licensed by
the Registrar General. I find the total for
the first six months of 1866 exceeds 321,000
or 142,000 in the
year.
Jo. Therefore the movement in the Sext
10.
for 1866 and other
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of the Native Craft arrive and leave for Foreign Ports and cannot therefore be included in the coasting Trade within the sense intended in the Board of Trade's Returns we
may regard the total tonnage entered and cleared seawards from Hongkong
in 1866 exclusive of coasting trade as not
having
been less than
2,900,000 tons
notwithstanding the large
year
be
average years may approximately be estimated at 57,495 vessels equal to 3,313,397 tons exclusive of British and foreign shipping to Canton and Macao.
42,000 persons, to and from
and carrying Hongkong annually.
.71.
As probably 60,000 tons at the least
Report.
decrease for that
commented on in the Harbor Master's
in
comparing these figures with those of other British Seaports as given in the Statistical Abstract of the Board of Trade for 1863, which is
the latest within
my reach, it will be
found that the tonnage entering and