MARINE MAGISTRATE'S Court.
and granting Certificates to this class of officers. Engineers on many of the steamers on this Coast. extending the present Examination Board at Hongkong to the examining into the qualifications of
33. Much inconvenience and considerable insecurity arises from the employment of uncertificated I should view with great satisfaction an Ordinance
inconveniences complained of. completely in their own hands, and have only to exercise their authority on board to obviate all the diligence on Foreign ships. I need scarcely point out that the Consuls at this port have the matter
31. Complaints have been made during the year of the absence of any means to enforce order and
Certificates, whilst 6 failed in showing themselves qualified.
32. Of the 37 applicants for examination under this Ordinance, 31 candidates received their
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as heretofore, a few days' punishment being generally found sufficient to bring them to reason. the number of cases brought to this Court. It is found that seamen do not so persistently refuse duty
30. The hard labour prescribed for prisoners confined in Victoria Gaol is having a salutary effect on
MARINE COURTS (Ordinance No. 11 of 1860.)
Certificate was suspended for six months. returned to them; two Masters had their Certificates suspended for nine months; and one Master's whilst one steamer was ultimately got afloat. In three of these cases the Masters' Certificates were propelled by steam and two sailing ships. The sailing ships and three steamers became total wrecks,
34. There have been six Courts held under the provisions of this Ordinance on four vessels
SEAMEN.
merely serves to cherish and conserve an intolerable social nuisance. Colony. The indiscriminate charity which some persons persist in exercising towards destitutes instant, only twenty. There is now no excuse for the destitution of even a single Seaman in the The number of Seamen in the port legally discharged is now very small, there being, on the 24th
35. 7,829 Seamen were legally discharged in this Colony, and 8,096 were shipped during the year.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
Harbour Master, &c., H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,
The Honourable CECIL C. SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
I.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of Vessels ENTERED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong from each Country, in the Year 1872.
COUNTRIES WHENCE ARRIVED WITH CARGOES IN BALLAST TOTAL WITH CARGOES IN BALLAST TOTAL BRITISH Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Amoor River 2 1,546 45 2 1,546 45 Australia and New Zealand 34,908 1,057 922 594 38,408 631 Coast of China and Formosa 109 109 78,256 8,488 1,081 678,228 41,891 16,997 1,483 987 24,812 9,911 Continent of Europe 1 9,142 61 1 9,142 61 21,381 595 96 55,589 1,638 97 56,259 1,652 Great Britain 172 162,018 4,921 172 162,048 4,820 India and Singapore 12 149,278 9,209 12 149,278 9,209 48 82 66,617 4,978 170 218,890 14,187 Japan 1 68,960 3,381 1,817 241 Java & other Islands in the Indian Archipelago 12 4,760 280 12 70,277 8,405 72 4,766 250 46,424 3,165 72 46,424 3,165 153 115,884 6,546 Macao 816 78,874 12,827 401 319 Philippine Islands 2 10,810 972 1,454 50 Siam 59 17,068 596 39 South America United States of America 3,200 74,129 12,077 1,620 14,764 1,072 17,688 8,6 3,200 224,018 41,810 4 1 80 West Indies 381 13,528 1,020 76,088 4,85 530 20 86,891 2,618 TOTAL 1,691 11 5,649 230 51,845 6,719 2,412 349,282 60,865 5,318 248 82 81,656 2,240 215 91,851 6,117 578H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.
Harbour Master, &c.
II.-NUMBER, TONNAGE, and CREWS of Vessels CLEARED at Ports in the Colony of Hongkong for each Country, in the Year 1872.
COUNTRIES TO WHICH DEPARTED WITH CARGOES IN BALLAST TOTAL WITH CARGOES IN BALLAST TOTAL BRITISH Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Vessels Tons Crews Amoor River 1,248 67 1 1,248 571 Australia and New Zealand 1 8,114 2 1,750 28 433 38 9,908 227 30 Cape of Good Hope 2 420 201 2 429 201 650 10 Coast of China and Formosa 897 630,653 99,811 Continent of Europe 167 6 2,010 74 242 128,067 5,170 1,199 756,720 44,981 19,157 1,529,190 201,965 7,478 870,165 75,659 Great Britain 23 24,268 812 28 24,266 812 12 5,028 100 India and Singapore 108 143,881 8,203 49 50,227 2,755 17 14,465 10 5,693 399 Japan 301 64 125 158,346 8,66 41 60,397 4,718 6 3,184 90 47 59,920 3,056 42 34,086 2,689 Java & other Islands in the Indian Archipelago 41 1,267 22 12,868 403 26 13,620 467 8 1844 91 31 Macao 314 72,198 12,246 1,813 6 901 920 74,011 12,845 1,778 244,028 48,915 153 Philippine Islands 34 10,182 1,119 53 87,125 1,047 59,267 2,160 43 14 730 90 Sandwich Islands 281 500 Siam 1 1,781 97 26 12,671 409 31 14,452 500 38 South America South Pacific 1819 3,940 129 12 5,028 106 3 29,293 978 United States of America 2,080 4 2,080 15,611 1,500 95 39,701 2,596 West Indies TOTAL 1,482 970,123 66,080 301 224,246 8,001 1,878 1,191,369 74,341 21,184 2,022,236 819,6 7,818 516,477 82 580 29,02 2,528,712 491,6H. G. THOMSETT, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.