A comparison between the years 1898 and 1899 is shewn in the following Table :----
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Five thousand three hundred and eighty-six (5,386) steamers, 58 sailing vessels, and 22, janks in Foreign Trade entered during the year, giving a daily average of 76.9 as against 96 in 1898 For European-constructed vessels the daily average of entry would be 14.91, against 15.17 in 1898 and, of the steamers entering, 68.17 / were British.
The actual number of ships, of European construction, (exclusive of River steamers) enterin the port during the year 1899 was 603, being 312 British and 291 Foreign.
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ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED 1898 AND 1899. (BRITISH AND FOREIGN STEAMERS.)
155
1898.
1899.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
Ships.
Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships.
Touunge. Ships. Touuage.
ritish, Yerman,
apanese,
inese,.
Comparatire Shipping Return for the Years 1898 and 1899,
Feneb,
forwegian,
7,224 8,601,880 7,354 8,665,828 1,385 1,757,238 481 1,005,455 424 528,667 312 349,568 404 $73,097 252
1,265 1,653,895
658 1,338,973 456 306,696 444 487,898 234,799
130 63,945
177 338,518
32 132
120
103,343
16,971
87,825
152
138,298
American,
130
91,967
152
160,566
22 68,599
1898.
1890.
INCREASE. DECREASE.
Austrian,
50
132,318
54
142,890
4 10,072
Kalian,
Ships. Tomunge. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Toumage Ships, Tonnage.
Danisu,
64
26
37,990
90
53,420
4
15,430
134 85,101
24
48,105
110
36,996
Russian,
2
6,854
9
11.817
4,963
British...
Trade.
Foreign,
Junks in Foreign
Total...69,84 16,879,487 55.972 | 17,133,381
Junks in Local
Trade, 5
0,635 286,298 32,655 907,978 28,020 581,685)
Grand Total...[79,629, 17,265,780 68.627 | 19,101,309 23,020|| $35,529|14,022
7,450 8,703,648 7,408 8,725,016!
19,808 48
3,602 4,547,085| 3,497 4,712,131
165,046
105
*
58,086 3,626,754 45,067 3,696,154|
69,450 115,869
253,844|14,022
Hawaiian,
10
23,392
4
9,192
*
14,200
Belgian,
2
4,348
*
8,048
3,700
Spanish,
6
2,591
7,706
5,115
Dutch,
12
17,678
4
5,040
12,638
Portuguese,
5,844
62
3,344
mese..
Swedish,
...........,י *
8,998 835,529
Total,
10,602 13,013,144
10,790 13,287,212
584
Net Increase,
596,514
396 322,446
188 274,068
396
322,446
*Including 18,700 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 109,840 tons. ↑ Including 4918 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 108,834 tons. Including 12,826 Conservancy and Dust Boats measuring 316,300 tons.
For vessels under the British Flag. this table shows a falling off of 48 ships. This mayb attributed to the return to normal conditions of the shipping of the port. In 1898 there was a larg extra bumber of tramp colliers entered from home. These were subsequently employed in the inflat rice trade to Japan, which continued up to the end of 1898. These steamers have now returne home. An additional cause for the diminution lies in the fact that the steamers of the Norther Pacific Line have turned over to the United States Flag. There is also a great decrease in the mucke of sailing vessels calling here which, alone, would account for more than the 48.
ANALYSIS OF SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED, 1898 AND 1899.
(BRITISH AND FOREIGN SAIL.)
1898.
1899.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
Ships.
Tonuage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage.
British,
232
The British tonnage, on the other hand, shows an increase of 19,368 tons. This may american, accounted for by the gradual substitution of large for small vessels.
101
103,768 54 59,188
87,567
178
44,580
49
71,207
16,360
ustrian,
77
Danish,
1,350
⠀ ⠀
ment.
For vessels under Foreign Flags, there is also a numerical decrease with an increase of measure
The decrease of 105 ships is explained by-(i) The total disappearance of West, River Lorch Sawaian, under Gerinan colours. (ii) A certain number of German coasting steamers, usually calling beliau, having been, during the greater part of the year, on time charter in the Northern ports. And erwogian,
Asséun, Three Danish steamiers of small tonnage and of former frequent entry, have ceased to call here.
The increase of tonnage of 165,016 tons is accounted for by-(1) The starting of a new Japan line of steamers, the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, calling here. (ii) The increased number of Japanese coast ing steamers, (iii) An increase in Marty's Fleet (French). (iv) The Northern Pacific Line, hasie shifted from British to United States colours, were running here during the first half of the you (v) The greatly increased size of many steamers now employed on the European runs.
The rema as to British sailing vessels (abovej also apply here.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF TOTAL SHIPPING ENTERED AND CLEARED 1895-1899
Siamese,
Spanish,. walish,
French, Ferman,
2,228
101
32,337
17,158
ཋ 3]
77 1,350 2,228
15,179
4,318
4,318
2
1,588
4,796
4.796
942 618
942
618
Total,.
456
239,589
115 149,935
1
794
342
90,448
1
794
Nett Decrease,..
341
89,654
INCLUDED.
JUNKS 1898 AND 1899.
1895.
1896.
1897.
1998.
1897.
1998.
1899.
INCREASE.
DECREASE.
Total Entered and
Cleared,
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. | Tommage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tous
78,761 15,632,113 80,463 16,515,953 77,298 15,988,174 79,629 17,265,780 88,627 18.1
Ships.
Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships.
63,571 4,018,047 77,722 4,664,162
Tonnage.
Ships.
Tonnage.
9,151
651,115