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A comparison between the years 1903 and 1904 is given in the following Table; Steam Launches are not included :--
1903.
1404.
increase.
Decrease.
Flag.
5
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STEAMERS.
Ships.
No. of Times entered.
Total Tonnage.
1903. 1904. 1903. 1904. 1908. 1904.
546
Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage. Ships. Tonnage, Ships. Tonnage.
British, Foreign, Junks in Foreign (
Trade,
8,449 11,250,296 10,190 | 13,406,094 | 1,741 2,155.798) 6,040 7,768,115 4,732 5,821,218
1.308 1,846,897
31.766
2.608.450 36.251 3,072,270 4,485 873,811
Total....... 46,255
21.716,870 51,173 22,299,582 | 6.2262,529,609 1,308 1,946,897
British, Austrian, Belgian.
15
331 498 1,982 2,151 3,368,7883,843,855
42
32 1
106,944| 102,349 2,047
Chinese,
14
180
222,161 241,085
Janks in Local 58,215
Trade,...!
2,136,514 62,965 | 2,348,676 4,750| 212,162
Danish,
8
27
13
48,676 26,817
Dutch,
11
21
44
34,575 84,379
Grand Total....' 101,470 23,803,884 114,138 23,648,258 10,976 2,741,771 1,308 1,946,897
French,
42
36
262
238 246,837 234,577
German,
126
147 937
861 1,345,567|1,268,835
Italian,.
3
6
12
20 32.732 38,212
NET,
9,668 794,874
Japanese,,
69
30 467
51 1,017,263) 114,951
Norwegian,
51
60 1 318
253
819,685) 276,211
Portuguese,..
4
30
58
7,110 12,167
Russian.
9:
19
5 30,781 14,578
Spanish,
2
6,017
Swedish,
#
31
12
26,093 8,582
United States,
24
24
61
64
200,706 232,857
No Flug,
1
1
1,260 2,500
Total,
709
8594,383 3,981 7,009,1816,509,219
* Including 17,210 Conservancy and Dust Boats of $57,052 tons.
† Including 32,424 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,176,625 tons.
For vessels under the British Flag, this Table shows a total increase of 1,741 ships of 2,155,798 tons, viz., an increase of 352 ships of 930,300 tons to Ocean- going, and an increase of 1,389 ships of 1,225,498 tons to River Trade.
The above increase in Ocean-going trade is principally due to a large influx of colliers and other tramp steamers in ballast, attracted to the Far East by the War.
The increase in River Trade is due to 10 new vessels having started to ply during the
year.
Under Foreign Flags, the Table shows a decrease of 1,308 ships of 1,946,897 tons of which 159 ships are River Steamers. The River Steamers tonnage, however, shows an increase of 36,008 tons, giving a net decrease in Foreign Ocean shipping of 1,149 ships of 1,910,889 tons.
This decrease is due to :---
(1.) The disappearance of all Russian and almost all Japanese ships
from the run since the War began.
(2.) The transfer of a large number of small German and Norwegian
vessels to the Japanese Coast Trade.
(3.) A considerable decrease in numbers (but increase in tonnage) of
vessels under United States of America colours.
The decrease in numbers of Foreign River Steamers is due to the smaller number of individual vessels plying, while the increased tonnage is accounted for by their larger size.
The actual number of ships of European construction (exclusive of River Steamers and Steam Launches) entering the port during 1904 was 860, of which 498 were British and 362 Foreign. These 860 ships entered 3,981 times, giving a total tonnage entered of 6,509,919 tons. ships entered 38 times less and with a total tonnage decreased by 499,262 tons.
Thus compared with 1903, 119 more
SAILING VESSELS.
Ships.
No. of Times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1903. | 1904. 1903. † 1904.
1903. 1904.
British, Dutch,
13
11 1
14
27,525 19,447
84
French,
7,194 3,414
German,
2,045
17
Italian,...
2
994
Japanese,
120
Norwegian,
2
1,198
3,651
Sarawak.
2,676
1.338
Swedish,
1,271
United States,.
11,177
2,867
No Flag,
1,498
919
Total,
32
25
36 26 55,004 32,701
لیشر
During the year 1904, 14,922 vessels of European construction, of 19,227,512 tons (nett register), reported having carried 10,572,844 tons of cargo, as follows :—-
Import cargo, Export
Transit
Bunker coal shipped,
Tons.
4,150,639
2,605,861
3,151,926
664,418
10,572,844
In Imports there is an increase reported of 167,229 tons.
In Exports there is an increase reported of 360,742 tons.
In Transit Cargo there is an increase reported of 276,976 tons.
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