*
;
44
5.
Nine vessels only were registered
at Hongkong, and Forty-two Steam-launches and other vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of 7,634 tons were built during
1906, compared with Seventeen vessels registered and Forty-
-three Steam-launches and other vessels with an aggregate
tonnage of 3,695 tons built in 1905.
6.
The number of cases tried in the
Marine Magistrate's Court, which had, for reasons explained
in the concluding paragraph of my Despatch last year,
temporarily increased, declined in 1906 to 27 cases with
44 defendants compared with 56 cases with 170 defendants
in 1904 and 75 cases with 338 defendants in 1905.
7.
The new Harbour Office, occupying
a central position on the sea front, was completed in July
last, and now provides the accommodation necessary to deal
with the large and diversified business of the Port, which
was conspicuously lacking in the small and ill-placed
building formerly used for the purpose.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient,
humble servant,
Inathan
Governor, &c..