The average tonnage of River Steamers entered during the year That of British has again decreased, from 620-6 tons to 0021 tons.
River Steamers has decreased from 6404 tons to 617 tons and that of Foreign River Steamers from 5381 tons to 529 tons.
A comparison between the years 1909 and 1910 is given in the following Table :---
1910.
twerase.
Decrease.
Tonnage. No. Tonnage No. Tondage.
1009.
Class of Vessels.
No. Tonnage.
No.
British Ocean-
going,
4.076. 7,735,927 4,268,111,946
186 876,01Dİ
4312) 8,103,969 4,318 | 7,857,908 5,780 3,703,754 6,483 4,809,073)
1,370:
706.615 735,689 1,334
246 0615
703 298 319)
443
Foreign Oceant-
going, British Hiver
Steamers,*** Foreigu River
Steamers..... Steamships un- der 60 tons (Foreign Trade),
Junks, Foreign
Trade,.
Total Foreign i Travie,......!
Sream-launches
3,160 140,484 9,153 136,765
340,484
25,000 2.243,370 †21,170 2,101,887.
29,066
7
3,719
3,920 142,483
43,794 22,415,125 40,714 23,160,256 8891 920,3093,969 | 175,268
plying in Wa-439,988 10,328,400466,014 10,986.224 26,026 | 657,834 Lets of Colony,
Junks. Local
Trade,.........
*43,498 *2,087,320,710,436 42.387,871)
300,5513,062
Grand Total, ...627,240 24.833,845 547,104 36,634,561 20,9151,878,7847,031 173,268
Kel............. 19,884 1,703,516,
* luclading 19,001 Conservancy and Dust Boatsĵof 1,022,678 tons.
$
21,056
1,540,98 Ton
From October, 1910, Dust Beata are eliminated and wili ust be recorded.
in future returns, the work being done by Government Cruit.
Decrease owing to low rate of Freights rating in liver Steamers. The figures shown represent number of trips made within and without
the Harbour.
This Table shows an increase in British Ocean Shipping of 186 ships of 376,019 tons, or of 45% in numbers, and of 4·8% in tonnage. This seems to indicate a resumption of the usual small annual in- crease in British shipping which has been so constant a feature in each normal year.
British River Steamers have recovered from the large decrease shown in 1909, and have added considerably in numbers to the figures for 1908, though the tonnage does not come up to that for the earlier year. The increase shown over the figures for 1909-703 ships of 298,319 tons or 12.1% in numbers, and 8% in tonnage is due to the fact that the large Canton River Steamers have made more trips that some of the small steamers have been transferred from the West River to the Canton run, and so run more frequently, and that many of the smaller steamers have made periodical excursion runs to ports other than their usual ones, while continuing to ply regularly on their usual runs,
Foreign Ocean Vessels have decreased by 6 ships, or '14 per cent, while their collective tonnage has increased by 246,061 tons, or 31 per cent. This result is due to increases of 27, 19 and 42 ships under Japanese, Norwegian and Chinese, respectively, which are counterbalanced by decreases of 20, 55, 14, 8 and 7 ships ander German, Portuguese, Swedish, French and United States, respective- ly: but the tonnage has generally increased, except under l'ortuguese, Swedish and United States. The loss in numbers is due chiefly to Portuguese, where a fall of 55 ships involved only 14,655 tons, while that under German, of 20 ships, was accompanied by a rise in ton- nage of 54,193 tons.
Foreign River Steamers have decreased by 36 ships for 26 %) of 29,066 tons (or 39 %). This is accounted for by the laying up for some four months of a Portuguese River Steamer, the Sui Cheong, which previously plied regularly.
As in former years, I here insert a comparison between the shipping of the port twenty years ago, and to-day. In 1890, 2,772 British Ships of 3,507,945 net register tons entered the port, against 10,715 ships of 12,112,019 uet register tons in 1910: an increase of 2876 per cent. in numbers and of 215-2 per cent. in tonnage. These ligures include Ocean and River Steamers and Ocean-going sailing ships (unt junks). In the same way, Foreign Shipping, during the same period, has increased from 1,442 ships of 1,385,788 net register tous in 1890, to 5,016 ships of 8,810,585 net register tons: an increase of 2913 per cent. in numbers and of 535'8 per cent, in tonnage.
The actual number of individual Ocean Vessels of European type of construction entering during 1910 was 734, being 365 British and 369 Foreign. The corresponding figures for 1909 were 704, 336 and 368, respectively,
These 734 ships aggregated 1,804,675 tons. They entered 4,284 times, giving a collective tonnage of 8,112,985 tons. Thus,
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