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explained by the fact that four steamers which calle: at this Port in 1911 did not call in 1910. The decrease nuder the German flag is chiefy accounted for by the falling of in trade from: Bangkok; while the decrease under the Chinese flag is due to the loss of the Mecfon and to the stoppage of two stemmers which previously traded to this Port.
Foreign river-steamers have increeted by 89 ships (or 66%) of 20,411 tons (or 41%). This is mainly accounted for by the new steamers Shing Ping and Licorne contributing 12 trips, and to an increas in trips of vessels under the Portuguese flag.
As in former years, a comparison is inserted between the shipping of the port twenty years ago, and to-day. In 1891, 2,856 British ships of 3.593,223 net register tons catered the port, against 10,778 ships of 11,706,731 net register tons in 1911: an increase of 27733 : in numbers and of 223 % in tonnage. These figures include recau and river-steamers and ocean-going sailing ships (not junks). Similarly, foreign shipping, during the same period, bas increased from 1,405 ships of 1.545,404 net register tons in 1891, to 5,603 ships of 8,653,697 net register tons; an increase of 2707 % in numbers and of 4599 % in tonnage.
The actual number of individual ocean vessels of European type of construction entering during 1911 was 720, being 18 British and 372 foreign. The corresponding figures for 1910 were 734, 345 and 360 respectively.
These 720 ships aggregatel 1,796,198 tons. They entered 4040 times, giving a collective tonnage of 7,756,033 tous. This, as shown in the following table, in 1911 as compared with 1910, 14 less ships with 2 tonnage decreased by 8,177 tons. entered 235 less times, and gave a collective tonnage less by 356,952 tons,
TRAVE.
As pointed out in previous reports, the figures which used to appear under this heading were misleading, being inaccurate in some cases. However, in the few itens of import trade of which substantially accurate details can be given, the following remarks may be of interest:-
Coal -1,046,290 tons were imported during the year. This quantity, compared with the importa for 1910, shows a decrease of 68,830 tons or 66%. This decrease may be ascribed to greater quantities of coal (principally Japanese, North China and Hongay) passing through Hongkong direct to Canton than heretofore, also to the falling off in ocean tonuage.
Of the many varieties of coal imported, Japanese heads the list. Next come North China and Hongay. The iniportation from Pulo Laut is increasing.
There was only one cargo of Cardiff coal commercially imported. No Australian coal was discharged throughout the year.
Kerosene Oil shows a big increase in bulk oil of 62,367 tous or 11% and in case oil an increase of 4,112 tons or 88%, while liquid fuel has increased by 7,759 tons or 82-3 % . The huge increase in bulk oil can be attributed to a great extent to the cutting of rates between the Standard Oil and Asistic Petroleum Companies, also to the fact that stocks were left short in 1910, and that much ail hitherto shipped direct to coast ports was last year trans-shipped in Hongkong, because the revolution in China cauaod a restriction of sales in the interior. The increase in liquid fuel tends to show that this class of fuel is now becoming popular in steamers which hitherto exclusively consumed coal.
Opium. The imports of raw opinn show a decrease of 10,457 chests or 32 9% as compared with a decrease of 111% in 1910 and 14:5% in 1909. The exports show a decrease of 8,272 chesta or 29.2% as compared with a decrease of 212% in 1910 and 97% in 1909. During the last four years the raw opium trade of the Colony is described by the following figures:
! No of Tinwes
Steimera.
Total Tonnage:
eniored.
Flag.
1010, 1911.
1910. 1911.
1916.
1011,
British Stestnera
360.
#14
71
Sailing
$
4
German ......
113
111
Japanese Steamer
101
106
722 657 5071 509
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Sailing
1
2,124 1,952 4,041,557 17,663 1,206,757 1,344,083 138
3,781,622 16,534
1.133,766
1,354,362
1911. 1910. 1909. Chests. Chests, Chests.
Norwegian
31
36
933
210
230-331
221,039
Austrian
G
21
21
05,00%
36,380
Chinese
20
230
314,879
241,62
Danish.
3
20
90
35,165
45,928
Dutch
16
108
130
214 737
235,881
Stock in hand, Ist Jan., Imported during the year,
Total,
1908. Chests. 7,123 4,509 5,808 4,707 21,286 31,743 35,734
41,821
French..
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Swedish
S.A. Steamers..
Sailing.
No Plag
141
152
202.670
242,169
13
12
34,496
3088
Boiled by Opium Farmer,.
28,409
761
36,252
41,542
46,528
782
1,044
864
70
29,478
32,842
20:
28,883
$3,080
14
45,398
25,778
Spurious Opium destroyed, Exported during the year,
14
51
247
20.081
28,433
35,938
39,609
"1 210,406
243,019
1
163
Total,
20,802
29,129 37,033 40,720
209
731
4,281
4.019
8,112,987
Stock remaining on 31st Dec..
7,587 7,123
4,509 5,808
7,750,083
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