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This table shows ʼn decrease in British Ocean-going Shipping
of 500 ships, or 22-9 per cent. and a decrease of 1,540,482 tous, or 42:4 per cent. This is due to trger number of coasting steamers and regular lines Tpdia and other countries being chartered by the Government and employed in other waters.
British River Steamers have decreased by 858 ships" and 555,002 tons, or 148 per cent in numbers and 10'1 per cent, in ton- nage. This is due to the Tai Lee and Wing On being taken over by the Government and employed in other waters, the Nam Hoi changing from British to Chinese flag, the Trishan being sold and trading in other waters, and the San Ui and Lintan changing their flag.
Foreign River Steamers show a decrease of 109 ships of 230,382 tons or 72 per cent. in numbers and 376 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to the Charles Hardouin, Paul Beau, and Licorne being taken off the run and sold.
In Steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign Trade there is a decrease of 529 ships and a decrease of 17,322 tons or 8:8 per cent. in numbers and 90 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to a great number of launches being laid up through coal being too expensive to run them with any margin of profit.
Junks in Foreign Trade show a decrease of 2,628 vessels of 244,712 tons or 11'2 per cent. in numbers and 83 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to the unsettled state of South China and the greater prevalence of piracy in the Canton Delta during the year.
In Local Trade (ie., trade between places within the waters of the Colony), there is a decrease in Steam Launches of 49,434 vessels with a decrease in tonnage of 1,689,078 tons or 99 per cent. in numbers and 157 per cent. in tonnage. This is also due to the number of launches being laid up through the high cost of coal.
Junks in Local Trade show an increase of 487 vessels and 306,181 tons or 13 per cent, in numbers and 1-6 per cent, in tonnage. This is chiefly due to reclamation of foreshores in the Colony being carried out on which to a great extent this trade depends.
The actual number of individual Ocean-going Vessels of European construction during 1918 was 675 of which 162 were British and 513 Foreign. In 1917 the corresponding figures were 750, 259 British and 491 Foreign.
These 675 ships measured 1,476,504 tons. They entered 3,343 times and gave a collective tonnage of 4,878,110 tons. fewer ships ontowed. 180 fasan timer, and gere a collectivo-tonsagg reduced by 1,272,215 tons, an average of 1,8709 tous per entry.
Thus :-
British
Norwegian, Chinese, Danish,
Steamers,
No. of Times eutered.
Total Tommage.
1917. 1918. 1017. 1918. 1917. 1918.
158 1,001 1,19 2,582,521:1,808,176
Steamers,
257
Sailing Ships,
2
#
2
4 3,205 10,121
Steamers,
268
201, 1,503
Јаралеве
911 2,110,001,744,888
Sailing Ships,
75
138
108 .166,530, 128,157
J
66
328
6
156
24
20
155
153
142
80
5
Dutch, French, Portuguese, Russian, Siamese, Swedish,
2
Steamers,
36
U.S.A.
Sailing Blyes,
Italian...
Belgian Sailing Ship,
Total,.
750
No Flag,
620 335,475 424,965
71
10,360, 18,915
133 427,585 334,347
250,831 154,474
07,072 43,063
13 6,721 15,244
4,072, 1,801
10,825 8,304
88
164,702 187,309
1,271
420
2,074
445
675 4,023 | 3,343 0,170,334,4,878,700
The 162 British ships carried 1,396 British officers and 38 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 11 Norwegians, 13 Americans, 1 Dane 4 Swedish, 2 Japanese, 3 Dutch, 1 Belgian, 2 Russians, and 1 Roumanian.
Thus the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 2-72 per cent., comprising 9 nationalities, au mcrease of per cent, with a decrease in number of officers and chips.
The 513 Foreign ships carried 3,437 officers, of whom 57
were British, as follows:-
In Chinese ships
+1
Japanese ships-
1917. 1918.
42
45
3
2
French ships
2
է
Russian ships-
United States ships
?
58
57
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