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This table shows an increase in British Ocean-going Ship: ping of 1,421 ships or 581 per cent., and an increase of 3,214,418 tons or 886 per cent. This is due to a partial recovery of ship- ping after war conditions owing to the release of many ships for commercial purposes.
British River Steamers have decreased by 305 ships and 190,664 tons or 52 per cent. in numbers and 55 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to two ships formerly British having been transferred to the Chinese flag, to one ship having been taken off the run for three months and another having been laid up.
Foreign Ocean-going Vessels have increased by 1,040 ships with an increase of 1,507,930 tons or 245 per cent, in numbers and 246 per cent. in tonuage. This is due to partial return to pre-war conditions.
Foreign River Steamers show an increase of 80 ships and a decrease of 20,038 tous or 52 per cent. in numbers and 33 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to the transfer of two ships formerly British to the Chinese flag and to two large ships having been taken off the run.
In Steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign Trade there is a decrease of 9417 ships and a decrease of 19,049 tons or 161 per cent. in numbers and 105 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease is due to a number of Steam-launches being laid up part of the year owing chiefly to the expense of coal and to two vessels formerly run as Steam-launches having been re-measured and run as vessels over (0) tons.
Junks in Foreign Trade show a decrease of 2,720 vessels of 275,333 tons or 116 per cent. in numbers and 126 per cent in tonnage. This decrease is but apparent. It is due to the abolition of war time regulations, under which the movements of all junks were reported. Now many of them fail to report arrival or departure.
In Local Trade (ie.. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is an increase in Steam-launches of 87,086 vessels with an increase in tounage of 2,631,944 or 175 per cent. in numbers and 245 per cent. in tonnage. This increase is due to more shipping frequenting the Port, the employment of Launches towing having considerably increased.
Junks in Local Trade show a decrease of 16,008 vessels and 651,761 tous or 432 per cent. in numbers and 356 per cent. in This decrease is due to abolition of war time restrictions, tonnage, under which the movements of all Junks irrespective of size were reported, whereas many of them now fail to report their movements.
The actual number of individual Ocean-going Vessels of European construction during the year 1919 was 957 of which 301 were British and 656 Foreign. In 1918 the corresponding figures were (75 of which 162 were British and 513 Foreign.
These 957 ships measured 2,230,105 tons. They entered 4,575 thues and gave a collective tonnage of 7,242,689. Thus 282 more ships entered 1,232 more times and gave a collective tonnage greater by 2,364,580 tous, an average of 1,91973 tons per entry.
Thus :—
Fla
British
Japanese
Steamers.
No. of times entered.
Total Tonnage.
1918. 1919.
1918. 1919. 1918. | 1919.
58 299 1,219 1,938 1,803,1763,436,616 4 2 10,121 2,267 911 1,148 1,744,888 2,111,252
334,347 262,213
Steamer
Sailing..
Steamers
2
291
379
Sailing
1
89
Norwegian,
25
18 108
96 128,157 99,652
Chinese,
66
84
620
854
424,065 585,972
Danish,
5
6
+7
6
18,915 17,720
Dutch,.
58
39 133
113
French,
20
153 159
154,474 204,494
Portuguese,.
80 35
43,063 51,459
Russian,
13
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15,244 9.989
Siamese,
7
1.801
Swedish,
1
8,304 2,217
Steapers 32
150
Sailing
1
1,271 3,000
Steamers
Belgian. Į Sailing. Inter Allied,
1
2,074
3
31,974
Total,
675
U.S.A.,
7,916
187,309| 115,859
957 3,843 4,575 1,875,1097,242,089
The 301 British ships carried 2,408 British officers and 32 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 5 Norwegians, 18 Americans, 2 Danish, 2 Swedish, 1 Roumanian, 3 Russians, and 1 Greek.
Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 133 per cent., comprising 7 nationalities, a decrease of 1'40 per cent, with a decrease in number of officers and an increase in ships.
8. The 656 Foreign ships carried 4,659 officers, of whom 78
were British, as follows:-
1918. 1919.
In Chinese ships -
45
34
S
Japanese ships
2
2
4
French ships
1
1
United States skips
9
26
33
Greek ships
15
57
78
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Thus 16 per cent. of the officers serving in Foreign ships were
of British nationality, with an increase in the number of officers and an increase in the number of ships.
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