Junks in foreign trade show a decrease of 5,290 vessels, and a decrease of 1,063,875 tons. This decrease is due to the boycott in China generally.
In local trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in steam-launches of 126,024 and a decrease in tonnage of 2,151,743 tons. This decrease in numbers and tonnage is due to the recent strike and the boycott in China generally.
Junks in Local trade show an increase of 3,301 vessels and an increase of 235,596 tous. This increase in vessels is due principally to junks held in Canton and districts in 1925 during the boycott being released and coming to Hong Kong waters and remaining here for local trading.
Of vessels of European construction 3,930 ocean steamers, 2,244 river steamers and 1,399 steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 208 ships as compared with 289 ships in 1925 and 412 ships in 1924.
Thus :-
Steamers.
No. of times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1925. 1926. 1925. 1926.
1925.
1926.
British,
371
339 1,946 1,686
4,922,197 1,597,357
Japanese,
269
207 1,153
755
2,826,465 2,236,350
U.S.A.,
69
69 224, 236
1,370,638
1,510,383
Chinese,
65
61
323
606
305,150
245,697
German,
33
34
78
90
332,495
337,318
Danish,
12
1.4
42
23
117,249
78,025
Dutch,
45
40
244
232
754,440
785,696
French,
26
31
177
108
153,272
145,567
Italian,
13
9
35
27
130,895
127,870
Panamani,
1
2
1
3.239
9,953
Chilean,
126
71,549
Norwegian,
55
-17
286
111
319,006
152,641
Portuguese,
109
33
46,166
23,856
Russian,
1
915
241
Siamese,
377
Swedish,
15
12
58,915
46,180
Spanish,
3
14
8
37,670
19,236
Belgian
3,181
Total..... 1,015 869 4,776 3,930 11,810,938 10,619,560
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