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These figures are affected by the stoppage due to vessels of the China Navigation Co. being laid up from 1st July 1927 to 7th Septem- ber 1927.
British River Steamers show an increase of 3,273 ships and an increase of 1,826.653 tons.
Foreign River Steamers show an increase of 935 ships and an increase of 453,420 tons.
In steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign Trade there is an increase of 5,064 ships entered and cleared giving an in- crease in tonnage of 146.044 tons.
Junks in Foreign Trade show an increase of 9,027 vessels entered and cleared giving an increase of 1.651,325 tons.
In the Local Trade a decrease is shown in the number and tonnage of steam launches due to the extension of the Harbour limits, which now include places for which statistics were formerly required.
A comparison between the years 1926 and 1927 is given in the following table:-
1926.
1927.
Increase.
Decrease.
Class of Vessels!
No. Tonnage. No.
Tonnage. No. Tonnage.
No. Tonnage,
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In Local Trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is a decrease in entrances and clearances of steam launches of 280,269 which gives a decrease in tonnage of 8,178,174 tons.
Junks in Local Trade show a decrease of 2,355 vessels entered and cleared and an increase of 45,989 tons.
Of vessels of European construction, 5,316 ocean-going, 4,353 river steamers and 3,936 steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 37.3 ships as compared with 20.8 ships in 1926 and 28.9 ships in 1925.
Ocean-going steamers entered as follows:-
Steamers.
No. of times entered.
Total Tonnage.
Flag.
1926. 1927.
1926. 1927.
1926.
1927.
British Ocean-
going,
3,101
9,257,417 3,861
9,660,440 460
Foreign Ocean
going,
4,468 | 12,057,279 6,767 | 16,039,724, 2,299
British River
Steamers,... 4,276
5,173,429 7,549
7,300,082 3,273
Foreign River
Steamers,
230
107,735 1,165
561,155) 935
103,023
3,982.445
1,826,653
453,420
Steamships
under 60f tons For-|
eign Trade... 2,829 Junks, Foreign)
Trade, 15,027
87,330 7,893
1.387,914 21,054
233,374, 5,064
3,039,239; 9,027 | 1,651,325
146,041
Total. Foreign
Trade,
30,231 28.371,104 51,289 36,834,014 21,058 8,462,910
Steam Launt-
ches, Local
Trade......... 499,824|| 13,950,141 219,555 5,771,970,
Junks, Local
Trade,
*30,218 *1,475,188 †27,863 †1,521,177;
British, Japanese,
339
207 264
346 1,6865,702 7551,109
4,597,357 | 8,466,960 2,230,359 | 2,927,207
U.S.A.,
69
79
230 245
1,510,383
1,495,775
Chinese,
61
81
606 1,315
245,697
847,073
German,
34
90 151
373,318
487,160
Danish,
23 48
78,025
153,341
Dutch,
40
232
251
785,096
849,766
French,
31
108
246
445,567
629,144
Italian,
27
26
127,870
141,566
Panaman,
1
1
9,953
Norwegian,
61
Ill
472
152,641
657,005
Portuguese,.
5
5
73
23,856
15,526
Russian,
241
Swedish,
9
12 30
46,180
103,182
280,869 8,178,174
Spanish,
8
19,236
Belgian,
3,181
Mexican,
45,989
1,183
2,355
Grand Total 560,275 43,796,436298,707| 44,127,161 21,058 | 8.508,899 | 282,624 8,178,174
Net,
330,725 261,566
*Including 16,294 Conservancy and I ust Boats of 736,688 tons.
t
13 15,358
+1
1
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"
of 993,280
1+
Total,
809
*
*
0973,9309,669 10,619,560 16,774,788
* (Ri er Steamers included.)
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