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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 suring 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,
Foreign Oceau
going,
3,401
1,468
British River
Steamers,... 4,276 Foreign River
5,473,429 7,549
9.257.417 3,861 9,660,410 460 403,023
12,057,279 6,767 | 16,039,724 2,299 3,982,445
7,300,082 3,273 | 1,826,653
British, Japanese,
339 346 1,6865,702 4,597,357
207
264
755 1,109
8,466,960 2,236,359 2,927,207
U.S.A.,
69
79
236 245
1,510,383
1,495,775
Chinese,
61
81
606 1,315
245,697
847,073
Steamers,... 230
107,735 1,165
561,155 935
453,420
German,
34
43
90 151
373,318 487,160
Steamships
under 60 tons For- eign Trade... 2,829 Junks, Foreign
Trade, 15,027
Danish,
14
11
23
48
78,025
153,341
Dutch,
40
41
232
251
785,606
849,766
$7,330 7,893
1,387,914 21,054
233,374 5,064
3,039,239 9,027 | 1,651,325
146,041
French,
31
32
108 246
445,567
629,144
Italian,
9
27
26
127,870
141,566
Panaman,
1
9,953
Total, Foreign
Trade,
Norwegian,
472
152,641
657,005
30,231 28,371,104 51.289 36,834,014 21,058 | 8,462,910
Portuguese.
33
73
23,856
15,526
Steam Laun-
Russian,
241
ches. Local
Swedish,
9
12
30
46,180
103,182
Trade......... 499,824, 13,950,144 219,555 5,771,970,
280,860 8,178,174
Spanish,
19,236
Junks, Local!
Belgian,
3,181
Trade, |*30,218, *1,475,188 +27,863 1,521,177
45,980
Mexican,
1,183
2,355
Grand Total.. 560,273 43,796,436298,707 44.127,161 21,058 8,508,599 282,624 8,178,174
Net,
330,725 261,566
* Including 16,294 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 736,688 tons.
+
15,358
1
of 993,280
1)
Total.
869
*
*
997 3,930 9,669 10,619,560 16,774,788
*(River Steamers included.)
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