HKG-CAR1887-1903

1887-1903

COLONIAL REPORTS.-ANNUAL

21.-SHIPPING.

Arrivals exclusive of Junks.

85

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The total arrivals, exclusive of junks, during the year 1890 amounted to 4,114 vessels and 5,093,733 tons, being 575,119 tons over the arrivals in 1889.

Junks.

23,512 junks measuring 1,795,261 tons arrived in the Colony in 1890, as against 22,926 junks and 1,716,922 tons in 1889, showing an increase of 586 junks and 78,339 tons. The total arrivals for the last five years were:-

Years Exclusive of Junks Junks Grand Total No. of Vessels Tons No. of Vessels Tons No. of Vessels Tons 1886 4,251 4,571,290 22,971 1,752,869 27,222 6,324,159 1887 4,078 4,607,914 23,521 1,793,928 27,599 6,401,842 1888 3,821 4,556,442 23,958 1,863,968 27,779 6,420,410 1889 3,820 4,518,614 22,926 1,716,922 26,746 6,235,536 1890 4,114 5,093,733 23,512 1,795,261 27,626 6,888,994

Immigration and Emigration from and to Ports other than in China and Japan.

The following will show the number of Chinese who arrived in, and the number who departed from, the Colony during the last five years:-

Years Arrived Departed 1886 88,704 64,522 1887 92,375 82,897 1888 98,800 96,195 1889 99,315 97,849 1890 101,147 42,066

22.—AGRICULTURE.

The lands of the Colony being limited and not favourable for agricultural purposes, there is no inducement for this industry here. The produce is quite nominal, and is for local consumption only.