Comparative Shipping Return for the Years 1898 and 1899.
1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS-ANNUAL.
1898 1899 Increase Decrease Ships Ships Ships Ships Ships Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage British *** 7,456 8,705,648 Foreign *** 4,547,085 3,626,754° Junks in Foreign Trade 3,602 58,936* 45,067† Total... *** 69,994 16,879,487 17,133,331 253,844 55,972 7,408 8,725,016 19,368 Junks in Local Trade 48 3,497 3,449 165,046 4,712,131 105 3,696,184+ 69,430 13,869 55,561 Grand Total 79,629 88,627 386,293 967,978‡ 23,020 17,265,780 18,101,309 32,655‡ 581,685 NETT... *** 835,529 8,998 *** 835,529* Including 18,700 Conservancy and dust boats measuring 409,810 tons. † Including 4,918 Conservancy and dust boats measuring 108,834 tons. ‡ Including 12,826 Conservancy and dust boats measuring 316,300 tons.
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