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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
Steamers-cont. Ships. No. of times entered. Total Tonnage. Flag: 1902. 1903. 1902. 1903. 1902. 1903. Chinese 17 14 135 172 163,396 222,164 Danish *** *** *** *** *** *** Dutch 8 13 27 23,374 48,676 French 11 23 21 26,464 34,575 German 27 42 228 262 219,111 246,837 Italian *** *** *** *** *** *** Japanese 126 939 937 1,360,524 1,345,567 Norwegian 4 3 14 12 23,428 32,732 Portuguese 56 69 409 467 865,400 1,017,263 Russian 49 51 *** 300 318 263,379 319,685 Swedish 3 1 46 30 7,897 7,110 United States 11 16 19 32,046 30,781 A 4 15 31 14,325 26,093 *** 23 24 56 61 121,939 200,706 No flag 1 2 * 4* 1,260 Total *** 676 709 4,000 4,383 6,215,866 7,009,181During the year 1903, 14,489 vessels of European construction, of 19,018,411 tons (net register), reported having carried 9,768,405 tons of cargo, as follows :-
Tons. Import cargo 3,985,310 Export 2,245,119 Transit 2,874,950 Bunker coal shipped 663,026 9,768,405The principal features to be remarked in the reported trade of the port for 1903 are :-
In imports reported :-
Per cent. Increases in coal of 14.0 cotton of 80.8 Flour of 11.6 Case petroleum of 37.3 General of 7.7 Decreases in bulk petroleum of 25.4 Liquid fuel of 84.1 Rice of 27.1 Sugar of 14.3 Timber of 14.1