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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
During the year 1905, 16,303 vessels of European construction, of 19,706,728 tons (net register), reported having carried 10,277,939 tons of cargo, as follows:-
Tons. Import cargo 3,869,751 Export cargo 2,343,701 Transit cargo 3,415,418 Bunker coal shipped 649,069 Total 10,277,939In imports there is a decrease reported of 280,888 tons. In exports there is a decrease reported of 262,160 tons.
In transit cargo there is an increase reported of 263,492 tons.
In bunker coal there is a decrease of 15,349 tons.
The total reported import trade of the port for 1905 amounted to 25,764 vessels of 11,328,015 tons, carrying 7,830,424 tons of cargo, of which 4,415,006 tons were discharged at Hong Kong. This does not include the number, tonnage, or cargo of vessels in local trade.
Similarly, the export trade from the port was represented by 25,814 vessels of 11,325,601 tons, carrying 3,011,305 tons of cargo, and shipping 651,523 tons of bunker coal.
64,341 emigrants left Hong Kong for various places during the year; of these, 48,289 were carried by British ships and 16,052 by foreign ships; 140,483 were reported as having been brought to Hong Kong from places to which they had emigrated, and of these, 113,796 were brought in British ships and 25,586 by foreign ships.
The total revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year showed a decrease of $366.19 on that of the previous year, and was as follows:-
Amount. $ 1. Light dues 74,233.45 2. Licences and internal revenue 62,668.45 3. Fees of Court and office 163,665.86 Total 300,567.76