# Of Steamships not exceeding 60 tons. Of Junks in Local Trade.
1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1907.
of
Local Trade. (209,601 arrivals
209,601 departures,
20,820 arrivals 19,952 departures
5,608,266 tons. 5,608,266
892,818 586,069
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Total Local Trade
230,421 arrivals
229,553 departures,
6,501,084 6,494,335
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Grand Total Local (254,243 arrivals
18,013,387
and Foreign.
253,391 departures
18,014,923
Thus in foreign trade:
Per cent.
British ocean-going vessels represented
Foreign ocean-going vessels represented British river steamers represented
Foreign river steamers represented
Steamships not exceeding 60 tons represented... Junks represented
31.4
33.5
20.1
3.2
0.3
11.5
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100.0
While in local trade:
Steamships not exceeding 60 tons represented... 86.3 Junks represented
13.7
100.0
7
The movements of the "Star" Co.'s ferry launches, of private steam-launches, and of fishing junks do not appear in the above figures.
Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-nine (8,239) steamers, 10 sailing ships and 791 steamships not exceeding 60 tons, in foreign trade, entered during the year, giving an average daily entry of 24.77 European-constructed foreign-going ships, as compared with 22.5 in 1906.
The average tonnage of ocean-going vessels entered has increased slightly, from 1,784.9 to 1,785.6 tons, while that of river steamers has declined from 734 to 661 tons. The British ocean average has decreased from 1,945 to 1,921 tons.
The foreign ocean average has increased from 1,654 to 1,670 tons. The British river steamer average has declined from 749 to 678 tons and the foreign river steamer average has declined from 623 to 567 tons.
A comparison between the years 1906 and 1907 shows:- For ocean vessels under the British flag, an increase of 59 ships of 26,698 tons.
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