# 1904-1919
HONG KONG, 1909.
Class of Vessels 1908 1909 Increase Decrease No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage No. Tonnage British, Ocean-going *** 8,869 4,076 7,785,927 207 230,657 Foreign, Ocean-going *** *** 4,318 7,857,908 186 460,072 British, River Steamers *** *** 5,780 3,701,754 466 585,728 Foreign, River Steamers *** *** 1,370 735,682 73 2,617 Steamships under 60 tons (Foreign Trade)... *** 4,060 3,160 140,481 900 40,658 Junks (Foreign Trade) *** 25,833 25,080 2,243,370 753 42,128 Total Foreign Trade 45,437 22,306,637 43,794 22,415,125 466 735,474 Steam-launches plying in waters of Colony 2,109 626,386 Junks, Local Trade *** 40,951* 439,988 10,328,400 5,736 132,282 *** 1,848,522 43,498† 2,087,320† | 2,547 238,798 Grand Total *** 34,615,841 527,280 34,830,845 3,013 974,272 7,845 758,668 Net *** 督察 *** 215,604 4,832* Including 16,808 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 862,256 tons.
† Including 19,094 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 1,022,676 tons.
This table shows an increase in British ocean shipping of 207 ships of 230,657 net register tons, or of 5.3 per cent. in numbers and 3 per cent in tonnage, which points to a continuance of the revival of trade noted in my report for 1908. The improvement has been continuous throughout the year.
British river steamers have decreased by 466 ships of 585,728 tons, or 7.4 per cent. in numbers and 13 per cent. in tonnage. This is due to the loss of two large steamers, the "Powan" and "Ying-king" which ran for half of 1908; to the withdrawal of two smaller steamers, the "Hoi Sang" and "Kwong Fat," and to the laying up, during three months of 1909, of another small steamer, the "Tak Hing."
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