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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
The actual number of individual Ocean-going Vessels of European construction during the year 1919 was 957, of which 301 were British and 656 Foreign. In 1918 the corresponding figures were 675, of which 162 were British and 513 Foreign.
These 957 ships measured 2,230,105 tons. They entered 4,575 times and gave a collective tonnage of 7,242,689. Thus 282 more ships entered 1,232 more times and gave a collective tonnage greater by 2,364,580 tons, an average of 1,919.3 tons per entry.
The 301 British ships carried 2,408 British officers and 32 Foreign officers, the latter consisting of 5 Norwegians, 18 Americans, 2 Danish, 2 Swedish, 1 Roumanian, 3 Russians, and 1 Greek.
Thus, the proportion of Foreign officers in British ships was 1.33 per cent., comprising 7 nationalities, a decrease of 140 per cent., with a decrease in number of officers and an increase in ships.
The 656 Foreign ships carried 4,659 officers, of whom 78 were British, as follows:-
19181919 In Chinese ships4534 **Japanese ships French ships..22 事**1 United States ships11 Greek ships..926 1557 .. 78Thus 1.6 per cent. of the officers serving in foreign ships were of British nationality, with an increase in the number of officers and an increase in the number of ships.
TRADE.
Detailed and accurate statistics of imports and exports are now collected and published by the Imports and Exports Department. The rough statements hitherto included in these reports are therefore discontinued.
IMPORTS.
The number and tonnage of ships of European type construction carrying cargo for import and transit, compared with 1918, were as follows:-
19181919IncreaseDecrease No.TonnageNo.TonnageNo.TonnageNo.Tonnage Steamers3,3374,804,6434,5717,237,3331,2342,372,690 River Steamers613,4662,028674 Sailing Vessels3,6602,088,6743,5501,917,236110111,438 Total7,0036,905,7838,1259,159,9251,1222,253,142Nett Increase
2,372,690 112 119,548