1920-1930
HONGKONG, 1920.
IL-SHIPPING AND TRADE, INDUSTRIES, FISHERIES, AGRICULTURE, AND LAND.
(a.)-SHIPPING.
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The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1920 amounted to 683,497 vessels of 40,122,527 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1919, shows an increase of 34,329 vessels, with an increase of 4,507,358 tons.
Of the above, 43,364 vessels of 24,194,022 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade, as compared with 41,985 vessels of 21,072,129 tons in 1919, and were distributed as follows:-
1919 1920 1919 1920 Numbers Numbers Tonnage Tonnage % % % % British Ocean-going Ships 9.2 9.6 32.4 34.5 Foreign Ocean-going Ships.. 12.6 12.5 36.2 38.1 British River Steamers 13.2 11.9 15.4 13.5 Foreign River Steamers 3.8 4.0 2.9 2.4 Steam Launches (under 60 tons) 11.9 11.6 0.8 0.7 Trading Junks 49.3 50.4 12.3 10.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0N.B.-The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in this Table.
Of vessels of European construction, 4,807 Ocean Steamers, 3,441 River Steamers, and 2,498 Steamships not exceeding 60 tons entered during the year, giving a daily average of 29.4 ships, as compared with 29.1 in 1919 and 27.3 in 1918.
The average tonnage of individual Ocean Vessels entering the Port has increased from 1,583.1 tons to 1,831.0 tons, that of British ships has increased from 1,722.6 tons to 2,002.3 tons, while that of Foreign ships has also increased from 1,449.2 tons to 1,699.2 tons.
The average tonnage of individual River Steamers entering during the year has decreased from 448.8 tons to 425.8 tons.
That of British River Steamers has decreased from 529.8 tons to 516.1 tons, and that of Foreign River Steamers has decreased from 336.6 tons to 324.3 tons.
There was an increase in British Ocean-going shipping of 308 ships or 7.9 per cent. and an increase of 1,509,060 tons or 22.0 per cent.
This is due to vessels which were under Government control being released, and to newly-built ships and Enemy ships which were sold or transferred to British ship-owners being put on the Eastern trade.
British River Steamers have decreased by 364 ships with an increase in tonnage of 3,204 tons or 0.1 per cent.
The decrease in ships is due to the s.s. "Chuen Chow" being laid up during the latter part of the year and to the s.s. "Hoi Ming" being transferred to the Chinese flag. The alteration in tonnage is due to the alteration in tonnage of the s.s. "Fatshan", "Kinshan" and "Heung-shan."