HKG-CAR1920-1930

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1920-1930

A comparison between the years 1922 and 1923 is given in the following table :--

1922. 1923. Increase. Decrease. Class of Vessels, No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. No. Tonnage. British Ocean-going. 4,547 9,688,891 5,389 11,222,141 842 1,533,250 Foreign Ocean-going. 6,095 12,282,271 7,248 14,071,917 1,153 2,389,646 British River Steamers, 4,866 3,731,227 6,008 5,698,350 1,142 1,967,123 Foreign River Steamers. 4,244 732,715 1,891 457,730 2,353 274,985 Steamships under 60 tons 6,520 200,363 4,811 142,392 1,709 57,971 (Foreign Trade)....... Junks. Foreign Trade, 1,602 289,094 600 1,002 289,094 Total, Foreign Trade, 26,155 29,543,564 24,553 2,619,003 Steam Launches plying in Waters of the Colony, 50,427 15,908,758 70,541 17,077,346 65,990 1,168,588 Junks. Local Trade, *18,263 *1,119,442 †22,778 †1,313,360 4,515 193,918 Grand Total, 708,241 46,506,764 753,402 53,402,239 69,978 6,835,475

Including 11,134 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 795,926 tons.

15,134 Conservancy and Dust Boats of 961,910 tons.

In Steamships not exceeding 60 tons employed in Foreign trade, there is a decrease of 1,709 ships with a decrease in tonnage of 57,971 tons or 26.2 per cent. in numbers and 28.9 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease in launches and tonnage is due to a number of launches employed in Foreign trade being laid up or trading in the waters of the Colony owing to the unsettled state on the Canton and West Rivers.

Junks in Foreign trade show a decrease of 1,002 vessels, and a decrease of 289,094 tons or 61 per cent. in numbers and 99 per cent. in tonnage. This decrease in vessels and tonnage is due to a number of Foreign trading Junks being laid up or trading in the Waters of the Colony owing to the unsettled state on the Canton and West Rivers.

In Local trade (i.e. between places within the waters of the Colony) there is an increase in Steam Launches of 65,990 and an increase in tonnage of 1,168,588 tons or 10.3 per cent. in numbers and 7.3 per cent. in tonnage.

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