3. Of the arrivals in 1881, the percentage due to each Nationality is as follows:-
Nationality.
Percentage of tons.
Percentage of vessels.
American,
3.82
4.58
British,
71.74
73.75
Chinese (exclusive of Junks),
4.41
4.06
Danish,
1.83
1.38
French,
3.20
5.78
German,
10.95
7.29
Japanese,
0.81
1.01
Siamese,
0.65
0.36
Spanish,
1.18
0.48
The remainder,
1.36
1.28
4. 2,750 vessels propelled by Steam, and 2,599,460 tons arrived in 1881, as against 2,465 steam vessels and 2,316,121 tons arrived in 1880, or an increase of 285 vessels and 283,339 tons.
The following table will show the Nationality of the steam vessels arrived in each year:--
1880.
1881.
Increase.
Decrease.
Nationality.
No. of vessels.
Tons.
No. of vessels.
Tons.
No. of vessels.
Tons.
No. of vessels.
Tons.
American,
64
53,650
41
48,439
23
5,211
Annamese,
2
272
Austrian,
2
3,179
10
14,405
8
11,226
Belgian,
1
1,125
...
British,
1,946
1,821,705
2,164
2,033,986
218
212,281
Chinese (foreign bottoms),
154
125,869
142
115,926
12
9,943
Danish,
8
5,950
50
36,392
42
30,442
Dutch,
19
12,191
10
8,858
9
3,333
French,
81
153,511
80
155,897
1
2,386
German,
115
90,657
178
135,449
63
44,792
Japanese,
27
25,635
26
28,869
1
3,234
Norwegian,
Russian,
Spanish,
10
7,535
8
5,261
2
2,274
50
18,565
37
13,372
13
5,193
5. The trade in sailing vessels (exclusive of Junks) has also increased, there having been 464 vessels and 253,819 tons arrived in 1881, as against 416 vessels and 219,466 tons arrived in 1880. Of this increase 15 vessels and 13,697 tons were under the British flag, and 33 vessels with 20,656 tons were under the flags of Nations not British.
6. There is an increase of 17,488 tons from the Australian Colonies, and there is a small decrease of tonnage to those Colonies. The excess of arrivals over departures is caused by vessels carrying Cargo from England to Australia, loading there with Coals for China, and returning to England with Chinese and Japanese produce. There is an increase (including Junks) of 190,351 tons from, and an increase of 161,178 tons to the Coast of China and Formosa. There is an increase of 44,945 tons from, and of 9,505 tons direct to Great Britain, but the actual tonnage to and from Great Britain cannot be ascertained, as the greater number of vessels proceeding there clear for, and enter here from Singapore, and in the absence of an Export and Import office it is impossible to distinguish between what tonnage is for, or what is from Great Britain, and what is for, or from the intermediate Ports. There is a decrease of 9,568 tons from Ports in Japan, and an increase of 21,773 tons to those Ports. There is a steady and increasing trade in European vessels and Junks between Hongkong, the Island of Hainan, and Ports in the Gulf of Tonquin, an increase of 15,322 tons having arrived from, and of 19,441 tons having cleared to those places.
Captains NAPIER and CARPENTER, R.N., in H.M.S. Magpie having completed their survey of the Coast of Hainan, and the Gulf of Tonquin, masters of vessels will find the navigation of the waters about the dangerous Sandbanks which almost block the approaches to Hainan, much facilitated, and Shipmasters cannot be too grateful to the Captains and Officers of the Magpie for their valuable and laborious services.
Siam shows an increase of 18,770 tons from, and of 12,185 tons to that Country. An increase of the trade between the Colony and the United States of America is also observable, 18,454 more tons having arrived from, and 8,915 more tons having cleared for those States than was the case in 1880.
JUNK TRADE.
7. 24,339 Junks and 1,680,025 tons arrived in the Colony in 1881, as against 23,920 Junks and 1,650,258 tons arrived in 1880, shewing an increase of 419 Junks and 29,767 tons. There is an increase of 46,436 tons in the trade with the Coast of China and Formosa, and a decrease of 16,669 tons with Macao.