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15. The following table gives a summary of the information with regard to the trade of the Port of Hongkong for the year 1908, so far as it is ascertainable from the voluntary returns rendered:-
No. of Ships TONS.Registered
Tonnage. Emigrants. Dis-
charged. Shipped. In Transit. British Ocean-going, 389,000 4,691,000 Foreign Ocean-going, 4,132 2,045,000 746,000 1,561,000 British River Steamers, 200 216,000 72,000 Foreign River Steamers,... Bunker Coal shipped. 6,246 1,297 280,000 83,000 3,869 1,762,000 1,069,000 1,812,000 201,000 4,904,000 Total,.... Steam-ships under 60 tons, Foreign Trade.... 15,544 4,170,000 2,103,000 3,373,000 657,000 10,303,000 19,923,653 Junks, Foreign Trade, 4,060 25,833 4,000 4,000 416,000 597,000 6,000 14,000 181,142 30,367 27,044 1,013,000 2,201,242 53,674 46,412 Total Foreign Trade, 45,437 4,590,000 2,704,000 663,000 11,330,000 22,306,037 Steam-Launches, Local Trade, 1,304,627 1,236,248 Junks, Local Trade,.. * 445,724 40,951 5,000 4,000 183,000 234,000 32,000 Total Local Trade, 486,675 188,000 238,000 Grand Total, 1908, ** 532,112 4,778,000 2,942,000 3,373,000 507,634 5,033,000 3,256,000 3,396,000 41,000 10,460,682 2,816,219 1,826,893 417,000 1,848,522 52,487 49,583 32,000 458,000 12,300,204 2,868,706 1,876,776 695,000 11,788,000 34,615,241 4,173,333 3,113,024 71,081 759,000 12,444,000 36,028,310 6,057,869 5,299,743 105,967
* Not including "Star Ferry" Company's Craft.
3.-Revenue and Expenditure.
16. The total Revenue collected by the Harbour Department during the year was $357,768.52 as against $348,300.10 collected in the previous year, showing an increase of $9,468.42:-
1907 1908 Increase Decrease Light Dues, .... $ 80,389.00 $ 79,975.68 $ 413.32 Licences and Internal Revenue, 116,122.40 Fees of Court and Office, 151,746.30 130,594.05 4,638.11 147,108.19 14,471.65 Miscellaneous Receipts, 42.40 90.60 48.20 Total $348,300.10 $357,768.52 $ 14,519.85 $ 5,051.43 Net Increase,.... $ 9,468.42The amount of Light Dues collected was as follows:-
Class of Vessels Rate per ton No. of Ships Tonnage Total Fees collected Ocean Vessels, 1 cent 4,063 7,482,654 $ 74,826.54 C. 1 "" 820 31,842 318.42 "" 2,350 1,439,130 4,797.98 "" 171 1,420 "" 1,071,766 9,806 "" 32.74 Steam-launches, 724 37,950 River Steamers, (Night Boats), River Launches, (Night Boats), River Steamers, (Day Boats),. Free River Launches, (Day Boats), Free Total, 9,548 10,073,148 $ 79,973.68The principal increases are under Boat Licences, $15,653.80; Medical Examination of Emigrants, $11,480.75; Fines, $3,761.10; Steam-launch Licences, $578.25; Survey of Steam-launches, $405; and Sale of Printed Forms, $219.75. The falling off in Revenue comes under the headings: Sunday Cargo Working Permits, $12,650; Junk Licences, $4,987.50; Storage of Gunpowder, $1,833.33; Engagement and Discharge of Seamen, $680.60; Registry Fees, $610; Examination of Masters, &c., $530; Fishing Stake and Net Licences, $469; Light Dues, $413.32; Sugar Certificates and Permits, $195; Private Moorings and Buoys, $150; Chinese Passenger Ship Licences, $90; and Survey of Steam-Ships, $77.68.