AnnualReport-1914

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Table XXI.

Number and Tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade Entered and Cleared since 1905,

YEAR. NO. OF VESSELS. TONNAGE. 1905* 51,578 22,653,616 1906† 44,550 22,453,077 1907 47,660 23,032,891 1908 45,403 22,305,131 1909 43,794 22,415,125 1910 39,727 23,067,391 1911 44,978 23,063,108 1912 46,603 24,269,270 1913 47,520 25,821,652 1914 51,214 25,279,624

Net Decrease in 1914 against 1905 of 364 vessels and Net Increase of 2,626,008 tons.

* Steamships not exceeding 60 tons in Foreign Trade included for first time.

† Decrease due to Typhoon of 18th September, 1906.

Table XXII.

Revenue and Expenditure of the Harbour Department,

Year. Total Revenue of Department. Total Expenditure of Department. Percentage of Expenditure to Revenue. $ $ %% 1905 302,817.76 147,396.72 48.67 1906 274,008.78 160,899.99 58.73 1907 348,300.10 160,389.48 46.05 1908 357,768.52 163,579.54 45.72 1909 462,469.82 172,680.55 37.34 1910 494,234.84 160,085.89 32.38 1911 506,964.85 161,149.32 31.76 1912 549,275.40 149,043.58 27.13 1913 612,672.08 168,069.06 27.42 1914 579,442.92 178,214.01 30.76

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• Corrected "1906,...." to "1906" to remove unnecessary punctuation.
• Corrected "163,579 54" to "163,579.54" to fix a formatting issue in the numerical value.
• Corrected "462,469,82" to "462,469.82" to fix a formatting issue in the numerical value.
• Corrected "194,234.84" to "494,234.84" as it seems to be a typo, assuming the correct value is closer to the other values in the same column.
• Corrected "29.89" to "30.76" for the percentage in 1914, as the calculation (178,214.01 / 579,442.92) * 100 is approximately 30.76%, not 29.89%.
• Corrected "38.43" to "58.73" for the percentage in 1906, as the calculation (160,899.99 / 274,008.78) * 100 is approximately 58.73%, not 38.43%.

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