XX.-Vessels registered.
XXI.-Vessels struck off the Register.
XXII.-Comparison in Number and tonnage of Vessels in Foreign Trade entered and cleared since 1905.
XXIII.-Revenue and Expenditure of the Harbour Department.
XXIV.-Diagram of Tonnage of Vessels entered.
ANNEXES.
A.-Report on the Mercantile Marine Office.
B.-Report on the Marine Surveyor's Office.
C.-Report on the Gunpowder Depôt.
1.-Shipping.
1. The total of the Shipping entering and clearing at Ports in the Colony during the year 1915 amounted to 531,602 vessels of 33,884,919 tons, which, compared with the figures for 1914, shows an increase of 14,163 vessels, with a decrease of 2,872,032 tons.
Of the above, 50,148 vessels of 22,515,023 tons were engaged in Foreign Trade, as compared with 51,214 vessels of 25,279,624 tons in 1914, and were distributed as follows:-
1914 Numbers 1915 Numbers 1914 Tonnage 1915 Tonnage British Ocean-going Ships 8.3% 7.9% 33.0% 32.7% Foreign Ocean-going Ships 8.2 7.3 33.9 31.1 British River Steamers 13.0 13.3 15.9 17.8 Foreign River Steamers 3.5 3.8 3.6 4.1 Steam-launches (under 60 tons) 13.4 13.7 1.0 1.1 Trading Junks 53.0 54.0 12.6 13.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0N.B.-The movements of Fishing Junks are not included in the above figures.
2. Of vessels of European construction, 3,820 Ocean Steamers, 4 Sailing Ships, 4,283 River Steamers, and 3,437 Steam Launches entered during the year, giving a daily average entry of 31.6 ships, as compared with 32.4 in 1914, and 29.9 in 1913.
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